Prawns!

[mak07]

HI THERE CN SUM 1 TELL ME if prawns in brine would contain shellfish even though it doesn't say nothing on the tub would it still contain it?????

[Lisa]

I don't know if anyone can answer that, but I suspect that at the risks of cross contamination would be HIGH.

[aikiducky]

I thought prawns ARE shellfish??

Pauliina

[Lisa]

Shellfish is a culinary term for aquatic invertebrates used as food: molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Both saltwater and freshwater invertebrates are considered shellfish. Shellfish is a misnomer, because these invertebrates are definitely not fish. The term finfish is sometimes used to distinguish ordinary (vertebrate) fish from shellfish.

Some do not include shrimp, crab, or lobster in the category of "shellfish."[1]

Molluscs commonly used as food include the clam, mussel, oyster, winkle, and scallop.

Some crustaceans commonly eaten are the shrimp, prawn, lobster, crayfish, and crab.

Echinoderms are not eaten as commonly as mollusks and crustaceans. In Asia, sea cucumber and sea urchins are eaten.

Edible cephalopods, such as squid, octopus, and cuttlefish and terrestrial snails, though all molluscs, are sometimes classified as shellfish and sometimes not.

Shellfish are among the most common food allergens.[1]

The plural "shellfishes" has been used to mean "types of shellfi

I never thought of prawns (shrimp) as shellfish, but after your post, I was curious. Now, what's the difference between prawns and shrimp?

[lizard00]

I think the words prawns and shrimp are interchangeable, although prawns are generally referred to as larger, freshwater crustaceans, whereas most people associate shrimp with smaller salt water crustaceans. They taste the same to me though!! YUM!

[Lisa]

I think the words prawns and shrimp are interchangeable, although prawns are generally referred to as larger, freshwater crustaceans, whereas most people associate shrimp with smaller salt water crustaceans. They taste the same to me though!! YUM!

Thanks Liz(ard)