Shrimp? This is very important. Always buy fresh, and always ask to smell it before you buy it. You should do this with any seafood, unless you?re confident it?s from a reputable reseller. It should smell clean, and not like fish. That Emeril guy says it should smell like the sea. I would partially agree, but I think the best way to explain it is it just smells fresh.
 

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Anyway, pop the tails off, make sure the shrimp poop is gone, and wash them. Pat them dry. Dice these to a fine dice so you have no pieces larger than about 7 millimeters. It feels really gross, and looks a little more gross, but what the heck, it?s top notch stuff.