Grew up on the Gulf Coast near Galveston and was acquainted with several shrimpers. I miss it down there so much, but we moved away after the big hurricane evacuation disaster when the authorities were trying to force millions of people up to tiny Huntsville!
I was a teenager in the mid 70s in Freeport Texas Gulf Coast shrimp the most tastiest shrimp on the planet nothing like catching one an hour later frying them and eating them at the kitchen table
we must be close to age, and I was just north of you in Galveston, my dad had a shrimp boat that we shrimped only on the weekends, we use to mop up and sell to Milts in Port Bolivar and of course keep plenty for the house, go Tors
Two things... I've been fortunate to have lived, worked, and fished virtually all of our 3 coasts, and even a small portion of Alaska's... There is a very noticeable difference in the taste of all forms of shellfish, depending on where they are harvested. The difference is/can be attributed to the differences in the food chains, starting with single cell organisms, and especially algae. (You are what you eat) Secondly, though it's only 3/10th of 1% saltier in the Atlantic and the Gulf Coast waters.., I swear that I can taste a difference in the saltiness, compared to the Pacific and North Western waters. Perhaps it's the different strains of algae, with its "complimentary" bitterness, but the salinity of Gulf Coast Shrimp, and especially Oysters is noticeable... And! far superior. --- Far, far superior --- And I find Texas Shrimp to be the best. Sweet, salty, and not a hint of bitterness. Again, I believe it's all in the diet of these tasty critters. Louisiana and Mississippi waters have an unimaginable amount of silt in the water, and on the bottom. This might (I highly suspect) affect the flavor, as well. No "muddy" taste can be found in Texas Shrimp, oysters, and crab... And 2nd-ly... I currently live in WA State, and I can't find Gulf Coast Shrimp, let alone Texas Shrimp up here... Any suggestions?
@@shrimp8004 some people might do that if they are getting old, but I lived on the Texas coast my whole life and even worked on my dad's shrimp boat and I never seen anyone do that, you can buy Oysters and shrimp right off the boat when they come in and I never see them in that stuff
Grew up on the Gulf Coast near Galveston and was acquainted with several shrimpers. I miss it down there so much, but we moved away after the big hurricane evacuation disaster when the authorities were trying to force millions of people up to tiny Huntsville!
I was a teenager in the mid 70s in Freeport Texas Gulf Coast shrimp the most tastiest shrimp on the planet nothing like catching one an hour later frying them and eating them at the kitchen table
I agree. Strongly. See my comment. Do you agree? Have I "figger-ed" it out?
we must be close to age, and I was just north of you in Galveston, my dad had a shrimp boat that we shrimped only on the weekends, we use to mop up and sell to Milts in Port Bolivar and of course keep plenty for the house, go Tors
I'm from Galveston Texas worked for a man by the name Henry Moore u right nothing like catching it an fry n , eating it few minutes later
Two things... I've been fortunate to have lived, worked, and fished virtually all of our 3 coasts, and even a small portion of Alaska's... There is a very noticeable difference in the taste of all forms of shellfish, depending on where they are harvested. The difference is/can be attributed to the differences in the food chains, starting with single cell organisms, and especially algae. (You are what you eat) Secondly, though it's only 3/10th of 1% saltier in the Atlantic and the Gulf Coast waters.., I swear that I can taste a difference in the saltiness, compared to the Pacific and North Western waters. Perhaps it's the different strains of algae, with its "complimentary" bitterness, but the salinity of Gulf Coast Shrimp, and especially Oysters is noticeable... And! far superior. --- Far, far superior --- And I find Texas Shrimp to be the best. Sweet, salty, and not a hint of bitterness. Again, I believe it's all in the diet of these tasty critters. Louisiana and Mississippi waters have an unimaginable amount of silt in the water, and on the bottom. This might (I highly suspect) affect the flavor, as well. No "muddy" taste can be found in Texas Shrimp, oysters, and crab...
And 2nd-ly... I currently live in WA State, and I can't find Gulf Coast Shrimp, let alone Texas Shrimp up here... Any suggestions?
@@shrimp8004 some people might do that if they are getting old, but I lived on the Texas coast my whole life and even worked on my dad's shrimp boat and I never seen anyone do that, you can buy Oysters and shrimp right off the boat when they come in and I never see them in that stuff
@@shrimp8004 they don't use that on freezer boats