“Eating the shrimp’s digestive tract doesn’t make you sick—as long as you cook it thoroughly,” says Dr. Love. That means ...

Q. I used to like canned shrimp but was told the black lines in them were actually fecal matter and since then I haven’t been able to eat them. Isn’t it harmful to your health? Is there… ...

Also, how do you extract the black intestinal substance after you peel the shrimp?” Let’s start with deveining. The dark line that runs down the back of the shrimp isn’t really a vein.

Dear Recipe Wrangler, I recently dined at Aroma, a charming Italian restaurant in the East Village. It was all delicious, but the appetizer, spicy shrimp with arugula, was especially tasty. I&#8217… ...

If you love shrimp, you already know about how important (and tedious) it is to devein them, but if you're new to shellfish, you may not know about this process. The dark vein in shrimp is the ...

The black “vein” in a shrimp isn’t a vein but the shrimp’s intestinal track. It contains bacteria that are neutralized with cooking. It could provide a grittier taste but it will not hurt you.

To prepare the gratinated shrimps, start by cleaning the crustaceans: shell them (1), leaving the tail and slit the back of the shrimp with a small knife (2) to remove the black vein inside (3).