An experienced seafood buyer has revealed the difference between “straight shrimp” and “curved shrimp”. If you don’t know how to choose, it’s easy to buy shrimp that’s dead in the fridge. This type of shrimp not only has poor meat quality but also has a strong fishy smell that cannot guarantee quality or a fairly good taste, no matter how it is cooked.
When going to the supermarket or vegetable market to buy shrimp, we must buy curved shrimp.
This is because after the shrimp die, their flesh is relatively loose, so no matter how you twist it, this type of shrimp will still be straight. If it is a live shrimp, its body will naturally curl when stimulated by low temperature, so this type of shrimp will also curl up after being refrigerated, which is fresh shrimp.
To explain more specifically, you will see that they are different from frozen shrimp, shrimp injected with chemicals, or shrimps that are spoiled due to prolonged storage. Fresh shrimp have a slightly curved body with firm flesh. However, thin and meaty shrimps are different from the usual.
How to choose shrimp for each type?
White shrimp: This is a farmed shrimp with a fairly large size. First, the shrimp must still be alive, with a shiny, smooth shell. The head and legs are still tightly attached to the shrimp’s body. The shape of the shrimp must be straight or slightly curved. The middle of the shrimp is bright and transparent. In this way, the shrimp is fresh and has firm meat.
Tiger shrimp: This type is smaller than other types, but the shrimp meat has a delicious aroma and a stronger sweet taste. When buying tiger shrimp, you should choose live shrimp with a pink or white color. If the shell turns dark pink, the shrimp has been stored for too long.
Rock shrimp: Rock shrimp looks similar to white shrimp but smaller and has a thinner shell. Fresh rock shrimp has a sweet and white color, green eyes. They are delicious shrimps.
Spiny lobster: Green clamps, shiny shells. It’s best to buy alive and swimming lobsters. The outer shell of the lobster is hard and shiny. The lobster clamps are not loose, and the head and body are tightly meshed together without the meat sticking out.
In addition, when choosing shrimp, you should pay attention to the following information:
Shrimp with detached head and tail
When holding some shrimp, if you see that the head and tail of the shrimp have fallen off, it means that the shrimp has been stored for too long, the shrimp head has started to decompose, soft, and should not buy this type.
Shrimp with red shell
Some shrimp turn red when transported due to heat, and these red shrimps cannot be bought because the meat of these shrimps has been spoiled and will no longer be firm when cooked. When choosing shrimp, you must buy shrimp with clean shells without color difference.
Shrimp meat is relatively soft when twisted
If when buying shrimp, the shrimp meat is not elastic but soft, it means that the tail of the shrimp has started to decompose. This type of shrimp is quite soft when held. Especially, the head and tail of the shrimp are quite separate, so this type of shrimp will have a very fishy taste throughout the kitchen when cooked. Therefore, you should not buy this type of shrimp.
Observe the shrimp tail
Checking the shrimp tail will help determine their freshness. To check the freshness of shrimp, you need to bring the shrimp to light, extend the shrimp body, and observe the width between the joints on the shell and the flesh. If the joint is wide, it means that the shrimp has been stored for a long time or refrigerated. The narrower the shrimp joint, the fresher the shrimp is. Also, when you hold the shrimp, if you feel sand or the shrimp is sticky and sticking together, you should not buy it.
Shrimp legs
Observe whether the legs of the shrimp are tightly attached to the body, and the shrimp meat must be firm. Also, you should not buy shrimp with black legs because this is a sign that they are no longer fresh.
How to store fresh shrimp
To properly store shrimp, you should note that when the shrimp is still fresh, remove the shrimp head after purchase, clean it, and let it dry. The head and eyes of shrimp usually contain many types of bacteria that can affect the quality of the food and health.
To preserve whole fresh shrimp, cook the shrimp for a short time and freeze the fresh shrimp. You should put the shrimp in the compartments in the refrigerator or put them in the freezer to ensure a low temperature for the shrimp.
When frozen, the shrimp meat will not be attacked by bacteria causing degradation. Although this is a long-term preservation method, you should not store it for too long, it is best to store it for less than 30 days to avoid losing the nutritional value of shrimp.
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