M&S Potted Prawns

[Mobile Chicane]

Yuck.

Too 'nutmeggy' and no hint of the claimed cayenne. Not even close to Morecambe Bay potted shrimps (which I love.)

They came in a pack of two and I'll throw the second pot out / use it as crayfish bait rather than eat it. Now to get that foul nutmeg taste out of my mouth...

[otolith]

Waitrose sells proper Morecambe Bay potted shrimp (i.e. brown sand shrimps cooked in butter and spices).

Best served melted onto hot crumpets

[Mobile Chicane]

otolith said:

Waitrose sells proper Morecambe Bay potted shrimp (i.e. brown sand shrimps cooked in butter and spices).

Best served melted onto hot crumpets

These are the real deal.

On brown toast with a cup of tea for me.

[markreilly]

Sorry,don't buy any where else but from the source on this one,I have always used Furness Fish Poultry and Game supplies,www.morecambebayshrimps.com just ring and they post or else catch and cook your own..

[thetapeworm]

Thanks for the warning, I would have bought those if I'd seen them, I love potted shrimps.

Morrisons sell the Morcambe Bay ones too at certain stores but I get mine from Ocado just to prevent disappointment. Their potted crab is awful though... still saving up for the potted lobster.

Have you ever made your own? I'm tempted to give it a whirl sometimes.

[Trevelyan]

What is this food of which you speak? I'm a huge fan of prawns but don't think I've (knowingly) ever had potted prawns/shrimps. Do I need to hotfoot it to Waitrose without wasting another moment?

[thetapeworm]

Trevelyan said:

What is this food of which you speak? I'm a huge fan of prawns but don't think I've (knowingly) ever had potted prawns/shrimps. Do I need to hotfoot it to Waitrose without wasting another moment?

http://www.morecambebayshrimps.com/potted_shrimps.htm

[otolith]

I've cooked and eaten brown shrimp before, but didn't pot them. I had a summer job as a research assistant surveying fish in the Welsh estuaries with seine nets, and sometimes we caught pounds of shrimps by accident. Also used to find loads of marsh samphire too.

[Mobile Chicane]

You don't often see brown shrimp on sale in England - or at least not in Surrey.

A more common sight in France under the name of 'crevettes grises'. They can be gritty and a bit of a faff to peel, but they're very flavoursome.

Potting is the best way of approaching them I think. You'll be peeling the little buggers for hours to get enough for a decent-sized prawn cocktail.

[otolith]

Peeling them was too fiddly - I just used to boil them then crunch 'em up whole, shell, head, legs and all. There's not much to their carapace.

[markreilly]

We catch them in Ireland in shrimp pots or else with a kiddies net along the foreshore under the seaweed attached to the rocks.

[otolith]

Usually, the ones you get in rockpools are prawns:



Rather than sand shrimps:



Sand shrimps are usually found over sand or mud.

Both delicious, though!