Prawns?

[Zapp[3]r]

Are these okay for induction? it says 0 carbohydrate on the packet

[MontanaRebel]

Not sure as I have not been here long but if you can have shrimp why not prawns!! Someone will answer this with a more positive answer! :yes

[Elizellen]

Re: Prawns?

r]Are these okay for induction? it says 0 carbohydrate on the packet

Should be fine Zapp!
To make sure - what ingredients are listed?

Oh - welcome to our ha family :wave
Nice to see another brit here :yes

[SabrinaN]

I dont think that there is a big difference between Prawns and Shrimp.
They just come from different parts of the ocean, right ?

[MontanaRebel]

Quote:
Consumers and traders us the words shrimp and prawn in different ways, according to their country of origin. For example in the UK a 'shrimp' is something small; in Australia everything is a 'prawn', whether freshwater or marine; in the USA everything is a 'shrimp', etc.

A taxonomist's review of this topic (including French and Spanish, as well as English usage) is contained in the introduction of the following reference:

Holthuis, L.B., 1980. FAO Species Catalogue, Vol 1 - Shrimps and prawns of the world. An annotated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fisheries Synopsis (125) Vol.1. FAO, Rome, Italy. 261 pp.

To quote from Lipke Holthuis: "All in all, the situation is quite confused and nowhere a sharp distinction seems to be made between shrimps and prawns. In general one can say that the larger Palaemonidae and Penaeidae (thus the species that are commercially most attractive) are called shrimps in America, and prawns in most of the rest of the English speaking world the word shrimp being used almost everywhere for the Crangonidae and other small forms, but many exceptions occur here."

The official 'FAO English names' in fisheries and aquaculture statistical documents are also confusing. For example, Penaeus monodon, P. japonicus, P indicus, and P. merguiensis are referred to as prawns, while P. vannamei and P. stylirostris are called shrimp. If you look for some logic here, FAO seems to have used the word shrimp for penaeids indigenous to the Americas and the word prawn for the rest. Now that 'American' species have been introduced for aquaculture in other regions, notably Asia, we are in real trouble...............

Fortunately, the only Macrobrachium species currently recorded in FAO aquaculture statistics is referred to as a prawn. This terminology is generally followed in freshwater prawn farming, although historically Macrobrachium spp. have been called 'freshwater shrimp' in the USA! Fortunately this seems to be changing in scientific circles (for example, I notice that Jim Tidwell's research team use the word freshwater prawn now).

Personally, I overide the confusion by calling everything marine a shrimp and everything freshwater a prawn. I suggest that you all do the same

[Moochiecat]

...too...many.....big...words...........head..hurt ing...... :yikes


lol

[MontanaRebel]

I have to agree with you Moochiecat !! lol

[soliwit]

pppprrrrrrrt toootooooot beeeep beeeeeeeeeep in-for-ma-tion o-ver-load aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh :speechle:

[MontanaRebel]

LOL soliwit! I should have known you would like that! :guns

[SabrinaN]

ensive ensive ensive :laughing

Got ya ! And Much Agreed (MontanaRebel - Personally, I overide the confusion by calling everything marine a shrimp and everything freshwater a prawn. I suggest that you all do the same ) !!!


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