It is time for "a nation shrimp intervention" to help shrimp lovers embrace local Gulf of Mexico shrimp instead of its cheaper and easier to find Asian brethren, according to a recent New York Times article.
"We do a lot of mindless shrimp eating in this country, and I am here to stop the madness," Kim Severson, the Atlanta bureau chief for the Times, says in a video accompanying her article. That video explains how to shop for fresh shrimp, and how to cook it.
Since shrimp imports this year have been questioned because of diseases in some of the crop, the article states that it "may be a perfect moment" to change consumers' habits.
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