Nothing says summer like seafood and of course the most popular is shrimp. Shrimp comes in many different shapes and sizes and stages of preparedness. With that there a ton of recipes just ask Bubba, but the most popular would have to be...

 shrimp cocktail.  There are problems with this dish and that is overcooking and who will be eating them. What I mean by who is eating them is that you might want to choose peel and eat shrimp because it might slow down fat cousin George and maybe just enough so you can eat one. 

I prefer U-10 shrimp which sounds like a Nazi submarine, they are huge!  I usually buy them frozen with the head off and peel and devein them myself but you can buy them like that. Next throw them in a pot of boiling water with some lemon wedges and a bay leaf or two and when the water starts to boil again the shrimp are done.  Now just soak them in a mixture of cold water and ice to cool them down and drain.  That’s it now serve over ice with cocktail sauce.

Cocktail Sauce
1/2 cup chili sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (about 1 small lemon)
1 to 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
Dash Worcestershire sauce
Few drops hot sauce
Salt to taste

Mix and Serve cold.

Southwest Cocktail Sauce
1 cup ketchup
¼ cup orange juice
2 tablespoons squeezed lime juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 can minced hot peppers with juice from can
Salt and pepper to taste

Mix and Serve cold. Eat!!!