Shrimp peeler/deveiner

[Palmetto Bug]

I was in a friend's tackle shop and noticed a fancy looking shrimp peeling/deveining tool on the counter so I bought it, more to support the shop than any need for a new peeler. I've been plenty happy with the old, red "Zipout" peelers I've been using forever. They guy behind the counter said they were made locally. It's shaped similarly to the Zipout but is made of stainless steel with a plastic handle and it has a little blade on the under side. I really didn't expect much advantage from it but I have been very impressed. The blade does a much better job of removing the vein. I don't find myself washing each shrimp after splitting it. I googled them and they are indeed made in Charleston. Toadfish Outfitters is the name brand. According to their website, which has an expired certificate, they use the proceeds from the sale of each item to restore 10 sq. feet of oyster habitat. I'll probably be giving them to my creek people friends as gifts.

[fro]

Link? Don't Make me work for it...

[welltaut]

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The oyster knife is pretty nice too.

Products aren’t made in Charleston (says where they are made on the box), but the owner is a local boy....born and raised around Beaufort.

www.toadfishoutfitters.com

[Smilee]

We have the plastic Walmart version and it works great.

[Jscrapmetal]

I bet I can put peel you 5 to 1. Must be a Yankee.

[Saltydog235]

Kitchen shears.

[Sportin' Woodies]

Fingers

[Palmetto Bug]

We have the plastic Walmart version and it works great.

The Walmart version probably does work great but these work better. Go be poor somewhere else.

[Palmetto Bug]

I bet I can put peel you 5 to 1. Must be a Yankee.

Never lived more than 5 miles from the SC coast. I doubt you can peel and devein shrimp 5 times faster than me. If you can, how much do you charge?

[Chessbay]

Fingers

Wife

[Black Bart]

I bet I can put peel you 5 to 1. Must be a Yankee.

Never lived more than 5 miles from the SC coast. I doubt you can peel and devein shrimp 5 times faster than me. If you can, how much do you charge?

Masterfully played, sir.

[MKW]

So...here's a confession...I have never peeled/deveined shrimp. I always buy them already done. But, I didn't grow up anywhere near the ocean.
So, how do these things work?

[Hosscat]

I had never heard of a peeler/deveiner so I watched a video. Seems a little slow to me but maybe it was a yankee using it and it wasn't the Toadfish.

[FEETDOWN]

Chessbay won this thread.....

[Jscrapmetal]

I agree.

[ecu1984]

Chessbay won this thread.....

like a boss

[Relentlous]

I catch them, so my wife peels them

[Palmetto Bug]

Inlanders. Jeez! Didn't mean to start a competition.

On second thought, this tool won't work for you. It's way too expensive and complicated. Be smart and keep peeling your store bought shrimp with your fingers, stone tools or indentured servants. Only a Yankee would use an improved tool. Harder means better right?

[willyworm]

Is it heresy to say that I just eat the damn shrimp vein and all?

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[uga_dawg]

Is it heresy to say that I just eat the damn shrimp vein and all?

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You eat shrimp turds?

Yeah me too. My step mom left one at a house. We used it once for shrimp and grits before giving it back. I prefer to cook them with the shell on.