Boiled Shrimp

[Linda428]

I have a recipe that I have used for years for boiling shrimp. The recipe calls for one Zataran's seafood boil bag, salt, one onion, a few stalks of celery, garlic cloves, 2 lemons. The last time I used this recipe the shrimp were hard to peel. What could I be doing wrong?

Linda

[cjm]

Linda, maybe the shrimp was old or overcooked???

[michelern]

Ditto on the possiblity of them being overcooked.....

[Melman]

Where did you purchase the shrimp? If you bought it fresh, is it possible it was frozen before it got to the display counter at the store??? I'm pretty sure a good many grocery stores sell shrimp "previously frozen". I usually buy the 2-pound bags of individually frozen shrimp...but the RAW kind. They also sell it already cooked. I figure that if it's already cooked, cooking it a second time would almost guarantee it's going to be tough.