National Shrimp Day
Five Food Finds about Shrimp
- The pistol shrimp can deliver an explosive attack hotter than the surface of the sun and loud enough to rupture a human ear drum.
- Every shrimp is actually born male, and some develop into females.
- Some shrimp are actually capable of glowing in the dark.
- Shrimp can vary in size from 1/2 inch to 12 inches.
- In some areas, shrimp served with the head still attached is considered a delicacy.
Today’s Food History
on this day in…
1785 The beer-pump handle was patented by Joseph Bramah.
1845 Carl Gustaf Patrik de Laval was born. A Swedish scientist and inventor. Among his inventions was the centrifugal cream separator and a vacuum milking machine.
1914 R.I.P. C. W. Post (Charles William. He founded the Postum Cereal Co. in 1895 (renamed General Foods Corp. in 1922) to manufacture Postum cereal beverage; 1897 Grape Nuts, 1904 Post Toasties (originally called Elijah’s Mana).
1992 The record brown trout weighed over 40 pounds and was caught in Arkansas.
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I wonder who sponsors all these unusual food days, and I assume it refers only to the US? You can bring on shrimp day anytime as far as I’m concerned… mmmmm
I sponsor the days, well sort of. In 2006 I started posting food holidays on my blog. My goal is to celebrate food every day. Why not right!
Wow, it’s like you read my mind because I was planning on making almost this exact dish today as an appetizer! Woohoo for shrimp day :)
Reblogged this on Meals on Wheels.
So tell me what is the difference between prawns and shrimps in your part of the world ???? Did we have shrimps national day – a couple a weeks ago ??? Or was that prawns ??? In my part of the world they are same same .. only different sizes.
Shrimp and Prawns can be “universal” but in North America prawns are usually referred to as shrimp. The food holiday, national shrimp scampi day was just a week of so ago.