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Posted: 1/30/2019 4:38:38 PM EDT

I was at a seafood joint the other day and saw two different people biting the shrimp and then piling up the tails on their plates. When did this shit start? The shells won't hurt you. They're actually good for you. Plus, you don't waste any tail meat. I had a buddy who used to eat the heads, crunchy eyeballs and all.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:39:15 PM EDT

[#1]

The fuck is wrong with you?

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:39:35 PM EDT

[#2]

Seriously?

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:40:07 PM EDT

[#3]

Fuck no.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:40:54 PM EDT

[#4]

WTF, OP.

I squeeze out the meat left in the tails when I BITE OFF THE TAILS.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:41:05 PM EDT

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I was at a seafood joint the other day and saw two different people biting the shrimp and then piling up the tails on their plates. When did this shit start? The shells won't hurt you. They're actually good for you. Plus, you don't waste any tail meat. I had a buddy who used to eat the heads, crunchy eyeballs and all.

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Posted: 1/30/2019 4:41:37 PM EDT

[#6]

No.

But if you do it right you can pull the meat out of the little tail part.

FWIW, my dogs utterly love shrimp tails.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:41:47 PM EDT

[#7]

Pinch the base of the tail and pull you don't lose any meat

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:42:18 PM EDT

[#8]

my daughter eats the tails. I think she originally did it for attention but just likes them now.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:42:22 PM EDT

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There is no way this is a real thread.....

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:42:26 PM EDT

[#10]

WTF???

Hold the tail and pull out the tiny piece of meat with your teeth.

No way I am crunching a tail.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:42:31 PM EDT

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WTF, OP.

I squeeze out the meat left in the tails when I BITE OFF THE TAILS.

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Same here.

I'm pretty sure that YOU are the outlier, OP.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:42:33 PM EDT

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TWSS

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:42:56 PM EDT

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If they're leaving tail meat then they're eating them wrong.

You're also eating them wrong if you feel the need to eat the tails to ensure you don't leave any tail meat behind.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:42:57 PM EDT

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Fried YES

Boiled NO

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:43:30 PM EDT

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OP eating a banana:

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:44:53 PM EDT

[#16]

Damn and from a Gulf coast person.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:45:05 PM EDT

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If their breaded and fried small tails are pretty good.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:45:30 PM EDT

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The fuck is wrong with you?

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Posted: 1/30/2019 4:45:43 PM EDT

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See, I told ya.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:46:16 PM EDT

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Would you order a bucket of Kentucky Fried Beaks?

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:46:19 PM EDT

[#21]

Yep, definitely the tail.

I prefer to have head-on shrimp and eat the head too.

(Just the head is good too):

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:46:35 PM EDT

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I eat chicken feet.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:46:59 PM EDT

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WTF, OP.

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Posted: 1/30/2019 4:47:00 PM EDT

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WTF, OP.

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This.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:47:09 PM EDT

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and corn

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:47:13 PM EDT

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This thread made my day.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:47:32 PM EDT

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WTF, OP.

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This. Fuck eating shells...damn.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:48:34 PM EDT

[#28]

Fuck no.

I eat the tail meat without the shell. Just squeeze it right out.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:49:02 PM EDT

[#29]

Only if it's friend and crunchy...like shrimp tempura at Japanese restaurant s

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:49:07 PM EDT

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I sometimes will if I am eating a dish where they are covered in sauce and I don't want to deal with the mess of pinching the tail off I will just eat the whole thing, but stuff like shrimp cocktail and just plain boiled shrimp dishes, I remove the tail. until a year ago I didn't even know they were edible until I saw my POS BIL eat his.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:49:44 PM EDT

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I watched some show about gulf coast shrimping, and the local they were talking to said the locals eat the shell and all on gulf coast shrimp. It's because the shell is thin enough almost like a softshell crab I suppose.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:50:16 PM EDT

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Fried YES

Boiled NO

See, I told ya.

But wife and daughters have always given me shit about it.

ARF has got me questioning myself again

Damn it!!!

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:50:30 PM EDT

[#33]

Poll fail. No "OP is tarded."

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:50:31 PM EDT

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This. It ain't hard.

Unlike the shells that the waterheads are crunching on.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:51:21 PM EDT

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FPNI. Seriously OP?

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:51:28 PM EDT

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I was at a seafood joint the other day and saw two different people biting the shrimp and then piling up the tails on their plates. When did this shit start? The shells won't hurt you. They're actually good for you. Plus, you don't waste any tail meat. I had a buddy who used to eat the heads, crunchy eyeballs and all.

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It's an art, but you can pull the meat from the tails.

"Good for you?" They're the same stuff as fingernails, aren't they?

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:51:48 PM EDT

[#37]

Starve much?

No.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:52:51 PM EDT

[#38]

No. Just, no.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:52:52 PM EDT

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WTF, OP.

I squeeze out the meat left in the tails when I BITE OFF THE TAILS.

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Posted: 1/30/2019 4:54:03 PM EDT

[#40]

No but my dog loves them.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:54:12 PM EDT

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I do eat fried catfish tails, though. Learned that one from my mom. They're like a catfish-flavored cracker.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:54:38 PM EDT

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When I was about 5 years old we got together for a big family dinner out at a restaurant. They put a huge plate of shrimp down in front of me and promptly forgot I was there as they returned to their conversation. About 15 minutes later somebody figured out there weren't any more shrimp nor were there any tails left on my plate and there was a minor freak out. I was no worse for wear though.

ETA: I haven't eaten any tails since then though.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:54:38 PM EDT

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and tamale

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:55:33 PM EDT

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Not by choice

I ordered something one time that came with the fucking shrimp tails still attached

It was awful

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:55:37 PM EDT

[#45]

Yep.

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:56:47 PM EDT

[#46]

umm no

Posted: 1/30/2019 4:57:55 PM EDT

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I watched some show about gulf coast shrimping, and the local they were talking to said the locals eat the shell and all on gulf coast shrimp. It's because the shell is thin enough almost like a softshell crab I suppose.

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Maybe on a tiny-ass “gumbo shrimp”. Otherwise they lied.

Posted: 1/30/2019 5:00:06 PM EDT

[#48]

oh hell no, i don't eat chicken feet of pig ears either.

Posted: 1/30/2019 5:01:17 PM EDT

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I was at a seafood joint the other day and saw two different people biting the shrimp and then piling up the tails on their plates. When did this shit start? The shells won't hurt you. They're actually good for you. Plus, you don't waste any tail meat. I had a buddy who used to eat the heads, crunchy eyeballs and all.

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Chicken egg shells are (supposedly) good for you too.

I like my eggs not crunchy though.