I reckon Whitby hit the bottom and paid for targeted advertisment in a desperate attempt to "rip brexit benefits". That is why we see it out of nowhere.
@@lazylad8544 it can also be made with other types of prawns and crayfish and crawfish tails too. And a few other crustaceans, they are all classified as scampi. Sometimes you get it made from full size large lobsters that are cut down in to scampi sized bites. Then you get the cheaper end of the scampi spectrum which is usually made from a mixture of any of the above, also mixed with cod, Pollock or some other kind of white fish, so basically think the scampi version chicken of a chicken nugget. Some of them are not too bad. Whitby Seafoods do a scampi product, which is a mixture of their whitetail scampi (I'm assuming it's the offcuts) mixed with cod, to form what they call 'scampi bites' and they look and taste identical to their wholetail scampi, the only difference being a slight textural difference, but nothing too different. Also there's a big price difference wholetail being around £4-£6 a bag, the scampi bites around £1-£3 a bag. I buy both and I'm a big fan of both. We use them a lot for big family and friend get-togethers, we cook up around ten bags of the wholetail, fifteen bags of the scampi bites and then served them on a serving platter along with an array of dips and sauces, plus platters of other seafood, garlic mushrooms , homemade beer batter onion rings and let everyone help themselves, they love it! The reason we do both the wholetail and the bites is because if we only bought the wholetail, in enough quantity to feed everyone attending, it would bankrupt us, as the food for these get-togethers come out of our pockets, and usually end up with well over a hundred family and friends, and we aren't rich, we wouldn't dream of asking anyone to chip in, and we like everyone to leave with a full belly and a happy memory, so buy getting some of the better scampi, and bulking it out with the cheaper one, then presenting them all mixed together because they look identical, it helps to feed a lot of people I only really found out properly what scampi was when I was in my early 40s (I'm 47 now) although I had an idea what it was, and my idea on it wasn't far off the mark. There's not actually a crustacean called scampi, it's a bunch of different ones (mainly the ones listed above) and they can all be then processed in to what we know of as scampi - basically a battered and breaded crustacean tail.
We LOVE scampi in our house! I’m 66 now and have been eating this British delicacy since I was a child. It used to be one of the “date foods” of my youth - take a girl out and finish the evening with scampi and chips in a basket……….
Well done. By explaining your product. You open up the market. As a client, then, I will ask for scampi, and if I lived in Britain, I'd look out for Whitby..
This is great but I've literally never seen Whitby Scampi in the shops (probably partially due to not going down the frozen fish aisle much). Which supermarkets stock it?
Scampi, chips, peas, tartare sauce, and a wedge of lemon I think I first had scampi when I was around 8 and the family went on holiday to Cornwall - I think I had it almost every time we ate out! Still love it some 30+ years later. Shame they don't sell Whitby Scampi in Morrisons, considering both are Yorkshire-based businesses (they do have the gluten free version though).
Interesting video. I had no idea it was caught and initially prepared in Northern Ireland then shipped across to Whitby to finish the process. I always thought it was all done from Whitby. Is there a reason for that ?
Imagine all the waste during the production process . It doesn't make financial sense to transport truck loads of waste across the Irish sea just to dispose of it at Whitby .
@@johnniethepom7545because then they can’t call it Whitby scampi, if it’s not ‘produced’ or part processed and packaged in Whitby. As it’ll be a branded phrase like Champaign or Melton Mowbery.
Just to confirm, no one is out fishing for Scampi. They are fishing for Langoustine to sell to high class restaurants in the UK, France and the rest of Europe. Ones that are damaged and don't look pretty on the plate are then sold for Scampi.
Love your scampi…………..have it once/twice a week as stocked in my local Tesco’s. So your scampi, chips, minted mushy peas with Tartare sauce is one of out favourite evening meals. Nom 😋 nom nom 🤤
One thing I learnt a while ago is scampi is plural; the singular is scampo. So bear in mind if you ask to try one from someone else's dish, you should ask 'May I try a scampo?'... if you only want a bite it's probably scampette or something, I don't know.
Always look on the ingredients. You will get a shock on how little scampi is actually in some products. If a packet has the word Bites on it, it will be some sort of minced fish with a small amount of actually scampi 25%. The most in these products has is about 33% if it has whole tail scamp. Also the name of the company seems to suggest the scampi is caught in Whitby, but its Irish scampi and not caught in the Whitby area.
I'd forgotten about scampi. I remember many decades ago chicken or scampi and chips in a basket, a treat to be had at discos. Can't remember ever having tried them, but your suggestion sounds delicious 😋
@@gunner678 It is a delicious lightweight and relatively inexpensive meal.. The scampi with tartare sauce and a slice of lemon juice squeezed on it is lovely!
After watching this last night I had go get some more a your gluten free scampi from Tescos , just had it with chips and salad and squeezed lemon over the scampi .. perfect 👌
Midshipmen called them ''Millers'' because they always caught them in the flour locker. These were upper class teens training to become officers. They didn't feed them much in the Age of Sail. And they were breaded and fried.
Whenever i go to a pub and i'm not sure what i want, i will ALWAYS go for Scampi, Chips and mushy peas. Lemon and tartare sauce... I think i could rate Scampi as my all time fave dish...
Lobster, Prawn, Yabby, Crayfish, Crawfish, like so many names all around the world for something that looks the same to me, just different sizes. Now we need a video the explains the differences of these crustations from all around the world.
I only ever buy Whitby Seafoods Scampi - purely as I remember the lady in Sandgate Seafoods once telling me the stuff in the supermarket is the same was what is supplied to restaurants.
That's correct! Our Flagship Whitby Scampi which can be found in pubs and restaurants across the land can also be bought from the supermarket #ItBeWhitby!
Nice video, as a londoner I often had scampi from whelk and eel stalls back in the day. I can appreciate how hard it is shelling them because it was a very labourious job. When I say shelling, I mean taking the shells off the tail meat, not empathising with Sean Connery's profits on a seafood stall 😉
Let's be clear bottom-trawling is not good in anyone's book. It is indiscriminate and causes damage to the sea floor and other fish stocks. So this video is not really honest about this
What wasn't it honest about? Nothing. About 95% of scampi is caught only by trawling, so ofc that's the method described in here. They're explaining how it's caught. The only other options are creel/pot fishing or manually diving which are obviously not viable at all at any kind of scale.
Have always loved scampi, but in recent years I've associated the taste with lockdowns, as it always seemed to be on special offer in the supermarkets when we had restrictions in place during the peak of the pandemic. Was there a reason the price of scampi came down so much then?
Whitby Whole Tail Scampi is definitely thee best Scampi out there. Im not much of a fishy lover but the Scampi i could scoff a bag with a few chips, yumm😍🍤🍤
I had scampi once, years ago. I too thought it was some sort of small fish, until I bit into the first one and noticed it was segmented! Eurgh indeed! Not a patch on cod, and exactly the texture you'd expect from the segmented tail of a creepy crawly. 🤢
Scampi are trawled off the northwest coast of Australia they have a yellow colour to their shells , also in the waters off New Zealand where the shell colour is red and white , trawl depth up to 600 metres . Most are sold to the Asian markets.
Interesting; but do they do anything with the shells that those highly skilled staff so readily despatched? At home for me the shells of langostine go into our soups and sauces. Would those remains have any commercial value in bulk? I'm not sure where or when Scampi got it's poor reputation, it used to be seen as some kind of chavish food like KFC but I always enjoyed it.
I just watched a video about scampi scam where in supermarkets there is very little scampi in a bag, something like 7% and there are no whole scampi tails whatsoever. So, check the description on the bag when you buy it guys. I love scampi! Found it, Whitby scampi BITES, Minced white fish (fish) (30%),, 7% actual scampi (langustine).
In the States, we eat "Shrimp Scampi", but it is shrimp sauted in garlic butter. Apparently, the mini langostinos you are describing do not live on our shores.
I thought this was a trick question or joke, but no lol it's just answering the basic question and an ad for that frozen scampi brand. Edit: Okay as someone from Northern Ireland, 20 miles from Kilkeel, I had no idea that *WHITBY* Seafoods did these operations over here lol - scampi is extremely popular here.
In the US, they sell us a dish called "shrimp scampi", which is not scampi at all but shrimp (prawns) cooked with garlic butter and white wine. Another example of how the same (imported Italian) word can have completely different implications on different sides of the Atlantic.
Very interesting but why do you have to cut the langustines into individual portions? Surely it would be a much better product if you kept them whole.lam sure many people would be prepared to pay more if they actually got the whole tail and not just a section.p.s.l love Whitby and your scampi is good.
