# leaving the tail shells on shrimp w/pasta **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 9, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-the-tail-shells-on-shrimp-w-pasta/40453 "2000-11-09T15:06:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2000, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-the-tail-shells-on-shrimp-w-pasta/40453/21 "2000-11-10T11:49:24Z")
_:: stands up ::_ My name is Satan, and I am a tail eater. _:: sits down ::_ * * * Yer pal, [Satan](http://www.members.tripod.com/jmspoofe/sdmb/satan.jpg) \*TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING: Seven months, one day, 8 hours, 50 minutes and 45 seconds. 8614 cigarettes not smoked, saving $1,077.05. Extra time with Drain Bead: 4 weeks, 1 day, 21 hours, 50 minutes. **David B used me as a cite!** \* ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2000, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-the-tail-shells-on-shrimp-w-pasta/40453/22 "2000-11-10T12:05:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Satan \* > \*\*_:: stands up ::_ > > My name is Satan, and I am a tail eater. > > _:: sits down ::_ > > * * * > > \*\* …and that’s why Drain Bead is a very happy woman. :::ducks and runs::: ---
**Author:** ![zwaldd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@zwaldd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwaldd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-the-tail-shells-on-shrimp-w-pasta/40453/23 "2000-11-10T15:13:58Z")
> [@](#): > > It never hurts to ask your server if the chef doesn’t mind taking the tails off. More often than not, a chef will do it gladly (unless you’re in a place like Red Lobster, where the most of the entrées come pre-prepared from a central kitchen, and your meal is microwaved to your order). as much as i hate to admit it, i happen to know that red lobster does not include the tail shells in its shrimp pasta. nor does romeo’s, the best italian joint in town. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-the-tail-shells-on-shrimp-w-pasta/40453.md?page=1)