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Scampi

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M0nica Fri 24-May-24 09:11:35

We went out for a meal last week and for the first time, probably in decades, I decided to order scampi.

As I have always understood it 'scampi' were langoustine tails, including the shelly tail and a large piece of langoustine meat attached, egged, breadcrumbed and deep fried. I can remember in the past, holding the tail to eat the langoustine flesh.

What I reeceived looked like chicken nuggets, a cylinder with rounded ends, with a filling with a texture that suggested that it was made of minced seafood of some sort.

I commented on this to DH who does quite often have scampi, and he said what I had was what was normally served and DD confirmed it later.

I remained unconvinced and started googling and came across this article www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2357200/Ever-wondered-whats-REALLY-scampi-Youll-wish-hadnt-asked-.html

which confirmed everything I had known and now suspected, that real scampi has a shelly tail with meat attached and that scampi, as served nowadays, is indeed the fishy equivalent of a chicken nugget. It is langoustine bits bulked out with everything from cat fish to pea flour and will often have very little scampi in it.

I will not be ordering scampi and chips again. I will stick to fish and chips.

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M0nica Sat 25-May-24 06:58:27

Joseann, I think you are right. As I said I was ordering 'scampi' for the first time in decades.

Proper scampi may now be a very expensive dish, but at least this thread has made me realise that in the average pub or mid-range chain restaurant offering 'scampi' on the menu is offering no such thing, it is merely offering fishy nuggets, so I will not be tempted to order them again.

Now and again on high days or holidays, when we are dining out in a good restaurant, if scampi is available, I will order it, but ony after carefully cchecking.

At the end of the day I would rather never eat a real scampi again than eat the nuggets currently being passed off as scampi in most eating outlets.

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Lovetopaint037 Sat 25-May-24 10:11:16

Oh! Dear! Is it just another “scam - pi?
Thinking that as there is a coating surely that would account for the extra ingredients in the Youngs whole tail scampi. Like most coated fish there is more coating than fish. The exception to this I found was Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference coated cod and some found in M&S.

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Frenchgalinspain Sun 26-May-24 15:57:19

Prawn or Shrimp Scampi in Italy is normally a buttery, lush prawn dish easy to prepare aboard a bed of spaghetti or linguini.

1 / 4 Cup Extra virgin olive oil
1 kilo deveined prawns
4 large garlic cloves
1/ 2 tsp dried red pepper flakes
1 tsp salt
4 tablesps of real butter
250 grams of spaghetti, linguini or capellini (angel hair pasta)
fresh finely chopped parsley

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