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Hi, this is Rich Buccola here in NYC and on behalf of Expert Village today I'm going to
show you how to make shrimp cocktail. I believe that sometimes if you have a fresh seafood
market you should definitely go. I go to my seafood market two or three times a week.
They know me by name, I'm not saying that helps but you know what if you're frequent
your local butcher and stuff, he's going to take care of you better. Going into the supermarket
and trying to buy beautiful shrimp like this I don't believe it's going to happen I'm not
trying to knock the supermarkets. But I will tell you in this segment what to look for
when you buy shrimp. You see how this shrimp has a nice bend or a nice rounded back that
is what you are looking for. I pull it back and it will actually go right back to that
bend to that firmness and to that shape. You also want to be able to press the shrimp,
if you press the shrimp and it doesn't go back to its original shape or leaves an end
dent in it, you don't want to buy that shrimp. But the most important thing you want to do
is smell it. If you smell it, it shouldn't have a real fishy or it shouldn't be slimy
either, you shouldn't feel it, it should feel beautiful. It should be translucent like this,
it shouldn't smell like fish, that is a beautiful good shrimp. What you don't want to see and
this is a real easy way to tell that bad shrimp it will actually still be good to eat but
it is really passed its prime or its time as they say when you see little black circles
on your shrimp. If you see little black circles all over your shrimp don't eat those shrimps
especially if you take it off and it's on the actual, if it's not on the shell but actual
on the skin of the shrimp (the meat) don't eat the shrimp it's passed their time. Remember
you want to look for smell and if it's slimy and the firmness you want it to be firm and
you want the shrimp to be translucent. Go out and buy good shrimp.