King Lapetamaka's Lusty Shrimp
Source of Recipe
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Recipe Introduction
The best aphrodisiac fish story about shrimp is recorded in the diaries of a shipmate of British explorer Captain James Cook. On his third voyage, in 1778, Cook visited a Pacific island kingdom whose strong, raven-haired King Lapetamaka II, remarkably in his eighties, claimed that it was his duty to deflower every native maiden, that, indeed, he had never been with the same woman twice and was still performing his appointed task eight to ten times a day, every day! He attributed his powers to a special diet featuring a shrimp dish that really whet his appetite.
List of Ingredients
2 # large unshelled shrimp
1 small finely chopped pineapple
1 C chicken broth
juice of large lemon
juice of one fresh pineapple
1 scallion
1 C sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
6 cloves
6 allspice
2 t salt
3 T molasses
2 T cornstarch
1 T ginger
Recipe
Rapidly boil four quarts water, adding shrimp, scallion, allspice, salt, cloves, and lemon juice, and cooking for about ten minutes. Remove shrimp, shelling and cleaning them. In a saucepan, simmer the chicken broth, molasses, ginger, vinegar and sugar. Separately blend the cornstarch and pineapple juice, adding into the pan and stirring the sauce frequently over a medium heat until it thickens. Finally, add chopped pineapple and shrimp; heat for five minutes and serve.
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