tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post5799560364487569913..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Snow peas and shrimp in a stir-fryKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-412394781683468632016-06-14T20:31:49.560+02:002016-06-14T20:31:49.560+02:00Tiger prawns are farmed...so King Prawn must apply...Tiger prawns are farmed...so King Prawn must apply to the Tiger Prawn....unfortunately,no one has created a Wiki page for any of them!Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-24101290279362566492016-06-14T13:23:29.170+02:002016-06-14T13:23:29.170+02:00Hehe about Barbie.Hehe about Barbie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-47442677092398769632016-06-14T11:39:54.690+02:002016-06-14T11:39:54.690+02:00Problem is, Judy, that it isn't summer here ye...Problem is, Judy, that it isn't summer here yet. We are having March or late October weather at this point. I hope we do end up having some kind of real summer this year.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-83446644513526388752016-06-14T11:39:01.788+02:002016-06-14T11:39:01.788+02:00Yes, that's what the scientific (Latin) names ...Yes, that's what the scientific (Latin) names are all about. See this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melicertus" rel="nofollow">Wiki page about king prawns</a>.<br /><br />The American "brown shrimp" are a completely different genus and species compared to the European shrimp of the same name.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-71504643079029612292016-06-14T00:32:55.037+02:002016-06-14T00:32:55.037+02:00I'm learning too! But as Susan would say, it i...I'm learning too! But as Susan would say, it is the name the taxonomists give the critter that is important, not the common or even trade name.Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-16203271271754502782016-06-14T00:30:37.413+02:002016-06-14T00:30:37.413+02:00King Prawn aren't native to the North East Atl...King Prawn aren't native to the North East Atlantic.... They are imported to the UK and whatever they are really called I have no idea.... Findus King Prawn is the original and all are now known as King prawn! Our local Chinese supply store in Leeds always had them in.Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-82583501674920749842016-06-13T22:38:27.665+02:002016-06-13T22:38:27.665+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.chrissouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398602853402174732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-50950347199775719972016-06-13T20:53:08.659+02:002016-06-13T20:53:08.659+02:00My thought exactly. Also very inspiring for dinner...My thought exactly. Also very inspiring for dinner (whenever we get another warm day).Onevikinggirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07332629675054714173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-50585440520241044252016-06-13T19:46:29.926+02:002016-06-13T19:46:29.926+02:00Look at this: North Carolins shrimp. I'm learn...Look at this: <a href="http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mf/nc-shrimp" rel="nofollow">North Carolins shrimp</a>. I'm learning from doing this research.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13213574499689902612016-06-13T19:33:21.439+02:002016-06-13T19:33:21.439+02:00The French crevette bouquet is the common prawn in...The French crevette bouquet is the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaemon_serratus" rel="nofollow">common prawn</a> in British English. I don't think we have that species in N. America. I don't know wat the king prawn is.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-51500002658575407902016-06-13T19:21:18.452+02:002016-06-13T19:21:18.452+02:00Here is the Wiki article about the American brown...Here is the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farfantepenaeus_aztecus" rel="nofollow"> Wiki article about the American brown shrimp</a>. They grow to be 8 or 9 inches long.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-19131153755302286312016-06-13T19:12:02.709+02:002016-06-13T19:12:02.709+02:00What you call brown shrimp in the British Isles --...What you call brown shrimp in the British Isles -- crevettes grises in France, I think -- are not at all what we call brown shrimp in the U.S Southeast. Our brown shrimp are much larger, like French bouquets.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-31082940322674065382016-06-13T19:11:14.542+02:002016-06-13T19:11:14.542+02:00What you call brown shrimp in the British Isles --...What you call brown shrimp in the British Isles -- crevettes grises in France, I think -- are not at all what we call brown shrimp in the U.S Southeast. Our brown shrimp are much larger, like French bouquets.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-23387181637515382662016-06-13T18:13:45.281+02:002016-06-13T18:13:45.281+02:00Sure looks great and good for a summer meal!Sure looks great and good for a summer meal!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-56270775954718741462016-06-13T17:52:44.273+02:002016-06-13T17:52:44.273+02:00Yup...yours are King Prawns alright....
