King prawns from Thailand OT

I will never eat them again.
I saw a Tv program. There they are all in their tanks, seeming happy,
mating. Swimming.
Next day the females are in another tank on the bottom, not moving. The
journalist asked what was the matter with them. The person there refused to
answer.
It turned out that they'd removed one eye from the female prawns as somehow
it makes them lay more eggs.
Last prawns from Thailand I ever eat.

I thought they were got from the sea. I had no idea about this.

"Judith Latham" wrote in message
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In article , Christina Websell
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I will never eat them again. I saw a Tv program. There they are all in
their tanks, seeming happy, mating. Swimming. Next day the females are
in another tank on the bottom, not moving. The journalist asked what
was the matter with them. The person there refused to answer. It
turned out that they'd removed one eye from the female prawns as somehow
it makes them lay more eggs. Last prawns from Thailand I ever eat.

I thought they were got from the sea. I had no idea about this.

I hate the way some people think that they can torture any live being. My
father in law has given me a bag of whole king prawns as a thank you for
something, I can't remember what. He just doesn't think about the fact
that I would find it unpleasant to say the least to shell them. He's only
known me for 41 years, he only realized I was religious last year. I
didn't want the prawns before and want them even less now. He wouldn't
know where they came from anyway. I shall have to use them as I need the
room in my freezer for Christmas and don't want to cause a row with DH by
throwing them away.

Judith

--
Judith Latham
Stourbridge, West Midlands. UK.

Is there someone you know who might like them? Maybe DH wouldn't object to
giving them away.

Joy

On 12/7/2012 4:12 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
I will never eat them again.
I saw a Tv program. There they are all in their tanks, seeming happy,
mating. Swimming.
Next day the females are in another tank on the bottom, not moving. The
journalist asked what was the matter with them. The person there refused to
answer.
It turned out that they'd removed one eye from the female prawns as somehow
it makes them lay more eggs.
Last prawns from Thailand I ever eat.

I thought they were got from the sea. I had no idea about this.


Very disturbing! From what I've read, the term "prawns" more often
refers to the larger, fresh water decapods while "shrimp" (which is what
I'm used to in the US) are salt-water creatures. I'm fortunate enough
to live in an area where "shrimping" is still big business. You can
watch the shrimp boats coming into the harbor from the ocean.

Jill

On Friday, December 7, 2012 4:12:53 PM UTC-5, Christina Websell wrote:
I will never eat them again.

I saw a Tv program. There they are all in their tanks, seeming happy,

mating. Swimming.

Next day the females are in another tank on the bottom, not moving. The

journalist asked what was the matter with them. The person there refused to

answer.

It turned out that they'd removed one eye from the female prawns as somehow

it makes them lay more eggs.

Last prawns from Thailand I ever eat.



I thought they were got from the sea. I had no idea about this.

I recalled reading that Thai shrimps or prawns from are from polluted water.
I found many of the frozen shrimps sold here are from Thailand. So I have
stopped buying them. Now I only buy fresh (not frozen) shrimps from N. America. They cost more but I hope they are not as polluted. -- Winnie

On 12/9/2012 12:16 PM, Rusty wrote:
On Friday, December 7, 2012 4:12:53 PM UTC-5, Christina Websell wrote:
I will never eat them again.

I saw a Tv program. There they are all in their tanks, seeming happy,

mating. Swimming.

Next day the females are in another tank on the bottom, not moving. The

journalist asked what was the matter with them. The person there refused to

answer.

It turned out that they'd removed one eye from the female prawns as somehow

it makes them lay more eggs.

Last prawns from Thailand I ever eat.



I thought they were got from the sea. I had no idea about this.

I recalled reading that Thai shrimps or prawns from are from polluted water.
I found many of the frozen shrimps sold here are from Thailand. So I have
stopped buying them. Now I only buy fresh (not frozen) shrimps from N. America. They cost more but I hope they are not as polluted. -- Winnie

I lived in Thailand 1969-1971. If they're getting shrimp/prawns out of
the rivers or klongs yes, the water is polluted. People who live along
them are poor and many don't have the modern facilities we're used to.
Human waste and garbage is disposed of in the rivers. Little kids bathe
in and use the bathroom in the rivers. Shrimp from Thailand? No thanks.

