Shrimp Scampi

Jeff doesn't make requests very often of what I should cook and I actually appreciate it when he does!  So recently it was, shrimp scampi.  If you don't know me very well, you won't know that I grew up in land-locked North Dakota.  Jeff grew up on the coast.  Anyway, I decided I would go for it!  Usually in HEB, I avoid the seafood section at all costs, almost holding my breath, but today, I just went right in there.  There are so many things that they sell-some sort of tenticles, shrimp with heads, shrimp without heads, shrimp from Indonesia, Thailand, and...the USA!  Those were the ones I wanted.  The lady behind the counter was so nice and helpful.  I told her this was my very first experience and she was kind enough to show me how to peel and devein them.  It was so wonderful!  So, I chose my shrimp, she weighed it, and then asked me if I wanted ice!  Ice?  Apparently, they put them on ice so you don't have to worry about them getting warm before you get home!  Isn't that thoughtful and nice?  So, yes!, I'll take ice!  So, I selected this recipe from Taste of Home, and about 5:25 pm decided that I better start peeling and deveining my shrimp.  The recipe was only supposed to take 20 minutes to make.  I was so nervous!  Well, let me tell you, it is a very interesting process to devein a shrimp.  And, I don't believe that it's an actual vein!  I do believe that it might be the intestine of the shrimp.  Maybe not.  Anyway, I got them all done and then eventually made the shrimp scampi which was delicious!  It took me way longer than I thought-I don't think we ate until 6:45!  Oh well!  I got the shrimp cooked and Jeff said they weren't overdone, so that was good.  Whew!  

The recipe I used had a lot of lemon juice in it.  If you have a good shrimp scampi recipe that you would like to share, please write it in the comment section.  I would really like to try this again!

Shrimp

Finished product!