Help... raw prawns advice please!

beebuzz168

Firstly, hope this is the right board, but there is usually lots of clever cooking people on here so I'm hoping someone can help...

I've got a dinner party tonight and have bought Morrisons raw prawns (pre-packaged) - they're shelled already but have got those sort of dark lines on the underside - do I need to remove it?

I've checked the instructions on the back which doesn't mention anything other than cooking instructions... but I've got a sneaky feeling that this black thing shouldn't be there?

Any help...??

Thank you!

Dr_DiNg_DoNg

sup to you, its their digestive tract , and whether you remove it or not depends on how lazy you are, and how much you are bothered about it.

beebuzz168

So it's not an absolute no-no to cook them with it?

Might have a go at removing a couple and see how long it's going to take me...

Darn dinner party - always so hard when you're trying to impress people!

Pink.

Hi beebuzz,

The black vein you can see is the intestine which is usually removed when the prawns are being shelled. It won't do you any harm or affect the taste of the prawns. However some people can be a bit funny about it and as you're cooking for a dinner party you may want to pick it out using your nails or a c0cktail stick.

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beebuzz168

Thank you - black bits successfully removed from the prawns...

Now I just need to worry about my summer pudding... Why I ever thought to try 3 new recipes all in the same meal I'll never know. :rolleyes: