Fresh Cooked Shrimp - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 c. water
2 Tbsp. salt
2 Tbsp. vinegar
2 bay leaves
1 tsp. mixed pickling spices
2 stalks celery
2 lb. medium or large fresh or frozen shrimp

Preparation

Combine water, salt, vinegar, bay leaves, spices and celery. Bring to boil.
Add shrimp (in shell or peeled and deveined). Cover, heat to boiling again.
Lower and simmer gently for 5 minutes more until shrimp turns pink; drain.
If cooked in shell, peel shrimp and remove veins that run down back.
Serve as an appetizer.
Chill and pass cocktail sauce.
Makes 4 or 5 servings.