Cooking Shrimp

An art so ancient yet so new to the human race is the art of the kitchen. All nations without any exception, old or new, large or small, have given and give their valuable help for the further expansion of the art of the kitchen, or as we are used to call it, the art of cooking. One of the most important factors that influences as a safeguard for a person's health and his abilities to work, is food. Food is the basis of life, an energy source without which life would not be possible. It is indispensable that a person's food should contain all of those nutrients that are needed for our organism, such as: proteins, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, mineral salts and ferments.

Every time I cook, I do my best not to lose the food's proteins. One food that I am especially careful with is shrimp. Three ounces of shrimp contain 33.7 mcg of selenium and 1.3 mcg of vitamin B12. Selenium activates an antioxidant enzyme called glutathione peroxidase, which may help protect the body from cancer. Vitamin B12 is needed for normal nerve cell activity, DNA replication, and production of the mood-affecting substance SAMe (S-adenosyl-L-methionine).

More than 300 species of shrimp exist in the world and depending from the place that they are born, they are distinguished by color, size, consistency, and taste. Shrimps that are good to cook are the medium ones. They should not be big because the big ones are hard and not small because they do not have flesh.

The fresh shrimps are those that have red legs and a green tummy. Only if they are cooked almost alive we will have the guarantee of their complete good taste. Shrimps that are not fresh might cause a lot of diseases. To avoid this, we have to look at the shrimps in detail. ...

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...imps may be small, they are huge in their appeal. There is not one person that I know that does not love shrimp. That makes me believe that when people say that shrimp is the most popular seafood in the United States is true. They are also rich in proteins and fiber. Shrimps have some proteins that we cannot get in our everyday food.

I like cooking shrimp because there is not only one way to cook them. I also like the fact that shrimp is used in recipes all over the world. Shrimp can be mixed with a lot of different foods or it can be added as a supplement. This way, people can experience new and different things. I have cooked shrimps since I was ten years old. I was first taught by my dad who only taught me how to boil them. Then, my mother helped me make a soup and salad out of shrimps. That was a really nice experience for me since I love cooking.