Article: Once you’ve removed the shrimp’s tail, head, and shell, you need to clean the shrimp to make it presentable for eating.  To clean the shrimp, put the shrimp down on a cutting board. Take a paring knife, and run the knife’s blade along the back of the shrimp, in the middle of the shrimp’s back. Cut more deeply if you want to butterfly the shrimp. You do this by pulling the small gray vein out of the shrimp. You can use the tip of the knife to do this.  Make sure you don’t cut too deeply into the shrimp’s back.  The vein is the shrimp’s digestive tract. It looks like a string. Run the shrimp under cold water when you are done peeling and deveining it. Once you’ve peeled and deveined the shrimp, it’s time to cook and eat them! There are many recipes for cooking shrimp. Or you could eat it raw with cocktail sauce.  Try turning the shells, tails, and heads into stock. To do this, wash them off and then put them in a saucepan with cold water. You will want enough to cover them. Add peppercorns, a bay leaf or fresh parsley. Simmer uncovered about 15 minutes. Strain the shells out. Add the stock to a shrimp recipe to increase its flavor.  Remember that it doesn’t take shrimp very long to cook. In fact, shrimp can cook in as little as three minutes. You will know they are done when they appear pink.

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Cut the shrimp down its back. Devein the shrimp. Cook the shrimp.