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Discussion starter · #22 ·
sajata said:
make sure you treat the cooking water with prime before you cook the shrimp and for god's sake don't use a copper pot. Copper is, as you know, toxic to inverts




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haha well all i did was wash them thoroughly, stick them in the fridge, than the frying pan with some salt.

You guys might think im crazy but its no different than eating shrimp you buy at the market.
 
#23 ·
no one thinks your crazy, its just out of the norm and harder to accept

should of snapped pics, also when you cooked them didnt they reduce in size by 25%

how small were they
 
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avandss said:
no one thinks your crazy, its just out of the norm and harder to accept

should of snapped pics, also when you cooked them didnt they reduce in size by 25%

how small were they
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yes size was roughly reduce by 15-20 percent, had a slight shrimpy smell but not a fishy smell. I would snap pics next time i do this, not sure when... dont really want to get out of my way and buy more ghost shrimp just to eat lol..
 
#25 ·
There's a small lake at the local university here. I was told by someone at the veterinary school that you can sink a plastic bin, then put an opened can of dog food in it. An hour or two later pull out the bin, and it will be full of ghost shrimp. Repeat as needed. Might come in handy if someone needed a bunch of feeders.

But I wouldn't be surprised if someone caught a bunch to eat them. Cajuns are known for eating anything. I've got a cookbook with recipes for gator, nutria, armadillo, possum, etc. :hihi: (I've eaten three of those four myself.)
 
#26 ·
LOL This thread reminds me of what my girlfriend mentioned to me the other day when we had -28 degree weather and snow had closed the city down.

"at least if you get snowed in with no food you have enough fish in your apartment to feed you for a week" :)
 
#27 ·
When I went to a field trip to a salt marsh when I was younger, we caught these tiny shrimps that looked like ghost shrimp and the guides said we could eat them. Good eating :p. I wouldn't eat anything raw from fresh water though because of parasites.
 
#29 ·
With most of the ghost shrimp on the market coming from the southern US I'd be very surprised if people down there didn't eat them all the time. I fried up my friend's 12 yo oscar, made stew out of another friend's rabbit, and have eaten grilled cat so I'm totally cool with eating ghost shrimp. When I bred apple snails this guy wanted to buy a bunch to eat. I turned him down though because my snails had immaculate shells and it would be a shame to eat them. I gave him the number of another snail breeder whose snails always looked like crap. lol
 
#32 ·
We get many ghost shrimps in local rivers...and many peoples eat them...i eat them too...but you need to catch many of them to understand what you're eating...But never ate those in my pond or tanks. I keep them to feed my fish...my cichlids love them! and to clean my tanks...

Have a look at the shrimps in my 33g planted tank thread. Do you have the same ghost shrimps in US?
 
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Pri said:
We get many ghost shrimps in local rivers...and many peoples eat them...i eat them too...but you need to catch many of them to understand what you're eating...But never ate those in my pond or tanks. I keep them to feed my fish...my cichlids love them! and to clean my tanks...

Have a look at the shrimps in my 33g planted tank thread. Do you have the same ghost shrimps in US?
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no what i ate was american glass/ghost shrimp. They look like this

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they are from the Palaemonoidea family which includes prawns and commercial shrimp.

the one that you are talking about are from Atyidae family which include cherry shrimp, Amano and Crystal red.

since their diet is different, im sure they taste differently. I fed mine bloodworms.
 
#36 ·
This is awesome! When ever a non aquarist sees my shrimps they always ask "when can you eat them". I hate that. Next time I'll show them this! LMAO! This is top 3 thread of all time!

Eden why is this sad??? They are mostly used to feed fish, why not humans?
 
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