Military Snaps up Bandages Made From Recycled Shrimp Shells

Newhouse News ^ | 7/5/2004 | Boaz Herzog

[Incorrigible]

Bubba: Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sautee it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.

[joesnuffy]

In one way...I hope this company doesnt make that much money of wounded US GIs...

On the other hand ..as a former US Army combat medic ...these sound like just the ticket
a fantas stick find/invention.....wish we woulda had them back then.......

[nothingnew]

BWAHAHAHA! Seriesly, if the gubmint can give npr money, why not back this great company?.....er....maybe not such a good idea afterall....

FMCDH(BITS)

[shaggy eel]

,,, and shrimp bandages.

[shiva]

spicy mexican guacamole shrimp

[vetvetdoug]

I was a USAF Vet Tech shrimp inspector at Bayou La Batre, Alabama, in September, 1974, when hurricane Carmen blew south of there. I never saw Forrest. I am now highly allergic to shrimp and these bandages would cause me more harm than good.

[Bogey78O]

Christ, are these guys tardo?

We throw away metric tons of shrimp shells in Louisiana each year.

[Bogey78O]

The people you meet online...

[ErnBatavia]

I know you guys eat 'em whole down there, Shagster, but up here where we're civilized prawns are sold and consumed headless...and I know the shrimp industry would love to find a use for shrimp heads. I once supervised seven loads of imports getting headed and processed for the U.S. market, and the heads ended up getting hauled away and buried.

...Can't even use 'em for cat food, because they swell up and explode the cans.

[sgtbono2002]

I have been throwing my shrimp hulls away, Where can I send them I dont think the Post office would be happy if I mailed them.

[tiki]

I hope they make millions from saving the lives of our brave servicemen who do a very dangerous job and deserve the best technology available at whatever the price.

[Poodlebrain]

Some of us use them to make stock. Cooking rice in shrimp stock imparts a wonderful flavor to the rice.

[tubebender]

Having scrimp kabobs this evening. GREAT MILATARY SHOW ON SPEED CHANNEL RIGHT NOW...

[Happygal]

Now if only they could come up with Marie-rose sauce sticking plasters! ;-)

[ASOC]

Thanks for posting but this is old news.....
You can buy these for home use now, 35 USD a pop.

[Bogey78O]

This is the face of "war profiteers" the left derides.

[shaggy eel]

I once supervised seven loads of imports getting headed and processed for the U.S. market

,,, don't tell me Ern, the prawn butchers had to face east while this was done? :)

[asgardshill]

"After we win this war and we take over everything, we can get American shrimpers out here and shrimp these waters."

[asgardshill]

Well, the folks at home collected peach pits for use in gas masks during World War I. Maybe this could be the next "do your bit for the war effort" to come along.

(Wouldn't that be horrible, having to eat all that shrimp 3 times a day and save the shells?)

[livius]

Heck, you forgot the bandage shrimp!

This is a great find. Many great discoveries came out of wartime, incidentally. Necessity is the mother of invention, and crisis situations seem to jump start the human mind.