I find it bizarre that scampi is often labelled whole tail ! which it isn't. The label on the back (don't know about Whitby product) usually says 40% crustacean and the rest is cheap crap such as Vietnamese catfish or some other stuff. Like you I would be willing to pay more for the genuine product. I've never bought Whitby scampi so I couldn't say how much prawn is in their product but Young's scampie is disgraceful.
@@SirReginaldBlomfield1234 Whitby do other scampi products which is a mixture of different fish products, the Whitby scampi bites. I just looked at their ingredients on their wholetail scampi and it is 40% scampi and 60% breadcrumbs and batter + whatever preservatives etc that gets put in it. 40% scampi sounds low as a percentage of the product, but it is encased in a lot of batter and breadcrumbs also you can buy bags that are just labelled scampi, and in these they use a lot of different crustacean meat including wholetail scampi, prawns, crayfish etc because as a classification of scampi, they all come under scampi. I'm not sure if those are allowed to have fillers like cod or pollock etc in them. . But the bag of Whitby Seafoods wholetail scampi in my freezer says in the ingredients list 40% scampi (crustacean) then 60% batter/breadcrumb ingredients
Well there you go, I'd always thought scampi was an octopus or calamari type of thing. I'm from Australia though and we don't have it here - so I'd only ever heard people talk about it, never seen it!
The "quick flash fry" mentioned at 3.33 is uneccessary and must surely detract from the freshness by heaitng up the scampi centre. Even if this is done quickly Id wager the ones that are not flash fried taste fresher when they are cooked. So Whitby are sacrificing taste for the sake of appearance - am I right?
I regularly buy myself Whitby Seafoods Scampi from Asda... And i absolutely love the stuff guys... But i just don't understand why much larger bags of your Scampi aren't available for customers to buy!... The packaging on your 370g packs states that they're... "Our Big Family Pack"... I'm sorry to say guys... But 370g isn't a "Big Family Pack"... I can easily eat an entire 370g pack of your Whitby Scampi just to myself... And i just can't understand why other produces of Scampi... Can offer customers much larger 1Kg bags of their Scampi... But Whitby Seafoods either can't or won't offer customers their Scampi in much larger 1Kg packs... For instance... In Asda you could buy a 1Kg pack of Seaspray Scampi for as little as £6.75... Which had a Crustacean content of (36%) compared with the (33%) Crustacean content in your own Whitby Seafoods Scampi. But the online reviews of their Seaspray Scampi... Were pretty average really... So i decided to stick with my regular Whitby Seafoods Scampi... I'm pretty sure that other shoppers out there... Would also appreciate a much larger 1Kg pack of Scampi from Whitby Seafoods... Price these larger 1Kg packs at around the £8.00 mark... As i'm sure that there would be many shoppers out there... That would be really pleased and happy to see the much larger 1Kg packs of your delicious tasting Scampi... And having them available for customers to purchase in-store... I'm sure that they would appreciate the much larger 1Kg packs of Whitby Seafoods Scampi... I believe that they would be a great additional option for your loyal consumers to regularly purchase the larger packs of Scampi.
What you get in these stores nowadays contain a vast amount of crustaceans. 47% in some packs. I understand that this can contain bits of other fish if I am right.
@@DennisHughes-h8b scampi isn't one single breed of crustacean. It's a classification of crustaceans that is breaded and fried. Real scampi can be many types of large prawns, Cray fish, crawfish, langoustines and many others. All are under the scampi classification. You also get many cheaper products made from what I assume are offcuts if actual scampi crustacean mixed with cod, Pollock and other white fish to form something of a scampi flavoured battered and breaded product, think along the lines of how chicken nuggets are made, that type of thing. But wholetail usually means just that, you have got the wholetail of whatever scampi classified crustacean that has been used with nothing added or mixed in. Sometimes, actual lobster tail meat gets used, again I'm assuming offcuts of lobster's not up to the spec of being sold as is. If I'm not mistaken, scampi in America isn't the same thing you get here. I'm sure when I ordered it there, and I'm going back a few years now, it was just a big crustacean sized between a very large prawn and a small lobster, that type of thing with it's shell and claws and head removed, cooked and served in a bath of melted butter, with a seafood sauce on the side, with no batter or breadcrumbs in sight.
No idea why this is my recommendations, but now I want scampi
Hahaha, same! 😂
Exact same thoughts over here! Lol
Well you can pick some up from Tesco, Asda, Farmfoods, Sainsburys (in the chilled area) and online at Ocado 😄
So glad that it's not just me!
I reckon Whitby hit the bottom and paid for targeted advertisment in a desperate attempt to "rip brexit benefits". That is why we see it out of nowhere.
What a fantastic bunch of people and an excellent informative video.
Thank you so much! 😄
Never knew what it was till now. Im 55 years old. Thanks for showing me.
@@lazylad8544 it can also be made with other types of prawns and crayfish and crawfish tails too. And a few other crustaceans, they are all classified as scampi. Sometimes you get it made from full size large lobsters that are cut down in to scampi sized bites. Then you get the cheaper end of the scampi spectrum which is usually made from a mixture of any of the above, also mixed with cod, Pollock or some other kind of white fish, so basically think the scampi version chicken of a chicken nugget.
Some of them are not too bad. Whitby Seafoods do a scampi product, which is a mixture of their whitetail scampi (I'm assuming it's the offcuts) mixed with cod, to form what they call 'scampi bites' and they look and taste identical to their wholetail scampi, the only difference being a slight textural difference, but nothing too different. Also there's a big price difference wholetail being around £4-£6 a bag, the scampi bites around £1-£3 a bag. I buy both and I'm a big fan of both.
We use them a lot for big family and friend get-togethers, we cook up around ten bags of the wholetail, fifteen bags of the scampi bites and then served them on a serving platter along with an array of dips and sauces, plus platters of other seafood, garlic mushrooms , homemade beer batter onion rings and let everyone help themselves, they love it! The reason we do both the wholetail and the bites is because if we only bought the wholetail, in enough quantity to feed everyone attending, it would bankrupt us, as the food for these get-togethers come out of our pockets, and usually end up with well over a hundred family and friends, and we aren't rich, we wouldn't dream of asking anyone to chip in, and we like everyone to leave with a full belly and a happy memory, so buy getting some of the better scampi, and bulking it out with the cheaper one, then presenting them all mixed together because they look identical, it helps to feed a lot of people
I only really found out properly what scampi was when I was in my early 40s (I'm 47 now) although I had an idea what it was, and my idea on it wasn't far off the mark. There's not actually a crustacean called scampi, it's a bunch of different ones (mainly the ones listed above) and they can all be then processed in to what we know of as scampi - basically a battered and breaded crustacean tail.
You are very welcome #ItBeWhitby
I'd forgotten all about them. Can't say I have seen them around, mind you I no longer live in the UK.
@@JacknVictor Also made with monkfish i think.
Wow , a blast from the past. It was a massive treat to have scampi & chips when I was a kid. 🤣🤣👍
me too, we only had scampi when dad took us to a pub on sunday. not every sunday.
A VERY SPECIAL TREAT.
Just eating out was a major event
We could only afford a packet of scampi fries. Once a month
Really enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing
We LOVE scampi in our house! I’m 66 now and have been eating this British delicacy since I was a child. It used to be one of the “date foods” of my youth - take a girl out and finish the evening with scampi and chips in a basket……….
Excellent video, I want scampi now and I haven’t had it in 20 years!
As a kiwi who spent time in the UK, I love me some scampi and chips…
Is scampi not a thing in NZ...? Why wouldn't it be? It's not exactly a specialty food, it's just scampi. Could get it anywhere in the world.
Yummy yummy scampi. Love it and love Whitby. X
Thank you so much 🤩
beautifully put together and executed video 🙂
Scampi, chips and some tartare sauce - yummm
Gotta have garden peas and a cuppa as well.
@@mickcuthbert8792 ooh yes, and possibly some bread and butter!
Don't forget the lemon wedge!
You’re all correct!
Well done.
By explaining your product. You open up the market.
As a client, then, I will ask for scampi, and if I lived in Britain, I'd look out for Whitby..
This is great but I've literally never seen Whitby Scampi in the shops (probably partially due to not going down the frozen fish aisle much). Which supermarkets stock it?
Thank you so much. Our product is stocked in Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys (in the chilled area of store), Farmfoods and Ocado 🤩
@@whitbyseafoods9024 nice one, thanks! I was literally telling my wife about this video last night. Look forward to trying some out!
They do a gluten free scampi as well, I love it, I had no idea it goes through Kilkeel, which is not far from me.
fascinating, thanks for doing this video, I learned a lot
Now all I want for my tea tonight is scampi !!! 😂
the word you are looking for is Dinner.
@@panathasg13 Nah, save until evening and have it for your tea! makes much more sense
Well said 👍😁@@PaulHigham666
same
@@panathasg13 tea is dinner in North of England! And dinner is not capitalised!
