Don't be a shrimp. Ok, be one, but......

[Brian37]

In cooking, some people like the shells, some people like them peeled, but what is with the deveining when you do peel? The only thing I can think is "looks" or "yuck factor" for no good reason. Or you devein them because it gives it a butterfly look. Now that butterfly look, I could get. But I don't think leaving the vein in changes the taste good or bad.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Shrimp guts.

[no one]

It doesn't alter the taste too much in my opinion, but it is for presentation purposes.

[Brian37]

Shrimp guts.

Yea so? So are pig intestines and liver, which I both hate. But the thing with shrimp is that the vein is so damned tiny, once it is fully cooked, I don't see how anyone could taste it. I think the deviening is more a mental thing than anything else.

I get gutting fish, but shrimp are  so small.

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It doesn't alter the taste too much in my opinion, but it is for presentation purposes.

Yea, that is kinda what I thought.

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Ok guys, another one for you. And again, I could care less either way, but some food joints/major chains will argue Ford vs Chevey.

There are some pizza joints that toss the dough in the air, and other pizza joints, and I worked for one, that forbid doing that, both argue quality arguments.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Shrimp guts.

Yea so? So are pig intestines and liver, which I both hate. But the thing with shrimp is that the vein is so damned tiny, once it is fully cooked, I don't see how anyone could taste it. I think the deviening is more a mental thing than anything else.

I get gutting fish, but shrimp are  so small.

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It doesn't alter the taste too much in my opinion, but it is for presentation purposes.

Yea, that is kinda what I thought.

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Ok guys, another one for you. And again, I could care less either way, but some food joints/major chains will argue Ford vs Chevey.

There are some pizza joints that toss the dough in the air, and other pizza joints, and I worked for one, that forbid doing that, both argue quality arguments.

Tossing the dough in the air makes the centre proportionately thinner, which results in a somewhat more oily crust. I’m given to understand that this is more traditional and some people prefer it. 

Boru

[Brian37]

Yea so? So are pig intestines and liver, which I both hate. But the thing with shrimp is that the vein is so damned tiny, once it is fully cooked, I don't see how anyone could taste it. I think the deviening is more a mental thing than anything else.

I get gutting fish, but shrimp are  so small.

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Yea, that is kinda what I thought.

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Ok guys, another one for you. And again, I could care less either way, but some food joints/major chains will argue Ford vs Chevey.

There are some pizza joints that toss the dough in the air, and other pizza joints, and I worked for one, that forbid doing that, both argue quality arguments.

Tossing the dough in the air makes the centre proportionately thinner, which results in a somewhat more oily crust. I’m given to understand that this is more traditional and some people prefer it. 

Boru

The pizza company I worked for forbid tossing it, and the reason they gave is that it caused a "'gell line", which may refer to the "oily" crust you just mentioned.. In which the crust didn't completely cook. I saw it in training, but again,  it looked cooked to me. And as many pizzas from countless places I have had, I could care less as long as it tastes good.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Tossing the dough in the air makes the centre proportionately thinner, which results in a somewhat more oily crust. I’m given to understand that this is more traditional and some people prefer it. 

Boru

The pizza company I worked for forbid tossing it, and the reason they gave is that it caused a "'gell line", which may refer to the "oily" crust you just mentioned.. In which the crust didn't completely cook. I saw it in training, but again,  it looked cooked to me. And as many pizzas from countless places I have had, I could care less as long as it tastes good.

Well, pizza never tastes good, but that's just me.

It isn't so much that the bread doesn't cook, it's that it cooks unevenly. The tossing and spinning causes the dough to be thinner in the middle than round the edges, so oil from the toppings tends to pool in the centre.  But, as I said, some people prefer it that way.

Ideally, pizza dough should be made like focaccia - stretched and pressed, not flung about.

Boru

[Little lunch]

I just use a rolling pin.
But I always like to use fresh yeast, whole wheat flour and semolina to roll it round on.
Wood fire pizza oven and less is best with the ingredients and sauce.
Cheese goes on the bottom. :-)

[arewethereyet]

The pizza company I worked for forbid tossing it, and the reason they gave is that it caused a "'gell line", which may refer to the "oily" crust you just mentioned.. In which the crust didn't completely cook. I saw it in training, but again,  it looked cooked to me. And as many pizzas from countless places I have had, I could care less as long as it tastes good.

Well, pizza never tastes good, but that's just me.

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Boru

Heretic!

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Well, pizza never tastes good, but that's just me.

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Boru

Heretic!

Yeah, I know.  Pizza is revolting and for saying so, I'll be condemned to an eternal punishment that'll make Sisyphus and his rock look like a Sunday brunch.

But I'm ok with that.

Boru