Whoa already? Time flies.

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Does have anyone know of other good ways to eat these spotted prawns besides boiling them and eating with sauce? Pan fried prawns? If there was only a Red Lobster restaurant in this part of the world.

What I do is take the head off of course then I mix butter, tons of garlic and franks hot sauce in a frying pan then toss the prawns in. Cook until pink and they are ready to eat.

I grab french bread to dip in the sauce and it's so tasty. I make it for parties all the time and everyone loves it.

Been waiting for this.....
Time to hit up Steveston this weekend...

Cowichan Bay Spot Prawn Festival is on May 12-13th this year.

www.prawnfest.ca

Chefs Table Society » Join us at the 6th Annual BC Spot Prawn Festival

$12 for a Spot Prawn Boil Single Admission

Includes 1 plate from our Spot Prawn Boil plus access to the drink tent for free coffee, beer, and wine samples.

Pretty darn good value IMHO

This Saturday, May 3rd from 11am-3pm at the False Creek Fishermen’s Wharf (just west of Granville Island)

Hmm, maybe I'll do a spot prawn paella for mother's day... Where can I find saffron and chorizo locally?

When I was still working at Thrifty Foods we used to get them and some of them would still be alive. At first they were pretty big but I found the following year they were quite a bit smaller. Anyhow if you want good quality I would recommend thrifty foods, call first and ask if they have any and to keep the head on them if you would like. But thrifty foods is kinda expensive haha.

the lineup for this is just ridiculous.
rather save my time and buy the prawns and just take em home.

CAN'T WAIT!!!! Boiled, and dipped into soy+chilis
YUM!!

A marble in the heart recipe good with basmati.

In the pan cook up some chopped bacon,
Add some dijon mustard and a bit of crab boil.
As that's cooking add 1/2 stick of butter and some minced garlic.
Once it's bubbling along insert peeled spotties, barely cook the spots or vulcanising shame will ensue.
Serve on rice, pronto.

This is good with IPA beer or a Gewurztraminer wine.

A ceaser salad wouldn't hurt either.

never tried these before, are they worth the $12/lb?

I love May

I'm already eating them at the moment bought it for 15.99/lb but from USA but they are friggen huge so tasty!

MORE than worth it

Those plates looked pretty small last year, not worth it IMHO. Rather grab a couple pounds of live prawns and cook them at home... My wine and liquor selection is better at home too!

Yeah.
If you get them while they are hopping and pissed off, then they are awesome.
I shell them, remove the intestinal tract and then pop them in the freezer for about 10-15 minutes.
Sashimi. Done.

I usually just rinse it them off, then put them on ice, snap the head off, clean the tract and eat. So GOOD.

They stay alive on ice for a couple hours.

Eating prawns (and lobsters, shrimp, etc) is pretty much the same as eating insects..:troll:

http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/G331...arthropoda.jpg

^ That's like Greek to me.

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Can't wait to start poppin' them in my mouth again!

How would you guys eat it raw? What to do with the heads? Deep fry them?

The water tank doesn't look very clean. Plus how do you shell it when its jumping around?

Boiling it in hot water would be the best way for me.

Eating agricultural products will do the job too. Nom!

just look at them of course they are related to bugs lol

tasty bugs though, up on Savary island we pull in like 250 at a time, garlic butter with green onions and hot sauce :D :D