Ingredient

Shrimp

Shrimp is on 152 plates at 28 of the kitchens we read. The entree section holds 49 of them, and it comes as a platter more often than anything else, on thirteen.

From 40 menus · shrimp is on 152 plates · How we read them

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Shrimp, fried or steamed

Our reading of the menus has it fried at seventeen kitchens and steamed at thirteen, with eleven on both sides: Assateague Crab House, Bull on the Beach (94th St), Coins Pub & Restaurant, Harborside Bar & Grill, Higgins Crab House (128th St), Hooper's Crab House, Marlin Moon, Seacrets (Jamaica USA), Sneaky Pete's, The Bonfire, Waterman's Seafood Co..

On both sides: Assateague Crab House, Bull on the Beach (94th St), Coins Pub & Restaurant, Harborside Bar & Grill, Higgins Crab House (128th St), Hooper's Crab House, Marlin Moon, Seacrets (Jamaica USA), Sneaky Pete's, The Bonfire, Waterman's Seafood Co..

How it comes

The forms it turns up in, most first.

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Where on the menu

The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.

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How it's cooked

How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.

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The journey of shrimp

The same 152 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.

The journey of shrimp: 152 plates, 25 ways of cooking them, drawn as three rings — how it is cooked, how it arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. Every wedge is listed with its count in the table below.Shrimpfried — 38 plates (22%)friedsteamed — 30 plates (18%)steamedbroiled — 17 plates (10%)broiledsauteed — 13 plates (8%)breaded — 11 plates (7%)grilled — 10 plates (6%)stuffed — 6 plates (4%)battered — 5 plates (3%)other ways — 39 plates (23%)other waysnot stated — 19 plates (11%)not statedplatter — 6 plates (4%)small-plate — 4 plates (2%)side — 3 plates (2%)basket — 2 plates (1%)buffet — 1 plate (1%)salad — 1 plate (1%)taco — 1 plate (1%)wings — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 21 plates (12%)not statedplatter — 3 plates (2%)steamer-pot — 2 plates (1%)buffet — 1 plate (1%)raw-bar — 1 plate (1%)small-plate — 1 plate (1%)wings — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 7 plates (4%)platter — 7 plates (4%)entree-plate — 1 plate (1%)sandwich — 1 plate (1%)side — 1 plate (1%)pasta — 6 plates (4%)not stated — 4 plates (2%)omelette — 1 plate (1%)salad — 1 plate (1%)small-plate — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 7 plates (4%)basket — 1 plate (1%)platter — 1 plate (1%)side — 1 plate (1%)small-plate — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 5 plates (3%)taco — 2 plates (1%)bowl — 1 plate (1%)omelette — 1 plate (1%)side — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 5 plates (3%)side — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 4 plates (2%)small-plate — 1 plate (1%)entree — 8 plates (5%)entreeappetizer — 6 plates (4%)kids — 3 plates (2%)not stated — 2 plates (1%)entree — 3 plates (2%)not stated — 3 plates (2%)appetizer — 4 plates (2%)kids — 2 plates (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)kids — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 13 plates (8%)appetizernot stated — 6 plates (4%)entree — 1 plate (1%)kids — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 2 plates (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 2 plates (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 7 plates (4%)entreeentree — 5 plates (3%)not stated — 2 plates (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 5 plates (3%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 2 plates (1%)entree — 2 plates (1%)breakfast — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 4 plates (2%)appetizer — 2 plates (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 3 plates (2%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)breakfast — 1 plate (1%)not stated — 1 plate (1%)entree — 4 plates (2%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)entree — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 3 plates (2%)entree — 1 plate (1%)appetizer — 1 plate (1%)
