So, you're eating shrimp and you see one that has a poop shoot left

[xultar]

you know a vein, doodie strip.

What do you do?

[HereSince1628]

1. I Puke.

[xultar]

5. That is usually my response more specifically dry heave.

Is it too late to clean it after it has been cooked?

Do you toss out that shrimp and keep on going?

Do you tell the waiter to bring you another?

[Sugar Smack]

2. That's why I like my shrimp fried.

So I don't have to know these things.

[blue sky at night]

3. clean that sucker out...........

and eat it. That is the Mud Vein. Hope you have some cocktail sauce with lots of horseradish in it, and some lemons. Pass the shrimp!!

[Shell Beau]

4. It is usually in there. Have you ever had crawfish?

I try to pull it out, but sometimes I eat it. Oh well!

[xultar]

7. I used to live in New Orleans are you kidding. I don't like to eat food

that looks like it did when it was living.

I made my b/f peel them for me. The cats loved it when we got a huge bag and shared them.

[Shell Beau]

12. It took me a while to get over the fact that they look

pretty much alive. But I have learned to get past it. New Orleans, huh? Then I guess you would know a little something about crawfish!

:D

[mike_c]

6. I eat it-- nothing in there that will harm you...

...and the main reason for deveining shrimp is to remove any grittiness in their gut.

[HereSince1628]

22. Well, I am not so convinced that the crustacean digestive system

is guaranteed to be free of potential human pathogens.

It may well be that _usually_ there is nothing in there are no potential pathogens in there.

[mike_c]

28. but we're talking about COOKED shrimp, and the gut...

... or at least the part that's left along the abdomen (the "tail", the part we eat), is on the OUTSIDE, where it cooks thoroughly. I don't think pathogens are a concern.

[FloridaPat]

8. That stuff is digested plankton which is extremely high in minerals.

It's good for you. Doesn't effect taste.

[xultar]

11. But it is their pooper shoot. EEEE UUUU Gross.

[FloridaPat]

26. My mind thinks it's easier to eat digested plankton than brains,

fried pig intestines, pigs feet, blood sausage, spleen, etc.

I have had stomach stew in Germany. When I go to foreign countries I just point at the menu rather then try to translate things. Makes it more fun. I got this stew. It had tiny bits of something in it - smooth on one side and fuzzy on the other. I didn't want to know what it was. It was delicious. I waited until I got home to find out it was stomach stew.

As for the rest listed above - I've tried them except for brains and spleen. Pig's feet are easier very drunk. I got one fork full of intestines down my throat, but when the fork started on the second bite, my mind told me that the next one was going to come right back up.

[MemphisTiger]

9. Eat it

what doesn't kill you makes you stronger right?

[xultar]

10. I'm sure if I knew what was in most food I'd pass out. So, you're right.

[MemphisTiger]

23. Think about hotdogs

wait, it's probably better if you don't

[evlbstrd]

13. Poop chutes are a delicacy in many cultures.

Just think of it as very tiny chitlins.

[xultar]

15. EEEE UUU I was tricked as a child. I vow never to be tricked again.

I promise you that.

[TlalocW]

14. I don't eat shrimp

Never liked them. Icky-poo.

TlalocW

[mconvente]

20. ditto

I don't really like seafood at all. Except Chilean Sea Bass.

[markus]

16. Of course, you know it's fully of highly toxic environmental products

So, you gonna eat them shrimps or what? No? Thanx.

[bearfan454]

17. That's what breading is for - to hide it.

You put the whole thing in your mouth so you won't see it too. Besides, after you put lemon on your shrimp you won't taste it anyways.

[xultar]

21. Buhwawawa!

[Brotherjohn]

18. Remove it if it's easy, otherwise... down the hatch!

It's just about all dirt anyway. Their digestive system has already taken out all the "good stuff" and left the grains of dirt they ingested. That's why it's sometimes a little gritty. Keep in mind, this is a simple, stripped down animal. It ain't all the stuff we have going on in our digestive system.

I'm a zoologist specializing in crustaceans, AND I'm from N.O... so I should know. Of course, if it makes you sick, it doesn't matter if the shrimp itself stands up and says "Don't worry old chap. It's just a few micro-grains of sand. Have at me!"

[texas1928]

19. Eat it all

Hey it is minerals.

[Patiod]

24. Give it to the cat

if she hasn't stolen it right off my plate already

[TK421]

25. Extra horseradish in the cocktail sauce will cover it up....

[Dave Reynolds]

27. Eat it.

mmmmm...yummy shrimp poo.