# Take a jumbo shrimp...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091>\
**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:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/21 "2018-08-25T14:00:58Z")

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Dip in cheese sauce for the least kosher dish ever prize.

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**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 26, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/22 "2018-08-26T23:53:03Z")

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Shrimp refers to a crustacean, commonly eaten. Jumbo means large. A big shrimp can be referred to as a jumbo shrimp. Not an oxymoron! You’re the oxymoron! 😃

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**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 26, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/23 "2018-08-26T23:59:38Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Does the bacon get done before the shrimp is overcooked? I know I am overthinking it. Indulge me. That sounds lovely.

Tonight I took a bunch of leftover shrimp, no other kabob ingredients, skewered them, sprinkled them with garlic powder and grilled the heck out of them. They were over a week old and I wanted to thoroughly sterilize them. They got quite dry but with a little chili garlic sauce they were quite delectable. Almost like shrimpy-fishy jerky. Much better than that sounds.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-jumbo-shrimp/820091/24 "2018-08-27T00:02:34Z")

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> [@BrotherCadfael](#):
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> Jumbo shrimp
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> _It’s like “military intelligence” - you just can DO things like that!_
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> (from George Carlin’s\* Toledo Window Box\* album)

Can you put the leftovers in your refrigerator-freezer?

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