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I know I'm late for Hot Take Thursday, but: prawns don't have much flavour and they're too much work to bother with. Genuinely wouldn't be bothered if I never ate one again.
Gimme all the oysters instead.
Prawns straight from the boat are very very different to what you describe. I used to walk to Scarborough jetty (out of Brisbane) with my grandparents in the 80s, buy a couple of kilo from a boat that'd just come in, walk home, spend 15-30 mins deshelling, then prawn and salad cream (yes, it was a British thing) sandwiches for ever.
Gasp The thing is we get frozen prawns down here and by the time they defrost most of the juices have leaked out. Do yourself a favour and get these prawns from here. They are full of flavour despite the fact that they are frozen.
The reason why our oysters taste good is because they come from Tassie. Much fresher because they don't have to travel far.
If I had to choose I'd go oysters too.
I am dismayed that you have never had good prawns.
You had me in the first part..... but the snotty oysters are all yours too 🤮