The captain of our boat in Paraty took us to a little island beach shack called Bamboo Hut for lunch one day. We went with the super flakey and incredibly fresh fish bites…
and a yummy heart of palm salad…
They really love their heart of palm here and I love them for it.
We also ordered fried shrimp. They were pretty small and fried with the shells on. Being the American girls we are, we began removing legs and peeling the shrimp. We were taking off all the batter and left with a measly amount of shrimp. No way this is how to eat these pretty little things…
We finally gave it a go and popped the whole thing in our mouths. Totally yummy. Technically we were popping off their heads, but I eventually gave up on that and ate them, tiny little shrimp brains and all.
I did a little googling and couldn’t find any health risks or benefits from eating the shells, but we all survived and enjoyed a much less labor-intensive lunch to boot!
Turns out I let go of two of my food taboos, eating shrimp shells and heads and eating from a kitchen without an actual floor…
Good things can come of letting go.
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