Is shrimp and prawns the same thing?!
Answers: Hah - you were watching Corrie!!
Yes nearly, but shrimps are a lot smaller and prawns are bigger! Yummy I love them!
no
Yes the only thing is one is bigger then the other
so the call it different names but they are both shrimps
I think so, I went to England once and prawns is just their word for shrimp.
They are all the same family. They go from shrimps to lobsters.
pick them side by side and compare
no a shrimp is a shrimp and a prawn is a prawn
No...I always thought that shrimps were smaller...
shrimp are small prawns. i think. try wikapedia lol
Yes, Big Shrimp. Easier to cook and clean
I don't think so.
A shrimp is a shrimp; a prawn is, well, a shrimp. The two words are used interchangeably in markets and restaurants everywhere. The textbooks may agree that a shrimp is a shrimp, but many people (and quite a few cookbooks) refer to this most popular of shellfish as a prawn.
Some people say the difference is size. In many parts of the country, small and medium shrimp are sold simply as shrimp, while large, extra-large, and jumbo shrimp are called prawns. Unfortunately, this "rule" doesn't always hold. In some areas, all shrimp, small and large, are sold as shrimp, while in other regions, all you'll find are prawns.
Usually In UK. Prawns are larger. Maybe the same thing elsewhere
To Kate H
Actually it is the other way around because prawns are smaller than shrimps.
But she is right about it being yummy!
Size. Shrimp run 18-40 per pound.
Prawn run 8-12 per pound.
But they are basically the same.
Food for kings. Oh I just love.
Prawns usually is bigger (not more than 25/per lb)
Shrimps with 1 pound contain more than 26or more shrimps.
But over all, they all called shrimp.
No,shrimp taste good, prawns taste like crap.
Apparently there is a difference in their gills
yes they are. only prawns take steroids and spend most of their time down the gym
They are the same thing. Of note, in the UK they call small shrimp 'shrimp' and large shrimp 'prawns". In the US shrimp is shrimp, large, medium or small.
Sorry Piegowd, but shrimp come in alot of sizes, 21-25 is a popular size in resturants and a prawn is a quarter pound each, 4 to 1.
Want to figure out what a langastino is?
OK, I didn't read any of the other answers but this happens to be something I know a little something about. LET ME SHINE....
Both Shrimp & Prawns are from the same class of Malacostracan. The difference is in the gills. There is also a small difference in reproduction, not a lot, but some.
In the UK and a lot of other countires a Prawn is the same thing when it comes to ordering from a menu.
It's an interesting argument and there is so much to read on it.
Believe it or not, I don't care for either. I have shell fish allergies.
I think prawns have a new name so that they can charge more for them in restaurants.... I love them what ever they are called.
I think prawns are just very large shrimp....
Have you been watching coronation street........
SHRIMPS ARE 'SMALLAR'.......THATS WHY THEY'RE CALLED 'SHRIMP'
LOL;
The only similarity is that they are both Crustacea.
With reference to Scampi(corry?), they should have been made with Nephrops (commonly known as prawns in the U.K.-but also sold as langoustine in the larger sizes,up to 1lb.weight each,but more commonly 4/lb as per Chef24)
Shrimp in the U.K.are Crangons (brown shrimp) and are most famously used for potted shrimp. There are also a couple of other (U.K.) varieties of Prawns,all of them soft shelled (palaemon and panandulus) As for those antibiotic laced things that come from the disease ridden Mangrove swamps of S.America and Asia as Tiger or King prawns-I ,personaly would not eat them at all !! Buy British !!!