Showing posts with label shrimp cocktail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shrimp cocktail. Show all posts

Monday, September 7, 2015

Day 250 - Coconut Shrimp

Find in the frozen food section
Here is David’s take on these puppies  – “They are okay, but a little dry…  They need a SAUCE.  I used a shrimp cocktail sauce but I think a sweet and sour sauce would be nicer.  I would give them a 3.25.”

A little coconut shrimp "drumlette" looking thing
And my opinion – They are easy to cook.  Just preheat the oven to 450 and put them on a baking tray.  We left them in around 14 minutes (our oven always takes a little longer than recipes say it will).  Not GREAT, but not HORRIBLE…  Like David said they are a bit dry.  It would be cool if they came with a little sauce in the box. 

The sign suggests serving them at your luau, but I don't think they are good enough for a luau.  For personal consumption only. 
The coconut taste is nice.  We do not eat a lot of seafood so it is nice to have SHRIMP, but I think this might not be the best way to get them.  We served them with leftover garlic mashed potatoes, and I have to admit the mashed pots were better than the shrimp.

Here David models the box while we are in the Clarendon, VA Trader Joe's. 
Would I serve them to guests?  Probably not.  Would I buy them again?  Maybe not.  Will I eat the remaining 5 that are still in the freezer?  Yup – that much I will do.  (Serving size is 5 and there are 3 servings in the box.)

Price – $5.99

Rating - 3

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Day 28 - Seafood Cocktail Sauce

We do not eat very much seafood.  It is not that we do not like it, we just rarely think of getting it I guess.  But every once in a while, mostly when we are in Florida right on the water, we splurge on FRESH SHRIMP and have ourselves a little SHRIMP COCKTAIL.  And it is amazzzzingly good. 

Seafood Cocktail Sauce
This Trader Joe’s cocktail sauce is what serves as our dip for those luscious shrimp.  Yup, the shrimp cost a pretty penny, but the sauce sure doesn’t!  It is cheap, spicy, zesty, and delicious.   I recommend grabbing a bottle of it and having it at the ready.  Maybe seeing that puppy in the fridge will remind you to GET SOME SEAFOOD!  J

Very reasonable price for a very tasty sauce

Price - $1.79

Rating - 4