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Prawn Crackers

Sorry if this is a stupid question, do they actually contain prawns?

I'm a vegetarian and ate some of them the other day, didn't even think of it when eating them.

Thanks :smile:

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Reply 1

secretmessages

I'm afraid they usually do, less than 10% or something like that. You can get vegetarian prawn crackers though, but the ones you get from takeaways are usually non-veggie as far as I know :s-smilie:

sorry

Reply 2

Apocalypti

*Cravings*!

Reply 3

7777777

you sinner

Reply 4

Davott

http://kuali.com/recipes/viewrecipe.asp?r=1351

Yup, Im afraid they do although as secretmessages says you can get vegetarian prawn crackers.

Reply 5

DavidR1991

Fookin' prawns...

Let's cut some cake!

Reply 6

fire2burn

If you're referring to the ones from takeaways you get free when you spend over £10 then you'll find that they're unsuitable for you.

Edit: Although veggie world (Chinese takeaway) near Milton Keynes do vegan ones. In fact all of their food is either vegetarian or vegan friendly :smile:

http://www.veggie-world.com/Restaurant/Menu

Just on the off chance you're ever in or near MK :wink:

Reply 7

CasinoBrawl

Oh ******* hell, I was hungry before I read this thread and now I have an enormous craving for prawn crackers :coma:

Reply 8

TheTallOne

**Checks ingredients**
Tapioca 81%, Fresh Shrimp 9%, Garlic 5%, Salt 2.5%, Pepper 1.5%, MSG 1% :coma:

MADE FROM SHRIMP CAUGHT IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN it says in capitals.

I have a pack of them waiting to be fried, although deep fat frying at uni is time consuming :colonhash:

Reply 9

fire2burn

TheTallOne

I have a pack of them waiting to be fried, although deep fat frying at uni is time consuming :colonhash:

You mean your kitchen doesn't come with a servant? How peculiar :s-smilie:

Doing things manually is such a chore I can sympathise with your frustrations :yes:

Reply 10

TheTallOne

fire2burn

You mean your kitchen doesn't come with a servant? How peculiar :s-smilie:

Doing things manually is such a chore I can sympathise with your frustrations :yes:

Have you ever tried frying prawn crackers? It's so boring :colonhash:

It basically involves a saucepan of hot fat, chopsticks and 1 hour of dipping the crackers in and taking them out. And by the time you have finished half of them have been eaten and the other half are gone in half an hour.

If I had a deep fat fryer :hmmm:

But then think of all the fat :coma:

Reply 11

Donnahh

7777777

you sinner

Holy mother of God! Your sig! :eek3:

Scared the living poop out of me!

Reply 12

7777777

Donnahh

Holy mother of God! Your sig! :eek3:

Scared the living poop out of me!

That dog amuses me :proud:

The right sig is ******* up your couch :colone:

Reply 13

Nico_SU

As a worker in a Chinese, I can say that they do contain shrimps (not King Prawns) although it is in tiny, tiny amounts. If you've never seen them be cooked (usually they don't make them to order) it's amazing. They come in little discs about an inch across and about 1mm thick and as soon as they touch the oil, they frazzle up within about a second, it's quite funny to watch, kind of like that industrial insulation foam.

Reply 14

MichaelLynch1990

Feesh

Sorry if this is a stupid question, do they actually contain prawns?

I'm a vegetarian and ate some of them the other day, didn't even think of it when eating them.

Thanks :smile:

Far from the 10% the guy above said, a good prawn cracker is almost entirely prawn.

Reply 15

Jangrafess

I really don't like prawn crackers. They make me think of cardboard and general pointlessness as by the time I've got around to eating the main part of my meal I find that I've filled myself up with prawn crackers on the way back from the takeaway.