Why are shrimps sold boiled?
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After catching, the shrimp are frozen immediately, or after cooking... Manufacturers boil the delicacy for several reasons:
- seafood spoils quickly, and high temperatures are more effective at killing bacteria;
- boiled shrimp is easier to sort into packs, since the whole shrimp briquette is frozen;
- raw shrimp look ugly with stains and mucus. Cooking makes the product attractive;
- boiled product saves the consumer's time. The delicacy just needs to be thawed and reheated.
The curved tail of the shrimp signals the quality of the product. This shrimp was cooked almost immediately after catching. She was alive and fresh.
The producer freezes freshwater shrimps fresh, and sea shrimps are pre-boiled.
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