I do. So does Seattle Times food writer Nancy Leson – but only if they're fried. Others won't eat them at all, no matter how succulently crisp those feathery little hind appendages may be.One such tail-decliner is my own wife, the lovely and talented Cheryl DeGroot, who expresses loud disdain for the practice of shrimp tail ingestion. I'm not one to point a finger but I will mention that the woman sees nothing wrong with donuts and beer. And not the shrimp-flavored donuts, either.
Dogs like 'em
After a lifetime enduring looks of wild surmise and gob-smacked "Are you really eating those?" every time I down tail, I am gratified to learn that I have fellow tailophiles amongst Man's Best Friends.
There's even new info showing that the consumption of shrimp shells can lower cholesterol. It's amazing what you can find on the internet. And you know they'd never let them print it if it weren't true.
Crunch on!
"I think somebody should come up with a way to breed a very large shrimp. That way you could ride him, then after you camped at night you could eat him. How about it, science?"
– Jack Handey
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