Thread: Which prawn size would you choose

Originally Posted by BBC

Now....onto a subject dear to my heart...Mozambican prawns...or camarao.

We get a good range of sizes over here and believe...they ain't know where near the prices you pay in Oz!! Have a gecko at the size of some of these....


Bom apetit!

I must admit they the seafood does look pretty awesome there.. I suspect though that I would be too worried about where it was caught and how it was transported, stored and cooked to eat it..

Oh and as for the original question.. Monsters would be my choice.. more meat and less peeling.. suits me!

Originally Posted by Sue

I must admit they the seafood does look pretty awesome there.. I suspect though that I would be too worried about where it was caught and how it was transported, stored and cooked to eat it..

Oh and as for the original question.. Monsters would be my choice.. more meat and less peeling.. suits me!

I'd have more concern about the product you find in some supermarkets here...



I'd also go the monsters. Peeling isn't my idea of fun either.

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Coming from a trawler family background myself, I've tried in vain to convince others to learn how to peel better and keep the prawns smaller. The smaller they are, the sweeter and more tender IMHO. I often knock back prawns if they're too big

when l have bought prawns from commercial suppliers in the past the prawn size has been indicated by the number of prawns per kilo, the larger number the smaller the prawn supplied

I usually prefer for cooking or say entree like garlic prawns or prawns wrapped in bacon a cleaned prawn of about 24

prawns used as meal item or major focal presentation l would go larger size say 15 or 16

so prawn size bought depended on end use

Originally Posted by cartm58

when l have bought prawns from commercial suppliers in the past the prawn size has been indicated by the number of prawns per kilo, the larger number the smaller the prawn supplied

I usually prefer for cooking or say entree like garlic prawns or prawns wrapped in bacon a cleaned prawn of about 24

prawns used as meal item or major focal presentation l would go larger size say 15 or 16

so prawn size bought depended on end use

Think you will find the size is number of prawns PER POUND, not kilo.

Cheers Ean

The monsta's sound good for throwing on the bbq but i prefer medium size as i can them use them in anything i cook - on skewers, in rissotto and pasta, in stir frys or just poached and served cold.
My 5yo absolutely loves prawns so they are a good size for her too.

If you want good prawns, go to Shorncliffe, usually thursday, friday, cooked bays, fresh as, cheap as. Green tigers, fresh as, cheap as. Buy direct from the trawler. Since the co-op closed, [ they are still chasing the ex- manager, he wants to hope they don't catch him] Best value in Brisbane, get in before the XMAS price rise. Bob

IMHO 10-20 Endeavours only way to go

Any bigger and they get tough (like tigers)

If you want big for presentation then go to the fresh and get some Cherabin (same as those big prawns in the Mozambique pics) a massive Cherabin is sweeter and more tender than an under 8 Tiger or Endeav.

Steve