What is the difference between shrimp, prawn and scampi?
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Scampi is a dish that, usually, uses shrimp where the sauce is a heavy butter, wine and garlic combination.
Shrimp/prawn are just synonym for the same thing usually highlighted by different regions
The country/dialect of the person.
Shrimp is the common way in America
prawn is the more English way
“Shrimp Scampi” is actually a dish in America (it is little more than oil and the ‘meat’)
Shrimp is a type of prawn.
Scampi is a dish with a buttery garlic sauce typically using some sort of white wine that will usually have some kind of prawn, often shrimp
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