Believe It, Or Don't! Hot Shrimp.

[Rudy Toody]

A neighbor was telling me about some shrimp that have adapted to the hot water where the Hawaiian lava flows into the Pacific Ocean. He says they can survive 1200 degrees. So, how do you cook these guys?

Edit: thermal vents are about 660F degrees, so I think the lava flows produce lower temps for the shrimp.

Edit2: 40C is the death temperature for shrimp. This means we should never use shrimps as cpu heat-sinks because that would kill them!

 

[somethingsketchy]

My guess, low and slow. Boil them and "eventually" you'll cook the meat enough to consume. Otherwise I'd imagine you would have to cook them over a fire.

The shell may stand up to the 1200 degree environment, but perhaps the insides can still be cooked.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to eat shrimp awash in hydrogen sulphide.

 

[Rudy Toody]

The shell may stand up to the 1200 degree environment, but perhaps the insides can still be cooked.

Would you serve them with a "hot sauce?"

 

[petrusbroder]

LoL! Here are the stainless steel shrimp!

Serve them with pliers and cutters, and dissolve in gastric acid first ...

 

[biodoc]

Little buggers would catch a cold on my grill!:biggrin:

 

[Rudy Toody]

I did some research and then edited the OP. I don't know where my friend got the 1200F.

 

[biodoc]

More on hydrothermal vents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrothermal_vent

EDIT: And a deep sea vent shrimp. http://jeb.biologists.org/content/209/5/945.full.pdf

 

[Rudy Toody]

Thanks, biodoc!

After reviewing those links, I have modified the OP once again.

 

[petrusbroder]

Thanks for nice reads!

 

[Sunny129]

I did some research and then edited the OP. I don't know where my friend got the 1200F.

yeah, i don't know where your friend got 1200° from either lol...i'm more familiar with temps in the 600-800°F range myself. and typically lava flows meet the ocean near the shore where water pressure isn't near great enough to keep 800°F water in liquid form. heck, despite the vast difference in the densities of water and air, and the fact that there is a great deal more pressure on the water just below the surface than there is on the air near sea level, i'd still be willing to bet that sea water just below the surface still boils away at less than ~220°F. miles below the surface on the ocean floor on the other hand, where these thermal vents are found, pressure is great enough to keep even 800°F water in liquid form.

its pretty cool that life (not just shrimp, but tube worms and various other crustaceans...over 500 species from what i've heard) abounds in a place that is SO hot, yet gets ZERO sunlight (they survive on chemosynthesis, not photosynthesis), and that the chemicals that form the foundation of their survival are highly toxic, if not deadly, to us beings that depend on photosynthesis to survive.

 

[brownstone]

So it sounds like they are already cooked...so just eat them live??

 

[Rudy Toody]

So it sounds like they are already cooked...so just eat them live??

I'm afraid they might wriggle all the way through me!

 

[Ken g6]

My best guess as to the shrimp he's talking about:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halocaridina_rubra

 

[Lightflash]

Is it bad that I was looking for a shrimp cooked on a CPU?

Would have been interesting to say the least with an 1200F shrimp.