I notice t...Yup...yours are King Prawns alright....<br />I notice the article referred to the Brown Shrimp...I spent many a holiday ankle-deep in surf... running up and downi beaches with my shrimp net n Cornwall.... getting enough shrimp to cook...with those, the winkles we'd collect from the rock pools and fresh brown bread....not forgetting my Mum's "famous" shrimp sauce for dipping...we were very happy.<br />Mum's "famous" shrimp sauce....50%/50% Heinz Salad Cream and Heinz Tomato Ketchup....probably ghastly to my tastebuds now....but ambrosia then!!Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-84098487133412929992016-06-13T15:30:52.897+02:002016-06-13T15:30:52.897+02:00Here's the interesting Wiki article on shrimp ...Here's the interesting Wiki article on shrimp and prawns:<br /><br /><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawn" rel="nofollow">Shrimp or prawn?</a>Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-59196303386426212982016-06-13T15:13:01.830+02:002016-06-13T15:13:01.830+02:00In the UK, shrimps are little...3/4" long at ...In the UK, shrimps are little...3/4" long at most...on average 3/16" diameter.<br />Prawns are around the size of the first two joints of a little finger....<br />These magnificent specimens are King Prawn and sold at a premium!!<br />You will notice that Prawn drops the "s" for King Prawn....<br />I have no idea why!?Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-46488709772579573932016-06-13T14:20:52.891+02:002016-06-13T14:20:52.891+02:00In America, we don't really use the plural &qu...In America, we don't really use the plural "shrimps" -- they are just shrimp. Some people in the U.S. also use the term prawns to mean, I think, "jumbo" shrimp, a classic oxymoron. I know about the Aus. "shrimp on the barbie" -- poor Barbie. What would Ken think?Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-55206544923470302172016-06-13T12:40:22.188+02:002016-06-13T12:40:22.188+02:00Nice to read you. Good luck with your garden. Ours...Nice to read you. Good luck with your garden. Ours is about a month late, and with the weather we're having it's not really growing very fast.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65546924116945059652016-06-13T10:45:24.537+02:002016-06-13T10:45:24.537+02:00Add that our supposedly iconic Australian Paul Hog...Add that our supposedly iconic Australian Paul Hogan called them shrimps when we know them as prawns. It looks like a delicious meal and I've never heard of purple snow peas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-91993118111736024122016-06-13T10:44:20.205+02:002016-06-13T10:44:20.205+02:00I always especially love your posts about cooking....I always especially love your posts about cooking. This looks wonderful. I hope your garden does well. We're having crazy weather here in Ohio, too. Everyone is late planting a garden. But one lives in hope.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-87370800955798201652016-06-13T10:32:35.243+02:002016-06-13T10:32:35.243+02:00Yes, it was. We ate it all.Yes, it was. We ate it all.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-86857890436036635822016-06-13T10:32:11.933+02:002016-06-13T10:32:11.933+02:00C'est plus ou moins chinois comme recetter mai...<i>C'est plus ou moins chinois comme recetter mais pas du tout gras.</i>Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33134458413801615312016-06-13T10:31:17.255+02:002016-06-13T10:31:17.255+02:00We hope to get a lot more pois mangetout (aka pois...We hope to get a lot more <i>pois mangetout</i> (aka <i>pois gourmands</i>) from our planting.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-67482233135122616282016-06-13T09:17:17.915+02:002016-06-13T09:17:17.915+02:00I'm so jealous. I just paid €8 a kilo for some...I'm so jealous. I just paid €8 a kilo for some mange-tout at the market. Expensive, but worth it. The French name is perfect, not just in the sense that you can eat the whole vegetable but that there will be no leftovers.Taste of Francehttp://francetaste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com