Rock Shrimp Dip

One year we had a late frost, and most of the shrimp crop was wiped out. Local seafood houses scrambling for something to replace them introduced rock shrimp from Florida, which have a tougher shell and are much harder to peel than our usual brown or white shrimp.

As locals experimented to see if their beloved recipes would work using rock shrimp, my friend Gary Ray Rakestraw came up with this recipe, which we have loved and used all the years since. Trader Joe’s ca