Topic: What are these?

[Gav Iscon]

.... The numbering indicates the approximate number of prawns to the kilogramme, so the smaller the number the larger the prawn.

** Phil.

Are they not per pound like sausages?

[Peripatetic Phil]

Are they not per pound like sausages?

Mr ChefQuick him say "no", him say "per kg".  And I don't think Mr See Woo has any idea what a pound is ...
** Phil.

[munchiez]

The better Chinese takeaways around here use the prawns I think you're after, I bought some recently from the freezer section of an Oriental supermarket in Huddersfield.

They were 9 quid a pack which seemed expensive at the time, but by weight they were still better value than the supermarket "king" prawns which are virtually like shrimp sometimes. These ones were about the size of a fat thumb, butterflied and had a very different flavour, really tasty with a nice meaty crunch that I've never had from a supermarket prawn.

Try your nearest Chinese supermarket, I'm sure they'll have them, if not you can probably order them online easily enough nowadays.

[Gav Iscon]

Mr ChefQuick him say "no", him say "per kg".  And I don't think Mr See Woo has any idea what a pound is ...
** Phil.

Ah I see, well that will explain why my 50 bags of 26/32 PDQ prawns 1kg (800gms net) that I used to buy on a regular basis contained approximately 53 prawns per bag. 

[Peripatetic Phil]

Yep, you woz conned
** Phil.