When we lived there we had to have a huge heavy ceramic crock with a
filter to have clean drinking and cooking water. It was additionally
sterilized with a few drops of bleach every time it was refilled. Of
course this was in the days before you could buy cases of individual
bottles of water.

Jill

Judith Latham wrote:
In article , Christina Websell
wrote:
I will never eat them again. I saw a Tv program. There they are all in
their tanks, seeming happy, mating. Swimming. Next day the females are
in another tank on the bottom, not moving. The journalist asked what
was the matter with them. The person there refused to answer. It
turned out that they'd removed one eye from the female prawns as somehow
it makes them lay more eggs. Last prawns from Thailand I ever eat.

I thought they were got from the sea. I had no idea about this.

I hate the way some people think that they can torture any live being. My
father in law has given me a bag of whole king prawns as a thank you for
something, I can't remember what. He just doesn't think about the fact
that I would find it unpleasant to say the least to shell them. He's only
known me for 41 years, he only realized I was religious last year. I
didn't want the prawns before and want them even less now. He wouldn't
know where they came from anyway. I shall have to use them as I need the
room in my freezer for Christmas and don't want to cause a row with DH by
throwing them away.

Judith

I certainly agree about unnecessary cruelty in the raising and
processing of food animals, although in my case religion has nothing to
do with it. (Although I was involved with church music for much of my
life, I tend toward agnosticism more and more, the older I get.) I tried
(briefly) to become a vegetarian, but like our favorite companion
animals, I am too much a carnivore for that. However, I see no reason
pigs, cattle, poultry and whatever cannot be accorded a decent quality
of life until the fateful day. (I no longer eat lobster since I
discovered they boil the poor critters alive!)

"Judith Latham" wrote in message
...
In article , Christina Websell
wrote:
I will never eat them again. I saw a Tv program. There they are all in
their tanks, seeming happy, mating. Swimming. Next day the females are
in another tank on the bottom, not moving. The journalist asked what
was the matter with them. The person there refused to answer. It
turned out that they'd removed one eye from the female prawns as somehow
it makes them lay more eggs. Last prawns from Thailand I ever eat.

I thought they were got from the sea. I had no idea about this.

I hate the way some people think that they can torture any live being. My
father in law has given me a bag of whole king prawns as a thank you for
something, I can't remember what. He just doesn't think about the fact
that I would find it unpleasant to say the least to shell them. He's only
known me for 41 years, he only realized I was religious last year. I
didn't want the prawns before and want them even less now. He wouldn't
know where they came from anyway. I shall have to use them as I need the
room in my freezer for Christmas and don't want to cause a row with DH by
throwing them away.


I am happy to eat them if they are caught wild in the sea (naively, I
thought they all were.)
I am not happy to eat them if they are farmed and have the eye plucked off
the end of their antennae to make the girls lay more eggs. No wonder the
worker didn't want to reply to the question "why don't they seem happy now?"
The difference between how those female prawns were in the mating tanks -
swimming about happily - and when we saw them in the laying tanks - it hurt
my heart. They lay on the bottom of the tank and hardly moved, as you would
yourself if you'd just had one of your eyes plucked out.
It's disgusting and I am grateful it has been brought to my attention via
this TV programme otherwise I would have continued to buy them.
Tweed

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 12/7/2012 4:12 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
I will never eat them again.
I saw a Tv program. There they are all in their tanks, seeming happy,
mating. Swimming.
Next day the females are in another tank on the bottom, not moving. The
journalist asked what was the matter with them. The person there refused
to
answer.
It turned out that they'd removed one eye from the female prawns as
somehow
it makes them lay more eggs.
Last prawns from Thailand I ever eat.

I thought they were got from the sea. I had no idea about this.


