What is the vein on the bottom of the shrimp?
Chef's answer
This is the is the alimentary canal, or the "sand vein," and is where the body wastes such as sand pass through the shrimp. You remove it, partly because it's unappetizing, but also so you don't bite down on the sand and grit.
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