Gluten free scampi is a revelation for us coeliac sufferers! Thank you! :)
We are so pleased to hear! 😄
You are still alergic to crustacean so... I am happy for you (I am talking to a marketing autobot).
@@meromorfu I am referring to the gluten free breadcrumb on this item! If your bot is auto? so be it! lol
This is really a great video - subscribed - and also going to buy some next time shopping... and I never knew what scampi was!!!
Thank you so much #ItBeWhitby
Scampi, chips, peas, tartare sauce, and a wedge of lemon
I think I first had scampi when I was around 8 and the family went on holiday to Cornwall - I think I had it almost every time we ate out! Still love it some 30+ years later. Shame they don't sell Whitby Scampi in Morrisons, considering both are Yorkshire-based businesses (they do have the gluten free version though).
When I worked in a pub in the early 1980's, one of the most popular pub meals was scampi and chips, never knew what scampi was until now
1980s *
You may be thinking of the apostrophe in '80s.
What a lovely lisp And the big smile
That your type of thing is it? I'm not judging though, I think it was rather nice too.
That's not the compliment you think it is.
Unless you said that on purpose.
Interesting video. I had no idea it was caught and initially prepared in Northern Ireland then shipped across to Whitby to finish the process. I always thought it was all done from Whitby. Is there a reason for that ?
Money no doubt!
Imagine all the waste during the production process . It doesn't make financial sense to transport truck loads of waste across the Irish sea just to dispose of it at Whitby .
@@johnniethepom7545because then they can’t call it Whitby scampi, if it’s not ‘produced’ or part processed and packaged in Whitby. As it’ll be a branded phrase like Champaign or Melton Mowbery.
Great video. Very informative
Just to confirm, no one is out fishing for Scampi. They are fishing for Langoustine to sell to high class restaurants in the UK, France and the rest of Europe. Ones that are damaged and don't look pretty on the plate are then sold for Scampi.
Incorrect - most of NI fleet catch solely for breaded market
Most of the fresh seafood market to Europe has collapsed.. thanks to Brexit..
And the cheeky feckers STILL charge us a fortune !
Prawns
I have eaten and purchased Kgs of Langoustine from French Supermarkets. Not so high-end.
I absolutely love your scampi, it’s definitely the best.
Love a bit of scampi!
I struggle with liking seafood but this could be worth a try if I can find it where I live
So your product comes from factory in Kilkeel to Whitby, is it in turn sent back to NI for us to eat ?
Sounds a bit wasteful doesn't it 😂 there's a great seafood shop in newry if you're ever up. Fresh caught everyday. Great shop
Wouldn't be called Whitby then would it?
Love your scampi…………..have it once/twice a week as stocked in my local Tesco’s. So your scampi, chips, minted mushy peas with Tartare sauce is one of out favourite evening meals. Nom 😋 nom nom 🤤
We are so pleased to hear this! 😄
Thankyou for your interesting video, already a great fan of your Scampi(will look out for your frozen larger packs)😊!!
One thing I learnt a while ago is scampi is plural; the singular is scampo. So bear in mind if you ask to try one from someone else's dish, you should ask 'May I try a scampo?'... if you only want a bite it's probably scampette or something, I don't know.
And a mob of them is a scampede.
Nice! @@Olichi60
...and baby ones are called little scamps, apparently!?
@@K2shadowfax Scampinos?
Bollocks.
Always look on the ingredients. You will get a shock on how little scampi is actually in some products. If a packet has the word Bites on it, it will be some sort of minced fish with a small amount of actually scampi 25%. The most in these products has is about 33% if it has whole tail scamp. Also the name of the company seems to suggest the scampi is caught in Whitby, but its Irish scampi and not caught in the Whitby area.
Did you watch the video? They explain it's caught and processed in NI
Just love the stuff yum yum
That was Portavogie harbour in the video where the prawns were landed.
Excellent video ❤
Thank you so much 🦞
Scampi,chips, peas and a fried egg with tartare sauce, slice of lemon and two slices of buttered bread. Best meal! :)
I'd forgotten about scampi. I remember many decades ago chicken or scampi and chips in a basket, a treat to be had at discos. Can't remember ever having tried them, but your suggestion sounds delicious 😋
@@gunner678 It is a delicious lightweight and relatively inexpensive meal.. The scampi with tartare sauce and a slice of lemon juice squeezed on it is lovely!
