On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:53:17 GMT, (NightMist)
wrote:

Nearly any recipe that calls for green shrimp will work for you.
I am given to understand that in the UK, the word prawn could mean
real prawns, or any number of varieties of shrimp, so I hesitate to
offer a specific prawn recipe. Genuine prawns tend to be richer in
flavor than the average shrimp.

With big ones you can do almost anything. I am rather fond of the
oriental recipes myself, but my preferences run to the extremely spicy
there. You could simply fry them up as you would fish, or saute them
with garlic in a little olive oil to make scampi. Big ones you can
butterfly and that might be easier for a toddler to eat.

Here is a simple recipe that I impressed a potential funding doner
with once:

http://www.1chinesefoodrecipes.com/c...n-foo-yung.php

Very simple, and the sort of thing children fancy IME. I cheated and
fried in plain vegetable oil because I was out of peanut oil.
I served it with a datamaki sauce, which is naught but a couple of
tablespoons of soy, a couple tablespoons of dashi (any complimentary
flavored stock will work) a tablespoon of brown sugar (muscavado is
fine), and a few drops of sesame oil (or a dab of peanut butter if you
haven't any sesame), all stirred together.
My kids would eat datamaki sauce on darn near anything. Ash likes to
dip flour tortillas in it.

Just make sure the mud stripe on you prawns is cut out.

NightMist
a vegetarian who has picked seafood as the lesser evil for certain
social situations

Looks good! Thanks! I've been making that soy sauce/sugar/sesame
oil/stock thing for ages, and just didn't know the name. One of my
secret weapons, especially with Oriental cuisine. I shall just make
sure that Keiko has 6 eggs on hand. Oh, and I might just go retreat
to the shed while I make this chicken soup that both cats think they
NEED.. .... RIGHT NOW.....




-- Jo in Scotland