# Take a jumbo shrimp... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091 "2018-08-23T03:16:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/1 "2018-08-23T03:16:56Z")
Wrap it in bacon with a piece of jalepeno in there. Skewer and grill. A little splash of asian bbq sauce towards the end. Chase with beer. I love late summer. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/2 "2018-08-23T03:32:05Z")
Does the bacon get done before the shrimp is overcooked? I know I am overthinking it. Indulge me. That sounds lovely. ---
**Author:** ![Sloe\_Moe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sloe\_Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sloe_Moe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/3 "2018-08-23T03:40:19Z")
Your pardon, but I notice westerners have this penchant for combining bacon with anything aquatic (trout, salmon, shrimp, even squid at one time.) ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/4 "2018-08-23T03:45:49Z")
Bacon, jalapeno and BBQ sauce? Can you even taste the shrimp?? ---
**Author:** ![Sloe\_Moe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sloe\_Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sloe_Moe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/5 "2018-08-23T03:47:45Z")
In medium-high heat bacon toasts about as fast a shrimp cooks (7 minutes.) Just make sure the bacon insulates the shrimp. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/6 "2018-08-23T03:50:06Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Does the bacon get done before the shrimp is overcooked? I know I am overthinking it. Indulge me. That sounds lovely. I don’t analyze it to that degree. There’s enough grease from the bacon to insure adequate lubrication. 😃 Alternatively, You could skewer the bacon, grill until crispy, add shrimp, finish grilling and slather with garlic chili sauce. I recommend [Huy Fong](http://www.huyfong.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/7 "2018-08-23T03:54:02Z")
Keep on Hippie and I am coming to visit. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/8 "2018-08-23T04:02:22Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Keep on Hippie and I am coming to visit. If you are anywhere near Russellville, Dover, Big Piney Creek, I should bring my kayak and visit down there. In spring high water season of course. Oh, see you are in southern AR. Previously mentioned destinations are NW. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/9 "2018-08-23T05:13:29Z")
> [@Sloe\_Moe](#): > > Your pardon, but I notice westerners have this penchant for combining bacon with anything aquatic (trout, salmon, shrimp, even squid at one time.) Don’t be silly. It is applied equally to fish, foul and furry animals! We also like it in salads. ---
**Author:** ![Sloe\_Moe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sloe\_Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sloe_Moe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/10 "2018-08-23T05:33:09Z")
Well most folks here in the west Pacific appreciate the basic ingredient so much they don’t take to a lot of mixing. They’d sooner eat seafood raw than put in bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/11 "2018-08-23T05:37:28Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > If you are anywhere near Russellville, Dover, Big Piney Creek, I should bring my kayak and visit down there. In spring high water season of course. > > Oh, see you are in southern AR. Previously mentioned destinations are NW. Hey, there’s a ‘Big Piney creek’ near. No chance it’s the same one, I suppose? We could go seining for crawfish. I bet they’d be great wrapped in bacon. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/12 "2018-08-23T11:52:30Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I don’t analyze it to that degree. There’s enough grease from the bacon to insure adequate lubrication. 😃 Alternatively, You could skewer the bacon, grill until crispy, add shrimp, finish grilling and slather with garlic chili sauce. > > I recommend [Huy Fong](http://www.huyfong.com/) We get bacon from a neighbor’s pig. It is very thick sliced. I microwave it in paper towels until it is “half done” then use it to wrap scallops which then go on the grill. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/13 "2018-08-23T12:31:09Z")
Jumbo shrimp _It’s like “military intelligence” - you just can DO things like that!_ (from George Carlin’s\* Toledo Window Box\* album) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/14 "2018-08-24T22:59:27Z")
I should have mentioned the bacon wrapped shrimp is a component in a larger kabob situation. Usually shares the skewer with green pepper, onion and pineapple chunks. Doused with some peanut sauce and some asian style BBQ sauce after it’s pretty well cooked. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/15 "2018-08-24T23:25:12Z")
BBQ shrimp wrapped in bacon was a pretty common appetizer when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/16 "2018-08-24T23:35:11Z")
God, I am starving. Someone feed me. ---
**Author:** ![Just1Lurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@Just1Lurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just1Lurk)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/17 "2018-08-25T00:15:55Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Don’t be silly. It is applied equally to fish, foul and furry animals! We also like it in salads. And ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/18 "2018-08-25T00:53:23Z")
Also using “low sodium” bacon. Works fine for my purposes. ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/19 "2018-08-25T12:42:00Z")
on the cheap wrap a water chestnut in the bacon… yum 1 of my kids wont eat seafood. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/20 "2018-08-25T13:12:43Z")
It’s a pretty safe bet, given any dish, that adding bacon will make it better. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091.md?page=2)