Lovely 😊
Delicious!xxx
Thank you, very informative 👍
Mmmm, love scampi, and now I know what it actually is. Only took me 54 years.
I had some Whitby scampi the other night and it was lovely, could tell it was good quality and it tells you it's languastine (spelled wrong probably)
Brilliant
I always keep a few bags of Whitby scampi in the freezer. It's fastfood at home, but way better than any takeaway.
The perfect Fakeaway! #ItBeWhitby
Sounds ideal like an ideal situation. But consider : how long can you drag the bottom of the shallow depths of the ocean?
Good stuff I love scampi 👍
Bar meals in the ‘60s and ‘70s yummmm
Steak Canadian
After watching this last night I had go get some more a your gluten free scampi from Tescos , just had it with chips and salad and squeezed lemon over the scampi .. perfect 👌
Love it with tartare sauce....only just found out today what it actually is
I’ve eaten it a million times, never knew what it was until now!
If you packaged up filleted Rattus Norvegicus into breadcrumbed nuggets what name would you market it under ?
Sure I've had that in Brick Lane 😅
Ratatouille
Midshipmen called them ''Millers'' because they always caught them in the flour locker.
These were upper class teens training to become officers. They didn't feed them much in the Age of Sail. And they were breaded and fried.
Rampi
Do they have a vegetarian scampi?
Not at the moment, but I shall pass to our development team.
@@whitbyseafoods9024 Yes please!! I loved scampi and it would be great to have a yummy vegan option ❤
so you take the tails but what happens to the rest of it, is it just thrown overboard or turned into cat food
Whenever i go to a pub and i'm not sure what i want, i will ALWAYS go for Scampi, Chips and mushy peas. Lemon and tartare sauce...
I think i could rate Scampi as my all time fave dish...
We couldn't agree more! 🤩
are the cooked on the boats or in the factory? I really want to get fresh/raw scampi! It only seems to be breaded
Nice tie looks good with the attire 🤣
Lobster, Prawn, Yabby, Crayfish, Crawfish, like so many names all around the world for something that looks the same to me, just different sizes. Now we need a video the explains the differences of these crustations from all around the world.
Size.
I love Whitby Scampi - it really does taste better than its competitors. And now I have learnt where it comes from !!
It comes from the other side
I'd have liked to see more information about the type of Trawler nets used as Trawling is the most destructive and wasteful form of fishing.
Hi, you can see more on this here: ua-cam.com/video/G4nVsEgBgLw/v-deo.htmlsi=8qM51ErGwZ1rqUlN
I always wondered what it actually was.
Always knew this.. Love you Guys.. Whitby always.. with a squeeze o lemon ❤
I thought everyone knew this. I suppose coming from a seaside town in Scotland, we were told this as kids.
I'm from the middle of South Yorkshire and thought the same, I do remember they used to sell Monkfish as scampi though.
I only ever buy Whitby Seafoods Scampi - purely as I remember the lady in Sandgate Seafoods once telling me the stuff in the supermarket is the same was what is supplied to restaurants.
That's correct! Our Flagship Whitby Scampi which can be found in pubs and restaurants across the land can also be bought from the supermarket #ItBeWhitby!
Nice video, as a londoner I often had scampi from whelk and eel stalls back in the day. I can appreciate how hard it is shelling them because it was a very labourious job. When I say shelling, I mean taking the shells off the tail meat, not empathising with Sean Connery's profits on a seafood stall 😉
Hey Sean Connery! What time are you planning on arriving at Wimbledon?
Tennish!
Excellent video, but what about the cheaper variants that are like £1-2? I'd imagine they aren't completely scampi?
Let's be clear bottom-trawling is not good in anyone's book. It is indiscriminate and causes damage to the sea floor and other fish stocks. So this video is not really honest about this
What wasn't it honest about? Nothing. About 95% of scampi is caught only by trawling, so ofc that's the method described in here. They're explaining how it's caught. The only other options are creel/pot fishing or manually diving which are obviously not viable at all at any kind of scale.
It completely destroys the environment and in my opinion shouldn't be allowed.
They don't bottom trawl. They said its just above
they do not bottom trawl. they rely on these areas for more langoustines, so they will not damage the seabed by trawling, obviously
@@tonycamplin8607 they do not bottom trawl, why would they damage the very areas they depend on for the catch?
