Potted shrimps

 ( Lancashire Cuisine ) 

Potted shrimps is a traditional English cuisine dish made with Crangon crangon flavored with nutmeg and baked in butter. The butter acts as a preservative,

and cayenne pepper may also be used.

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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. The Times, 20 June 2008 Fleming reputedly used to eat the dish at Scott's Restaurant on Mount Street in London. The Times, 20 June 2008

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See also

• Food preservation
• Hatchet Job of the Year
• Potted meat
• Shrimp paste

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