I am making 12 pounds of BBQ shrimp. I want to cook them in their shells but I know the vein can be offensive to some.
I have asked my fish monger about deveining the shrimp but leaving the shells on and he said it isn't possible. I've tried to do it but I was not successful. Does anyone have a good way to remove the vein but leave the shell on? Is it really so horrible to serve them without removing the vein? And, yes, I know that the vein is the shrimp's digestive tract.
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I do want to share this: you can cut down the middle of the shell with sharp scissors, then take a sharp knife and make a slit into the meat and pull out the vein. The shell will stay on. This is good to do if you want to marinate the shrimp.
Also, you can brine shrimp before cooking to freshen the taste.
I have some seen some time consuming techniques using a skewer and making a small hole slit and wrapping the vein around the skewer.