What's your go to shrimp/prawn brand, for board members that eat loads of them...

[tomster]

As per the title, if you eat lots of ship/prawns, what's your preferred brand that hopefully does not use antibiotics and other toxic additives to keep the shrimp healthy?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Centigrade32]

Brand? Buy them live or at least at a fresh market.

[Ralf001]

love prawns, I buy em fresh from the naklua fish market... Not sure what brand they are.

[OneMoreFarang]

25 minutes ago, Centigrade32 said:

Brand? Buy them live or at least at a fresh market.

I agree.

They are fresh and cheap and taste good at the fresh market.

[chickenslegs]

For curries, stir fries, prawn cocktail, etc. I buy "Yummy Tale" easy peel shrimp (frozen) from Tops. It's nice to have a couple of packs in the freezer when the urge takes me.

 

 

[connda]

Whatever shows up in the market. 
or
Here!  You can scoop them out of the tank live and take them home still wriggling.

[Gottfrid]

2 hours ago, tomster said:

As per the title, if you eat lots of ship/prawns, what's your preferred brand that hopefully does not use antibiotics and other toxic additives to keep the shrimp healthy?

 

Thanks in advance.

What are you trying to talk about? Are you posting that you buy frozen prawns just because a specific brand? That´s lunacy, as Thailand have great fresh markets that sell them. If you live close to a beach, you can even go to beach markets in the morning, and get then directly from the boat. 

And here you come trying to make a topic about freeze burnt shrimp? Really!

[KhunLA]

52 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

For curries, stir fries, prawn cocktail, etc. I buy "Yummy Tale" easy peel shrimp (frozen) from Tops. It's nice to have a couple of packs in the freezer when the urge takes me.

Also keep on hand.  Picked up 2 bags yesterday, peeled, deveined & no tails.  I live minutes from surfside & fresh markets ... will still always buy frozen, as actually 'fresher' ... IMHO 

 

We get from Makro ...

 

[Yagoda]

Siem Reap? No shrimp

Bangkok: Fresh Market, try to avoid Farmed

USA: Wild Argentinian and Wild Gulf of America or Atlantic, Wild Alaska Spots.

 

[connda]

18 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Siem Reap? No shrimp

Bangkok: Fresh Market, try to avoid Farmed

USA: Wild Argentinian and Wild Gulf of America or Atlantic, Wild Alaska Spots.

 

No you've got me started.  I want a piece of fresh North Atlantic cod. 

[Yagoda]

8 minutes ago, connda said:

No you've got me started.  I want a piece of fresh North Atlantic cod. 

Cold water fish is always the best.

[BangkokHank]

The brand that I use is "Hurry Up Shrimp":

 

 

[SMIAI]

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

Also keep on hand.  Picked up 2 bags yesterday, peeled, deveined & no tails.  I live minutes from surfside & fresh markets ... will still always buy frozen, as actually 'fresher' ... IMHO 

 

We get from Makro ...

 

 

Girl in the market peels and de-veins them for me when I go there.

Frozen prawns? No thank you. They are not the same. Damages their cell structure.

[save the frogs]

4 hours ago, tomster said:

As per the title, if you eat lots of ship/prawns, what's your preferred brand that hopefully does not use antibiotics and other toxic additives to keep the shrimp healthy?

 

Thanks in advance.

no particular brand.

as I believe shrimp inevitably contain toxins, I only consume them once a month.

good luck if you eat them every day. 

all seafood is highly contaminated, as far as I know. 

 

[tomster]

2 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Also keep on hand.  Picked up 2 bags yesterday, peeled, deveined & no tails.  I live minutes from surfside & fresh markets ... will still always buy frozen, as actually 'fresher' ... IMHO 

 

We get from Makro ...

 

Thanks.

[EVENKEEL]

Old lady buys shrimp and crab from beach vendor fresh off the boat.

[Harrisfan]

33 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Old lady buys shrimp and crab from beach vendor fresh off the boat.

I prefer young ladies and crabs