A small decapod swimmer crustacean, the shrimp has five pairs of legs, a large abdomen and a soft shell like plastic. The size and color of shrimp depends on the place on the planet where they are caught.

At present, there are more than 160 species of shrimp, distributed in almost all the waters of the world, on the coasts or in the depths of the seas. Among all these varieties, there are shrimps from warm waters (their eggs are inside and their third pair of legs is more developed than the other four), and shrimps from cold waters (whose eggs are retained on the abdomen between the legs). From the Seafood Retailers Australia this is important.

Large shrimps like prawns, or the Senegalese pink shrimp, most often live in the warm waters of the planet. The smaller ones, like the "bouquet", or even the gray "boucaud" for the smallest, are mainly caught in cool and temperate waters, from the Mediterranean, to the English Channel and the North Atlantic. Because its growth is slower, the smaller the shrimp, the more flavorful it is, in theory at least. Today, a large part of world production comes from industrial pools and farms. This production guarantees shrimp all year round for consumers, particularly Asian, who are very demanding. When it is fished, it is preferable that the shrimp is cooked on site on board the trawlers, because of its great fragility and the extreme freshness which it must demonstrate during cooking. Formerly, the shrimp was collected on foot or on horseback, by dragging nets on the sand along the coasts.

Finally, what is the common point between shrimp and goat? None, except the etymology of these two words. Indeed, the word shrimp comes from the Picardy form of "chevrette". The shrimp, which moves in the water in small pulses, simply evoked to some the jumps of kid made by the goat.

When to eat shrimp

It is the peak season for shrimp tasting from August to October.

Calories and Nutritional Info for Shrimp

With less than 100 calories per 100 grams of shelled flesh, the shrimp is far from having an excessive energy rate. If we add to that, its 20 grams of protein for barely 1 g of lipids approximately, the caloric ratio of the shrimp is even rather positive. Be careful however, because if the shrimp in itself is not outrageously caloric , it seems to want to attract everything that can be. Bread, butter, mayonnaise.

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