When I was in Alabama, whenever we were down by the sea and saw shrimp boats in my mind, I would start singing an old song I learned long ago. You know the song:
" Shrimp boats is a-comin, their sails are in sight
Shrimp boats is a-comin, there's dancin tonight
Why dontcha hurry hurry home, Why dontcha hurry hurry home, look here the
Shrimp boats is a comin, there's dancin tonight".
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"Shrimp boat Coming Home", oil on linen by Anne Darby Parker
"Hey, Faith...look at the lines. Don't you just find shrimp boats facinating? I need to take some pictures. Pull over...and let me get a few shots."
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During my week stay with Faith I had shrimp several different times. Thinking about shrimp this morning I wrote this little poem:
Ode to Shrimp
Pineapple shrimp
and lemon shrimp
pan fried or stirred,
coconut shrimp
pepper shrimp
or just deep fried,
shrimp stew or shrimp salad
or French bouillabaisse,
cacciucco or curry
makes no difference to me
When I'm on the Gulf shores
This is my favorite crustacean
to eat that comes from
the deep blue sea.
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Comments: 56
Great images! They're very strong and the Sepia tone looks great on them.
It's a silly little poem that just came into my head this morning. Funny, the first night I was in Alabama, Faith made a boiled shrimp dinner with red blush potatoes and corn on the cob. Ummmmm.
What a hoot, Phyllis, as you know I am not really a cook and so when I was trying to come up with shrimp dishes I went to Wiki to see what they had to offer and found the following:
"Recipes using shrimp form part of the cuisine of many cultures: examples include shrimp kebabs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, and a shrimp sandwich. Strictly speaking, dishes containing scampi should be made from the Norway lobster, a shrimp-like crustacean more closely related to the lobster than shrimp, but in some places it is quite common for large shrimp to be used instead.
As with other seafood, shrimp is high in calcium and protein but low in food energy. A shrimp-based meal is also a significant source of cholesterol, from 7 mg to 251 mg per 100 g of shrimp, depending on the method of preparation.[1]
Wet shrimp is commonly used as a flavoring and as a soup base in Asian cuisines while fried shrimp is popular in North America. In Europe, shrimp is very popular, forming a necessary ingredient in Spanish paella de marisco, French bouillabaisse, Italian cacciucco, Portuguese caldeirada and many other seafood dishes. Shrimp curry is very popular in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Shrimp are also found in Latin and Caribbean dishes such as enchiladas and coconut shrimp."
Instead, I should have just watched "Forest Gump". Well, I guess this is a close "adaptation" .....very close, I would say! Too funny!
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The shrimp comments have been fun to read.
Finally, I really like you! You're almost good enough to eat!
I was experimenting with the pictures in both black and white and sepia....in the end I liked the sepia better. But I have another set of shrimp boats from a different place....yes, I was on a roll or maybe a wave....taking shrimp boat pictures!
The comment strand is quite funny! I'm such a goose.
I love scampi!!! But now I'm thinkin' twice about the California trip....I'm not shrimp and I don't broil easily nor do I boil....and only on Gulf Shore beaches do I get fried!
I do like them in sepia...but I think you are right...it seems to me you would have to be discerning about the subject matter. When I tried these in black and white...they looked washed out. They were neat in color...but the "yesteryear effect" seemed more effective.
Don't worry about the school pictures....the candids Lynne takes are far better. And next time I'm sick, you can be the sub....'course we'll have to pass that by Mrs. Weiler.
What an enjoyable essay - I'm still crackin' up over the shrimp litany.
I'm kind of curious what Papa Hunky really looks like...aren't you? Guess Faith and I could have hung out on the dock and looked for him all day but that didn't happen. It is funny about the litany when you compare the two.
Thanks for sharing Eliza !!!
Shrimp boats are a special fascination.
You are too funny with your words of wisdom!
Great memories were made on this journey south...a relationship forged and new visual territory found.
Strange how something can be in your subconscious for a long time and just come out in the weirdest places. I wonder if anyone has written an "Ode to Lobster"?
Thanks so much for posting this to All Photo Essays Here!
This is just so cool. If when you download the pictures, you lose the clarity, send me a private email and I will send you the originals.
Gather is a small world. Tell your husband I would love to hear the story of Papa Hunky.
Mary C. Your BIG sister
Also let my brother-in-law know I want to hear all the History about Papa Hunky. Working on downloading the photos and putting them on my walls in the Family room, The theme is fishing.Waiting to hear from you Sandy B. Your BIG little Sister.