A good beginning choice is shrimp Mozambique style, five medium-size shrimp in a sizzling, spicy red-pepper sauce.

Earlier this month, he listed 2,500 pounds of medium-size shrimp on Gofish at $10.50 a pound.

The recipe here combines medium-size shrimp with eggplant, garlic, crushed tomatoes and hot pepper flakes.

The five medium-size shrimps had spent too much time in the marinade and had turned mushy.

The recipe below calls for 1 1/4 pounds of medium-size shrimp, peeled and deveined.

The far-from-jumbo medium-size shrimp were dry and unexciting.

Basil shrimp, five medium-size shrimp in a basil pesto, was skimpy compared with other entrees.

The shrimp is imported from Scandinavia, but Mr. Larsson said that regular medium-size shrimp can be substituted if they are cooked in well-salted water.

The medium-size shrimp had made a touch-and-go landing on the wok, leaving them just this side of raw, and the sauce was timid.