Shrimp Is Magical

By Amyiah Anderson

My favorite food to eat is shrimp. Once, my mother was cooking shrimp and my senses were locked onto its sweet, tingly smell that swept right past my nose. I could smell the juicy goodness spilling onto the plate. I was drooling, and I counted four sheep jumping over a fence. Everyone in my house looked like shrimp ready to be eaten. After I eat shrimp, it feels like I am in a dream where I don’t want to wake up. My parents’ culture is Jamaican, but shrimp didn’t originate from Jamaica. But that still doesn’t stop me from eating those magical shrimp. Shrimp is a seafood that I loved when I was younger. However, Jamaicans are inspired by shrimp. Jamaicans actually make their own style called the curry shrimp and pepper shrimp. I never tried this style before, but it sounds interesting. Shrimp is also special to me because of the memories. When I was around four years old, I hated shrimp. Even when my mom or dad cooked shrimp it never blessed my senses. But, when I was around seven or eight years old, I started to like it. Now shrimp and I are one. Another reason why I love shrimp is because my mom makes it. Whenever my mom makes shrimp, it makes me want to jump over the Empire State Building. It’s unbelievable whenever my mother prepares it. First, she buys the slimy, liquidy pale shrimp. After my mom seasons the shrimp, she leaves it overnight, so the shrimp can absorb all the juicy goodness. The next day, when my mom takes out the shrimp, it has a sweet smell of spices that tickles the tip of your nose. When you bite into it, you have a feeling that you’ll be blasted away. Shrimp is a magical thing and my favorite food because the flavors

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are perfect. In fact, everyone in my family loves shrimp. I eat shrimp with white rice or rice and peas. I think that more people should try shrimp because it’s a good side dish, it’s one of the best types of seafood, and you can cook and season it in all different types of ways. Shrimp can send you out of this world.