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Special of the Day - Fresh Louisiana White Shrimp

-- Seafood insiders know that 99.9% of the retailers featuring “Fresh” shrimp are lying.

The cold hard fact is that ALL commercially caught wild shrimp are now frozen on board. The seafood processors, who buy nearly all of the domestic shrimp produced, demand frozen product.

They need to remove the heads, grade the shrimp to different sizes, and then package and re-freeze it. All this handling is much easier with frozen shrimp. Cheaper. No overtime. More economical. Better.

Better for who? The shrimp processors.

Not better for the shrimp. And certainly not better for shrimp lovers.

We offer a lot of great seafood, but no shrimp. Why? Because it’s so hard to find genuinely “Fresh” shrimp. Anything we sell has got to be the best. Over the top. Outrageously nice. Around here we say, “If it ain’t nice enough to take home to your Mom, don’t sell it.” It’s hard to find a reliable and consistent supply of “Fresh” shrimp nice enough for my Mom.

But from time to time, we get a chance to hook-up (no pun intended, since shrimp aren’t hooked they’re caught by net) with some “shrimpers” who can ship absolutely, positively “Fresh” shrimp.
Now is such a time.

“No ill wind doesn’t bring some good.”

A lot of folks in the Louisiana Basin depend on crawfish to make a living, Unfortunately, this year the weather in Louisiana has been unseasonably cold. Most of the crawfish have burrowed into the banks of the levies to stay warm. Not much crawfish when it’s cold. Some of the fellas, who normally work at crawfish farms, right now are catching some beautiful, “Fresh” white shrimp.

They go out at night in small skiffs carrying lanterns to attract the shrimp. Working the nooks and crannies of the Louisiana coast where the big shrimp boats fear to tread, they throw cast nets by hand. Sometimes they only catch 6 shrimp per throw. But, oh my, are those shrimp nice.

This run won’t last forever, but while it does “shrimp-lovers” are advised to grab while the grabbing is good. Cook ‘em with their heads-on, just like the Louisiana “shrimpers,” end enjoy the sweet flavor and crisp texture that is the hallmark of “Fresh” shrimp.

They hit ice immediately that night and aren’t processed or soaked in any way. They’re sold heads-on, just the way they come out of the sea. They average about 12 to the pound, but they’re not size graded so sometimes you get some monsters. They’ll hit your kitchen about 36 hours out of the water.

The only way to buy “Fresh” heads-on Louisiana White Shrimp is here.

Savor the difference and order now!

5 lbs $97- Order
10 lbs $169.00 - Order
15 lbs $249 - Order

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