Edible shrimp product and method of making
AssigneeNissho Iwai Corporation
InventorKiyoshi Nagano
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Abstract
An edible prawn wherein each of the abdominal carapaces connecting respective ends of the lateral carapaces in the first to fifth abdominal somites and a part of the sixth abdominal somite has been broken along at least one cut, thus facilitating the separation of the meat from the shell like the separation of the telson from the uropod.
Claims6
An edible shrimp product made from shrimp, each shrimp having first through sixth abdominal segments extending from the head to the tail of the shrimp, respectively, the tail having tail limbs, wherein
- each of abdominal carapaces interconnecting opposite ends of each of abdominal segment side carapaces of the first to fifth abdominal segments is cut along its entire length with a continuous cut;
- at least a portion of the abdominal carapace interconnecting the opposite ends of the abdominal segment side carapace of the sixth abdominal segment is cut with a connecting cut connected with the continuous cut;
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- the side carapace of the sixth abdominal segment is cut with a side cut intersecting the connecting cut in the abdominal carapace of the sixth abdominal segment, the side cut being made in a region reaching the upper ends of roots of the tail limbs within the side carapace of the sixth abdominal segment.
An edible shrimp product made from shrimp, each shrimp having first through sixth abdominal segments extending from the head to the tail of the shrimp, respectively, the tail having tail limbs, wherein
- each of abdominal carapaces interconnecting opposite ends of each of abdominal segment side carapaces of first to fifth abdominal segments is cut along its entire length with a continuous cut;
- at least a portion of the abdominal carapace interconnecting the opposite ends of the abdominal segment side carapace of the sixth abdominal segment is cut with a connecting cut connected with the continuous cut;
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- the entire shrimp is frozen.
A process for preparing an edible shrimp product made from shrimp, each shrimp having first through sixth abdominal segments extending from the head to the tail of the shrimp, respectively, the tail having tail limbs, the process comprising the steps of:
- cutting along an entire length thereof each of abdominal carapaces interconnecting opposite ends of each of abdominal segment side carapaces of the first to fifth abdominal segments;
- cutting a least a portion of the abdominal carapace interconnecting the opposite ends of the segment side carapace of the sixth abdominal segment to connect with the cut formed by cutting each of the abdominal carapaces;
- tearing off the tail segment of the shrimp with the abdominal carapaces cut, from the tail limbs toward the first abdominal segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.