The short reading: the commonest step at each ring, everything else totalled. The full table is underneath.
RingCommonestPlates
How it's cookedother ways39
How it comesplatter7
Where on the menuappetizer13
Other96 other steps, added up305
Not statedthe menu never printed that detail104
Every wedge, as a table
152 plates carrying Shrimp, cooked 25 ways. A plate cooked two ways is counted under both, so the wedges can total more than 152. “Not stated” is a plate whose menu never printed that detail.
CookedArrives asCoursePlates
fried38
friednot stated19
friednot statedentree8
friednot statedappetizer6
friednot statedkids3
friednot statednot stated2
friedplatter6
friedplatterentree3
friedplatternot stated3
friedsmall-plate4
friedsmall-plateappetizer4
friedside3
friedsidekids2
friedsideappetizer1
friedbasket2
friedbasketappetizer1
friedbasketkids1
friedbuffet1
friedbuffetnot stated1
friedsalad1
friedsaladappetizer1
friedtaco1
friedtacoentree1
friedwings1
friedwingsnot stated1
steamed30
steamednot stated21
steamednot statedappetizer13
steamednot statednot stated6
steamednot statedentree1
steamednot statedkids1
steamedplatter3
steamedplatternot stated2
steamedplatterappetizer1
steamedsteamer-pot2
steamedsteamer-potnot stated2
steamedbuffet1
steamedbuffetnot stated1
steamedraw-bar1
steamedraw-barnot stated1
steamedsmall-plate1
steamedsmall-plateappetizer1
steamedwings1
steamedwingsnot stated1
broiled17
broilednot stated7
broilednot statedentree7
broiledplatter7
broiledplatterentree5
broiledplatternot stated2
broiledentree-plate1
broiledentree-plateentree1
broiledsandwich1
broiledsandwichnot stated1
broiledside1
broiledsideentree1
sauteed13
sauteedpasta6
sauteedpastaentree5
sauteedpastaappetizer1
sauteednot stated4
sauteednot statedappetizer2
sauteednot statedentree2
sauteedomelette1
sauteedomelettebreakfast1
sauteedsalad1
sauteedsaladnot stated1
sauteedsmall-plate1
sauteedsmall-plateappetizer1
breaded11
breadednot stated7
breadednot statedentree4
breadednot statedappetizer2
breadednot statednot stated1
breadedbasket1
breadedbasketappetizer1
breadedplatter1
breadedplatternot stated1
breadedside1
breadedsideappetizer1
breadedsmall-plate1
breadedsmall-plateappetizer1
grilled10
grillednot stated5
grillednot statednot stated3
grillednot statedappetizer1
grillednot statedentree1
grilledtaco2
grilledtacoentree1
grilledtaconot stated1
grilledbowl1
grilledbowlnot stated1
grilledomelette1
grilledomelettebreakfast1
grilledside1
grilledsidenot stated1
stuffed6
stuffednot stated5
stuffednot statedentree4
stuffednot statedappetizer1
stuffedside1
stuffedsideentree1
battered5
batterednot stated4
batterednot statedappetizer3
batterednot statedentree1
batteredsmall-plate1
batteredsmall-plateappetizer1
other ways39
cajun-rubbed5
blackened4
glazed4
wrapped4
deep-fried3
folded3
baked2
barbecued2
chilled2
jerk2
simmered2
bacon-wrapped1
country-fried1
marinated1
poached1
seared1
tempura1

Travels with

What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.

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Dishes

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Egg, hollandaise and poached come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

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Boiled, baby back rib and baked chicken come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Our reading of the menu lists jerk, sliced and jerk chicken.

Egg, omelette and hollandaise come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Cornmeal, corn bread and corn on cob come up more here than elsewhere on our list.

Our reading of the menu lists egg, omelette and folded.

Correct a plate here

Where on the island

The 28 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.

Shrimp at 28 kitchens across 7 districts. Each row opens the finder with that district set.
DistrictKitchensSide of the island
Downtown / Inlet & Boardwalk1boardwalk
Lower Midtown5bayside · inland
Midtown5bayside · inland · oceanfront
Uptown5bayside · inland
North OC3inland
West Ocean City6harbor
Day-trips ring3harbor · inland