Have always loved scampi, but in recent years I've associated the taste with lockdowns, as it always seemed to be on special offer in the supermarkets when we had restrictions in place during the peak of the pandemic. Was there a reason the price of scampi came down so much then?
Love it
I've got two family packs in my freezer,ready for tomorrow teatime ❤ it.😊
Thats great to hear - we hope you enjoy! 😄
It gets frozen then defrosted three times processing, then frozen for the forth time for the shelf . Is that right ?
Scampi for tea later on I reckon.
We couldn't agree more!
Love me some scaaaaaaaaampiiiii
Whitby Whole Tail Scampi is definitely thee best Scampi out there. Im not much of a fishy lover but the Scampi i could scoff a bag with a few chips, yumm😍🍤🍤
I love Scampi, I want to try it Un Breaded and whole. Where do I find that?
Buy langoustine or Dublin Bay prawns - same thing.
Where can I buy scampi in Spain?
So how do they make the flavouring for scampi fries?
Scampi is lovely
Have you seen the prices recently 😮?
This video puts me off scampi now. I thought it was a fish, but its actually a type of prawn. Eurgh!
I had scampi once, years ago. I too thought it was some sort of small fish, until I bit into the first one and noticed it was segmented! Eurgh indeed! Not a patch on cod, and exactly the texture you'd expect from the segmented tail of a creepy crawly. 🤢
I liked Mr Whittle’s neck tie. Any idea where it is from?
From the tie rack on the inside of his wardrobe door.
Scampi are trawled off the northwest coast of Australia they have a yellow colour to their shells , also in the waters off New Zealand where the shell colour is red and white , trawl depth up to 600 metres . Most are sold to the Asian markets.
Interesting; but do they do anything with the shells that those highly skilled staff so readily despatched? At home for me the shells of langostine go into our soups and sauces. Would those remains have any commercial value in bulk? I'm not sure where or when Scampi got it's poor reputation, it used to be seen as some kind of chavish food like KFC but I always enjoyed it.
how much damage is done to the sea bed?
Who cares except the idiot do gooders!
Obviously none if they keep reproducing there
they trawl just above the sea bed. because trawling along the sea bed would just fill their nets with holes and rocks 😁
I just watched a video about scampi scam where in supermarkets there is very little scampi in a bag, something like 7% and there are no whole scampi tails whatsoever. So, check the description on the bag when you buy it guys. I love scampi! Found it, Whitby scampi BITES, Minced white fish (fish) (30%),, 7% actual scampi (langustine).
In the States, we eat "Shrimp Scampi", but it is shrimp sauted in garlic butter. Apparently, the mini langostinos you are describing do not live on our shores.
@@kirkjohnson6638 only caught in British waters…
lol that's not scampi
@@davidtomlinson4066 I'll have to give it a try if I find myself there!
When i was young it was made from monkfish as it was so cheap, but now that monkfish is so expensive its made from what they say in film
Ill throw sumthin at you .
Dogfish done in egg n breadcrumbs deep fried is as good if not better than scampi.😊
Oh yes....they use it for bait here but it's a fine fish to eat 😊
Used to be sold as Rock Salmon,
@@robertking2593
Correct sir.
Sea anglers hate them.😀
I thought this was a trick question or joke, but no lol it's just answering the basic question and an ad for that frozen scampi brand.
Edit: Okay as someone from Northern Ireland, 20 miles from Kilkeel, I had no idea that *WHITBY* Seafoods did these operations over here lol - scampi is extremely popular here.
I love scampi. 🦐
Us too 😄
why you not show the fish you add to the scampi
They did, the langoustine…..
In the US, they sell us a dish called "shrimp scampi", which is not scampi at all but shrimp (prawns) cooked with garlic butter and white wine. Another example of how the same (imported Italian) word can have completely different implications on different sides of the Atlantic.
Very interesting but why do you have to cut the langustines into individual portions? Surely it would be a much better product if you kept them whole.lam sure many people would be prepared to pay more if they actually got the whole tail and not just a section.p.s.l love Whitby and your scampi is good.
I find it bizarre that scampi is often labelled whole tail ! which it isn't. The label on the back (don't know about Whitby product) usually says 40% crustacean and the rest is cheap crap such as Vietnamese catfish or some other stuff. Like you I would be willing to pay more for the genuine product. I've never bought Whitby scampi so I couldn't say how much prawn is in their product but Young's scampie is disgraceful.
