everyone has little stupid questions they wonder about but are afraid to ask, well heres mine…
I couldn’t find anything on the bag that says whether or not the shrimp are cooked… when shrimp are boiled, they are typically called boiled shrimp… so are the shrimp that you get frozen cooked? or are they eaten raw?
What about the tuna in cans? How is that prepared?
If the shrimp a grayish in color, they are raw. If they are pinkish and white, they are cooked. Most frozen shrimp I’ve seen is cooked.
Tuna in cans is fully cooked and can be eaten straight form the can if you wish.
Are the shrimp pink? If so, they’re cooked.
Are the shrimp gray? If so, they’re raw.
Whether you eat 'em cooked or raw is your own choice!
(Upon preview, what Cub Mistress said.)
nitpick: Raw shrimp can be pink, gray,grayish green, brownish or yellow, depending on the variety.
True. However, the OP specified “supermarket”, not specialty store or gourmet grocery. Generic market, generic shrimp, generic answer.
I’ve seen raw pink shrimp in my local Shop Rite.
Not exactly responding to the op, but shrimp that have decayed a bit take on a bright red color, its how I spot uneaten stuff in my tanks.
In a grocery however, I don’t care what variety, theres no mistaking cooked shrimp from raw.
Aak, posted before finishing
Dont look at the shell or the color, if the flesh is opaque and whitish, its cooked (or rotten) translucent, and greyish raw.
to hijack my own thread: What differentiates a regular shrimp from a prawn? As far as I am aware, prawns are just big shrimp.
I believe it depends where you are. In the U.S., a prawn is a very large shrimp. I’ve been served “prawns” on the other side of the Atlantic that I would have called “itty bitty shrimp.” Not to mention a “prawn cocktail” that was itty bitty shrimp with a pink mayonnaise dressing. OTOH, I’m sure our British cousins’ first impression of an American “shrimp cocktail” was “What the heck is all that dark red spicy stuff?”