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Old 27-04-2022, 17:05   #1
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Prawns

Well I luv' 'em can't get enough, treat myself to a packet every week.

The thing is, other than size, what's the difference between cold water prawns and king prawns?
At my local shop 150g of the former =£1.65 (£1.10/100g)
The latter 150g=£1.79 (£1.19/100g)

So I'm buying the same weight & logic tells me I'm getting the same amount of meat in each packet, but why the price difference?
If anything surely the smaller prawns should cost more because more of them have to be peeled to get the same weight therefore more labour intensive?
Anyhow I'll continue buying smaller (cheaper prawns) and cramming them on my butties and enjoying them with plenty of salad cream to wash them down.
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Old 28-04-2022, 04:04   #2
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Mate, Royalty is always expensive for the common man.
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Old 28-04-2022, 08:43   #3
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Well I luv' 'em can't get enough, treat myself to a packet every week.

The thing is, other than size, what's the difference between cold water prawns and king prawns?
At my local shop 150g of the former =£1.65 (£1.10/100g)
The latter 150g=£1.79 (£1.19/100g)

So I'm buying the same weight & logic tells me I'm getting the same amount of meat in each packet, but why the price difference?
If anything surely the smaller prawns should cost more because more of them have to be peeled to get the same weight therefore more labour intensive?
Anyhow I'll continue buying smaller (cheaper prawns) and cramming them on my butties and enjoying them with plenty of salad cream to wash them down.
Don't quote me on this Less but I think that a king prawn is another name for a (languestine), don't think that is spelt right but never mind, anyway it is a form of small crayfish found in deep northern waters, where common prawns can be caught in inshore "coastal", waters therefore easier to trawl for.
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Old 28-04-2022, 09:17   #4
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Don't quote me on this Less but I think that a king prawn is another name for a (languestine), don't think that is spelt right but never mind, anyway it is a form of small crayfish found in deep northern waters, where common prawns can be caught in inshore "coastal", waters therefore easier to trawl for.
No I won't quote you (oops silly me I already have) the main reason being:-
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What is the difference between a langoustine and prawn?

The difference between scampi (langoustine) and prawns is that the scampi belong to the lobster family and prawns to the shrimp family. The langoustine is caught here in the North Sea and the gambas are not.
Taken from google.

Now, that begs another question, What the heck is a gamba? I've never heard of it.
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Old 28-04-2022, 13:43   #5
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I could be wrong, but I had the impression that gambas were shrimps cooked with garlic.
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Old 28-04-2022, 17:15   #6
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I could be wrong, but I had the impression that gambas were shrimps cooked with garlic.
That could be closer to the mark than what I found:-



What does "gamba" mean?
(gambas is the spanish word for prawn) - Name for a girl with a hot body but ugly face - taking off the head is much easier to digest.

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Old 28-04-2022, 19:42   #7
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Now Less…everyone knows that you don’t look at the mantlepiece when you are poking the fire!
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Old 29-04-2022, 05:20   #8
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Less, an Australian King prawn is a prawn without equal, in my opinion anyway. It is bigger than the ordinary prawn, much meatier. If bought raw these are great cooked as is or with garlic, or breaded and fried. Just the best.

By the way, I never buy prawns that are a product of Vietnam, Thailand, or similar places – I don't trust their waterways.

As Margaret said - gambas are shrimp cooked in garlic and olive oil.

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Old 29-04-2022, 14:41   #9
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prawns that are a product of Vietnam, Thailand, or similar places

I thought the Aussies sent them off to Nauru & Papua New Guinea .....
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Old 29-04-2022, 17:32   #10
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That could be closer to the mark than what I found:-



What does "gamba" mean?
(gambas is the spanish word for prawn) - Name for a girl with a hot body but ugly face - taking off the head is much easier to digest.

The saying used to be (just put a paper bag over her head) oh dear I am now in bother with the (woke) police.
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Old 29-04-2022, 18:29   #11
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Not here you aren’t.
We are just noting a historical observation of what used to be said.
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Old 30-04-2022, 01:10   #12
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Tut, tut, DinG – what on earth are you implying….
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Old 30-04-2022, 01:18   #13
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Taddy, there are also some less-than-handsome men about, so does this same maxim apply regarding them?

(Don't worry about the woke police, doubt there are any on this site as we are too sensible a lot - though some might think that is debatable, really!).
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Old 30-04-2022, 05:49   #14
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Tut, tut, DinG – what on earth are you implying….
Actually "Good on yer, Sport!" I believe is the expression.

And on GBNews "Christys feast" yesterday evening they did mention that since the highlighting of UK pushing for offshore registration (turn up illegally & end up in Rwanda, there to fulfill your hearts desire.) In the last 8 days, not a single "Gimmie Dinghy" has been detected or landed on UKs shores ......

Now I'm well aware of spin & deflection, maybe, the real reasons for this rare occurence are completely different, bad weather, the frog border plod actually doing their job or some other such thing. Still, I'd like to think Priti & BoJo have actually gotten something right in the defence of the UKs borders, we shall see.
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Old 30-04-2022, 06:29   #15
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Oh dear Son…..what is this ‘gotten’……?
There is no such word.
Well, of course there wasn’t until it was coined by those yanks.
‘Gotten’ is a horrible lazy word….(I do not really like the word ‘got’…..there are other words that mean the same and sound better) and I know that I do not usually pick holes in anyone’s post…..but really, I thought you were better than that.
Ok……sermon over get back to what you were doing.
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