Very disturbing! From what I've read, the term "prawns" more often refers
to the larger, fresh water decapods while "shrimp" (which is what I'm used
to in the US) are salt-water creatures. I'm fortunate enough to live in
an area where "shrimping" is still big business. You can watch the shrimp
boats coming into the harbor from the ocean.

Jill

There seems to be a difference about shrimps/prawn definition - I've noticed
this before. We call shrimps the very tiny ones, and USA people call prawns
shrimp too.
Anyway, I will never eat a prawn from Thailand again.
I will examine every packet I buy and if it says "origin Thailand" it's off
my menu as sure as I will feed Boyfie tomorrow.
And I don't want anything from our favourite Scot accusing me of being
racist (again)

On 12/10/2012 12:42 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 12/7/2012 4:12 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
I will never eat them again.
I saw a Tv program. There they are all in their tanks, seeming happy,
mating. Swimming.
Next day the females are in another tank on the bottom, not moving. The
journalist asked what was the matter with them. The person there refused
to
answer.
It turned out that they'd removed one eye from the female prawns as
somehow
it makes them lay more eggs.
Last prawns from Thailand I ever eat.

I thought they were got from the sea. I had no idea about this.


Very disturbing! From what I've read, the term "prawns" more often refers
to the larger, fresh water decapods while "shrimp" (which is what I'm used
to in the US) are salt-water creatures. I'm fortunate enough to live in
an area where "shrimping" is still big business. You can watch the shrimp
boats coming into the harbor from the ocean.

Jill

There seems to be a difference about shrimps/prawn definition - I've noticed
this before. We call shrimps the very tiny ones, and USA people call prawns
shrimp too.

That's because in the US shrimp come in many different sizes. From
small canned "salad shrimp" to jumbo shrimp. Some are already cleaned,
peeled and flash frozen, others are partially cleaned but with the shell
still on (as for shrimp cocktail). I don't buy much shrimp but when I
do I'll be checking the labels.

Anyway, I will never eat a prawn from Thailand again.
I will examine every packet I buy and if it says "origin Thailand" it's off
my menu as sure as I will feed Boyfie tomorrow.
And I don't want anything from our favourite Scot accusing me of being
racist (again)

Huh?

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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On 12/10/2012 12:42 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
On 12/7/2012 4:12 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
I will never eat them again.
I saw a Tv program. There they are all in their tanks, seeming happy,
mating. Swimming.
Next day the females are in another tank on the bottom, not moving.
The
journalist asked what was the matter with them. The person there
refused
to
answer.
It turned out that they'd removed one eye from the female prawns as
somehow
it makes them lay more eggs.
Last prawns from Thailand I ever eat.

I thought they were got from the sea. I had no idea about this.


Very disturbing! From what I've read, the term "prawns" more often
refers
to the larger, fresh water decapods while "shrimp" (which is what I'm
used
to in the US) are salt-water creatures. I'm fortunate enough to live in
an area where "shrimping" is still big business. You can watch the
shrimp
boats coming into the harbor from the ocean.

Jill

There seems to be a difference about shrimps/prawn definition - I've
noticed
this before. We call shrimps the very tiny ones, and USA people call
prawns
shrimp too.

That's because in the US shrimp come in many different sizes. From small
canned "salad shrimp" to jumbo shrimp. Some are already cleaned, peeled
and flash frozen, others are partially cleaned but with the shell still on
(as for shrimp cocktail). I don't buy much shrimp but when I do I'll be
checking the labels.

Anyway, I will never eat a prawn from Thailand again.
I will examine every packet I buy and if it says "origin Thailand" it's
off
my menu as sure as I will feed Boyfie tomorrow.
And I don't want anything from our favourite Scot accusing me of being
racist (again)

Huh?

When I said I didn't want my cat to eat anything from China, I was accused
of being a racist. I don't care. When China put melamine in cat food to
boost the protein and not care how it killed them, yes, call me a racist if
I say The Chinese killed cats in America by introducing melamine to their
diet,
They did.

This is not racist, it's a fact.