A message to my European friends: I know #Shrimp—or #prawns to some of you—have heads. So do lots of other things I eat. Can we dispense with them in the kitchen *before* serving?

Prawns have their eye stalks cut off while still alive to speed up the breeding process, animal welfare groups warn, as leading retailers reevaluate common seafood industry practices https://www.speciesunite.com/news-stories/prawns-have-their-eye-stalks-cut-off-whilst-still-alive-to-speed-up-breeding-process-animal-welfare-groups-warn-as-leading-retailers-begin-to-reevaluate-common-seafood-industry-practises

#AnimalRights #marinelife #prawns

Indulge in the luxurious combination of smoked salmon and prawns, perfect for a fresh and flavorful appetizer. #SmokedSalmon #Prawns #SeafoodAppetizers #GourmetRecipes

Chameleon #shrimp can adapt camouflage to invasive #algae species https://phys.org/news/2025-01-chameleon-shrimp-camouflage-invasive-algae.html

Adaptation in the Anthropocene: How behavioural choice and colour change enables chameleon #prawns to camouflage on non-native #seaweeds https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.14217

"Depending on the algae they are in, they can turn red, green, brown or transparent... The new results also show that they can camouflage themselves in algae from other oceans with which they did not evolve together."

Big environmental improvements for wild-caught prawn industry: Queensland's most valuable wild-caught fishery is collaborating with conservationists and governments to improve environmental practices and reduce bycatch.   https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-01-20/wild-caught-prawns-australian-seafood/104824296?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SunshineCoast #Seafood #Prawns

Making #wonton #soup on a stormy evening.
Using some of our homegrown #broccoli & #prawns from waters near Swartz Bay.
Pork bones broth base.

#AsianMastodon #AsianFood #ChineseFood #EthnicEats #CulturalFood #SoupLovers #POCfoods #cooking #homecooking #food

@DifferentDrummer Prawns #FriedRice to feed my family 😊

#AsianMastodon #AsianFood #EthnicEats #CulturalFood #POCfoods #FoodCulture #Homemade #homecooking #food #Cuisine #culinary #ChineseFood #FeedingMyFamily #prawns

#ResearchVessel provides comprehensive assessment of the changing Central #Arctic Ocean https://phys.org/news/2024-10-vessel-comprehensive-central-arctic-ocean.html

"Luminescent #sardines from the genus Benthosema were omnipresent in the Central #ArcticOcean... These #fish, less than 10 centimeters long, and the #prawns and #squids we found, indicate that the ecosystem surrounding the #NorthPole is more biodiverse than previously assumed."

I just have to say that #Cocktail sauce is #Perfect for #Shrimps and #Prawns. I can't think of anything else to go with that...