Can you tell me the process of cleaning shrimp?
Can you tell me the process of cleaning shrimp?
user
What kind of process? Do you mean like a process of making it edible, like you might eat it?
assistant
Sure, eventually gonna eat it
user
Oh, let’s see... it depends on the specific shrimp, but most shrimp are cooked first, that’s the first step, then they’re peeled.  Does that help?
assistant
Well, no not really. It has a shell, vein and legs. So that has to be cleaned up before cooking it.
user
Well then, first you’ll want to start by removing the shell and legs, because those two parts aren’t edible. Then the vein, once the head is off. Then you can just throw it in the boiling water and simmer it.
assistant
Okay, can you tell me how to do those things?
user
Let’s see... To remove the legs, you could use a pair of pliers, although I don’t know if you have any available.  Or you could just hold it by the tail and twist the legs off, but you have to do it with care, because the shell and inside are very fragile.  Then you just take a pair of scissors or a knife and cut the top of the shell off, just under the head.  Then you’ll want to scrape out the vein, which is a thin, black thread that runs along the inside of the shrimp, near the shell.
assistant
Pliers for the legs?! That seems extreme
user