To Boil Prawns or Shrimps

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
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Ingredients (1)
Instructions (7)
  1. Prawns should be very red, and have no spawn under the tail; much depends on their freshness and the way in which they are cooked.
  2. Throw them into boiling water, salted as above, and keep them boiling for about 7 or 8 minutes.
  3. Shrimps should be done in the same way; but less time must be allowed.
  4. It may easily be known when they are done by their changing colour.
  5. Care should be taken that they are not over-boiled, as they then become tasteless and indigestible.
To Dress Prawns
  1. Cover a dish with a large cup reversed, and over that lay a small white napkin.
  2. Arrange the prawns on it in the form of a pyramid, and garnish with plenty of parsley.
Original Text
TO BOIL PRAWNS OR SHRIMPS. 299. INGREDIENTS.—1/4 lb. salt to each gallon of water. Mode.—Prawns should be very red, and have no spawn under the tail; much depends on their freshness and the way in which they are cooked. Throw them into boiling water, salted as above, and keep them boiling for about 7 or 8 minutes. Shrimps should be done in the same way; but less time must be allowed. It may easily be known when they are done by their changing colour. Care should be taken that they are not over-boiled, as they then become tasteless and indigestible. Time.—Prawns, about 8 minutes; shrimps, about 5 minutes. Average cost, prawns, 2s. per lb.; shrimps, 6d. per pint. Seasonable all the year. TO DRESS PRAWNS. 300. Cover a dish with a large cup reversed, and over that lay a small white napkin. Arrange the prawns on it in the form of a pyramid, and garnish with plenty of parsley.
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