No it’s gross

Depends on how they are cooked. I hate popcorn because I always end up with little bits of hull Stu k in my throat. Same goes for shrimp. If it’s cooked well enough that that doesn’t happen, I’m fine to eat them

Shrimp tails if they’re fried.

Yea sure. I eat the banana peels too. Idk why people look at me like I’m a weirdo.

/s

I’m always worried about cutting my tongue on the shells, though that worry mainly surfaces when eating sushi. They can be sharp, and the tongue does not seem like a fun place for a paper cut.

I have been encouraged/peer pressured to eat shrimp with the tails on. I declined and ripped them off.

I, too, many years ago got tired of the process of removing shells and now just crush 'em shell on. It’s been about a decade and no issues thus far.

I don’t, because it would require a trip to the hospital. Ain’t allergies fun?

But they’re not exactly easy to digest anyway, and how they’re cooked matters to the people I know that do eat them

i knew a guy making a million a year by buying shrimp shells from a food processor for practically nothing and grinding them into dust and selling them as protein powder for gym dudes for $40/bottle.

When it’s crispy fried shrimp, yes. Any other time, no.

When I make Scampi, I use the shells to make a shrimp stock to cook the shrimp and butter. Broiling jumbo shrimp with Bay’s Seasoning in the shell means I take the shell off before eating it.

Just due to texture alone, shrimp and other crustacean shells are a hard pass for me.

They can be used for flavoring but I would not eat the shells.

Only if they’re small and fried

No. I did switch to eating larger shrimp so there’s less work involved.

There are ways of cooking shrimp that break the shell down to the point that it’s more like crispy salmon skin.