Who said Fat Tuesday and Carnival belong to New Orleans? They are kicking it all through South America, the Caribbean, and southern Europe this week. Anywhere catholics hang out. So there's Mighty Sparrow another famous guy that you probably never heard of because you live in the United States. Now I know you're not digging on those tunes, but for today just let yourself go. You're on a cruise ship, it's hot, even if you'd never buy his record, you're knocking back rum punches and having a great time. In America it should be all melting pot all the time, so let's move from your ears to your mouth.
A little ceviche maybe? Hey, you've been doing sushi for about 15 years now so you know you're ready for this. What! OK you sissies, not too much new odd stuff in one post. Instead of fish we will use shrimp.
Get a pound of small to medium shell on shrimp, a habanero or serrano pepper, a medium purple onion, 3 limes, 1 orange, 1 tablespoon catsup, fresh cilantro if you like cilantro, parsley if you are a complete sissy.
- Get a pot of salted water to boiling, toss in the shrimp. 2 minutes tops. Drain and hit with cold water.
- Peel and devein the shrimp. Lose the tails. If you are using medium cut them in half.
- Cut the pepper in half. You can take away a lot of the heat if you lose the seeds and the white membrane inside. Cut it in very thin strips.
- Peel the onion. Cut it in half, then slice it very thin.
- Chop the cilantro, or the parsley (sissy)
- Mix everything in a bowl then chill for 2 hours so the acid from the citrus has time to permeate the shrimp.
- Serve with crackers, tortilla chips, crudites, whatever you want.
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