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Cooking Shrimp Essay

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An art so ancient yet so new to the human race is the art of the kitchen. All nations without any exception, old or new, large or small, have given and give their valuable help for the further expansion of the art of the kitchen, or as we are used to call it, the art of cooking. One of the most important factors that influences as a safeguard for a person's health and his abilities to work, is food. Food is the basis of life, an energy source without which life would not be possible. It is indispensable that a person's food should contain all of those nutrients that are needed for our organism, such as: proteins, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, mineral salts and ferments. Every time I cook, I do my best not to lose the food's …show more content…

The eye is blurred and without color. The skin becomes green almost in black. Whole, fresh, and unshelled shrimps can be kept for approximately two days in the refrigerator and one month in the freezer. To keep them fresh, rinse the shrimps well in cold water, drain them and put them in the refrigerator in an airtight container. Fresh shrimps can be kept in a 4°C/39°F refrigerator for two to three days or in a -18°C/0°F freezer for one month. Cooked shrimps can be kept in a 4°C/39°F refrigerator for two to three days or a -18°C/0°F freezer for six months to one year. If we want to keep the shrimps alive, we should put them in a bucket of water. The water should be changed daily. This way we can guarantee their freshness and taste. Before the shrimps are cooked, they should be washed with a lot of water. The frontal shell should be taken off (with this shell we can make sauce). If we want we can take off both the shell and the tail. Carefully we take off the intestine which is located in the back. We start at the place of the detachment from the shell until in the end of the tail. However, first we mark it with the knife and then take if off with the tip of it being very cautious not to cut it. After that, we wash them very fast with cold water and then we put them in salty hot water (you can put as much salt as you like). This action

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