I love prawns.  i can see why they are consumed worldwide.  They are delicious
They are so good!  Are they the same thing as shrimp?  
technically they belong to different suborders of decapoda, they are very similar in appearance and the words are often used interchangeably\
are prawns larger?  that's what I've been told.  I love them all!  Glad I am not allergic!
well, the term prawn is loosely used to describe large shrimp especialy that come in 15 or fewer per pound
Yum!  My son has shellfish allergies and can't have shrimp, but luckily CAN be around them when I eat them.
Shrimp and prawn as food
Shrimp and prawn are important types of seafood that are consumed worldwide. Although shrimp and prawns belong to different suborders of Decapoda, they are very similar in appearance and the terms are often used interchangeably in commercial farming and wild fisheries. A distinction is drawn in recent aquaculture literature, which increasingly uses the term "prawn" only for the freshwater forms of palaemonids and "shrimp" for the marine penaeids.
In the United Kingdom, the word "prawn" is more common on menus than
While Dendrobranchiata and Caridea belong to different suborders of Decapoda, they are very similar in appearance, and in many contexts such as commercial farming and fisheries, they are both often referred to as "shrimp" and "prawn" interchangeably. In the United Kingdom, the word "prawn" is more common on menus than "shrimp", while the opposite is the case in North America. The term "prawn" is also loosely used to describe any large shrimp, especially those that come 15 (or fewer)