Sweet Louisiana Shrimp

THESE SHELLFISH MAY SEEM SMALL, BUT THEY PLAY A BIG ROLE IN OUR STATE’S CULINARY AND ECONOMIC FUTURE

STORY AND RECIPES BY JEAN-PAUL BOURGEOIS

“Sweet, sweet memories were made under the carport with my sister and I sitting around an ice chest with my mom and dad. In that ice chest were some of the Gulf’s finest treasures, which find robust habitat along coastal Louisiana.” THE BROWN SHRIMP might not have the sexiest name for a crustacean, especially when you look at other shellfish like spot prawn or ruby red shrimp, but what it lacks in pizzazz, it makes up for in flavor. In my household growing up, shrimp season meant a day’s work as a family so we could “put up” (a term used to preserve and, in this case, to freeze) as many peeled shrimp as possible, allowing us to have access to them for meals throughout the year. Shrimp not only makes up…

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Louisiana Cookin' (Digital) - 1 Issue, May/June 2024

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