Wholetail is expensive as it. You get like 10- 12 pieces for £5- 6 rrp. Dont think anyone is gonna pay £5-£6 for 5 or 6 pieces of frozen scampi
@@SirReginaldBlomfield1234 Whitby do other scampi products which is a mixture of different fish products, the Whitby scampi bites. I just looked at their ingredients on their wholetail scampi and it is 40% scampi and 60% breadcrumbs and batter + whatever preservatives etc that gets put in it. 40% scampi sounds low as a percentage of the product, but it is encased in a lot of batter and breadcrumbs also you can buy bags that are just labelled scampi, and in these they use a lot of different crustacean meat including wholetail scampi, prawns, crayfish etc because as a classification of scampi, they all come under scampi. I'm not sure if those are allowed to have fillers like cod or pollock etc in them. . But the bag of Whitby Seafoods wholetail scampi in my freezer says in the ingredients list 40% scampi (crustacean) then 60% batter/breadcrumb ingredients
@@LilMonkeyFella87 Lot's of people would.
@@JacknVictor Mass processed food is never good.
Well there you go, I'd always thought scampi was an octopus or calamari type of thing. I'm from Australia though and we don't have it here - so I'd only ever heard people talk about it, never seen it!
The "quick flash fry" mentioned at 3.33 is uneccessary and must surely detract from the freshness by heaitng up the scampi centre. Even if this is done quickly Id wager the ones that are not flash fried taste fresher when they are cooked. So Whitby are sacrificing taste for the sake of appearance - am I right?
Flash fry isn't heating the inside, it's a quick sear of the outside
I regularly buy myself Whitby Seafoods Scampi from Asda... And i absolutely love the stuff guys... But i just don't understand why much larger bags of your Scampi aren't available for customers to buy!... The packaging on your 370g packs states that they're... "Our Big Family Pack"... I'm sorry to say guys... But 370g isn't a "Big Family Pack"... I can easily eat an entire 370g pack of your Whitby Scampi just to myself... And i just can't understand why other produces of Scampi... Can offer customers much larger 1Kg bags of their Scampi... But Whitby Seafoods either can't or won't offer customers their Scampi in much larger 1Kg packs... For instance... In Asda you could buy a 1Kg pack of Seaspray Scampi for as little as £6.75... Which had a Crustacean content of (36%) compared with the (33%) Crustacean content in your own Whitby Seafoods Scampi.
But the online reviews of their Seaspray Scampi... Were pretty average really... So i decided to stick with my regular Whitby Seafoods Scampi... I'm pretty sure that other shoppers out there... Would also appreciate a much larger 1Kg pack of Scampi from Whitby Seafoods... Price these larger 1Kg packs at around the £8.00 mark... As i'm sure that there would be many shoppers out there... That would be really pleased and happy to see the much larger 1Kg packs of your delicious tasting Scampi... And having them available for customers to purchase in-store... I'm sure that they would appreciate the much larger 1Kg packs of Whitby Seafoods Scampi... I believe that they would be a great additional option for your loyal consumers to regularly purchase the larger packs of Scampi.
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Scampi was a cheap freezer essential in the 1970s
what is stampy?
My favourite pub meal.
Where are your breaded prawns? I cant get them anymore.
What you get in these stores nowadays contain a vast amount of crustaceans. 47% in some packs. I understand that this can contain bits of other fish if I am right.
You have to ask for Whole tail scampi anything else is rubbish with what you said other rubbish put in it.
@@DennisHughes-h8b scampi isn't one single breed of crustacean. It's a classification of crustaceans that is breaded and fried. Real scampi can be many types of large prawns, Cray fish, crawfish, langoustines and many others. All are under the scampi classification.
You also get many cheaper products made from what I assume are offcuts if actual scampi crustacean mixed with cod, Pollock and other white fish to form something of a scampi flavoured battered and breaded product, think along the lines of how chicken nuggets are made, that type of thing.
But wholetail usually means just that, you have got the wholetail of whatever scampi classified crustacean that has been used with nothing added or mixed in. Sometimes, actual lobster tail meat gets used, again I'm assuming offcuts of lobster's not up to the spec of being sold as is.
If I'm not mistaken, scampi in America isn't the same thing you get here. I'm sure when I ordered it there, and I'm going back a few years now, it was just a big crustacean sized between a very large prawn and a small lobster, that type of thing with it's shell and claws and head removed, cooked and served in a bath of melted butter, with a seafood sauce on the side, with no batter or breadcrumbs in sight.
Is it possible to get your scampi in the United States?