Potted shrimps

Potted shrimps
	Potted shrimps on toast with pickles
Place of origin	England
Region or state	Lancashire
Main ingredients	brown shrimp, nutmeg

Potted shrimps is a traditional English dish made with brown shrimp flavored with nutmeg and baked in butter. The butter acts as a preservative,^[1] and cayenne pepper may also be used.^[2] Regarded as a delicacy, it is traditionally eaten with bread.

Potted shrimps was a favourite dish of Ian Fleming, who passed on his predilection to his fictional creation James Bond.^[3] Fleming reputedly used to eat the dish at Scott's Restaurant on Mount Street in London.^[4]

References

^ Paston-Williams, Sara (2005). "Morecambe Bay shrimps". Fish: Recipes from a Busy Island. London: National Trust. p. 140. ISBN 0-7078-0357-8.
^ Beeton, Isabella (1998) [1861]. Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (Facsim. reprint of: London, 1861 ed.). Lewis: Southover. ISBN 1-870962-15-X.
^ The Times, 20 June 2008^{[dead link]}
^ The Times, 20 June 2008^{[dead link]}

[1] Paston-Williams, Sara (2005). "Morecambe Bay shrimps". Fish: Recipes from a Busy Island. London: National Trust. p. 140. ISBN 0-7078-0357-8.

[2] Beeton, Isabella (1998) [1861]. Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (Facsim. reprint of: London, 1861 ed.). Lewis: Southover. ISBN 1-870962-15-X.

[3] The Times, 20 June 2008^{[dead link]}

[4] The Times, 20 June 2008^{[dead link]}

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