Whitby scampi: What is scampi? We asked tourists on the Yorkshire Coast

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Whitby Seafoods is dubbed the home of scampi but what actually is scampi? Sophie Mei Lan asked people on the Yorkshire Coast if they knew.   For a full explanation of what scampi is from Whitby Seafoods themselves, go to: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9gaghy

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00:00Do you like scampi? Yes, I love scampi. What is it? Eh, I don't know. It's scampi, I don't know.

00:06I just, I just, I just, I don't know. I just, I just, I like cooking and I just eat it for a,

00:12but like I say, I don't mind scampi now. Would you have it on it soon or with fish and chips?

00:17Fish and chips, a lot, a lot. Sometimes with just chips and then sometimes you have scampi

00:22instead of fish don't you, so, and sometimes you have chips and mushy peas or whatever with it,

00:27that would do me, but most of the time I have fish anyway, but scampi, I do like scampi.

00:36What's scampi? Seafood. And do you like scampi? No. Are you a fish and chip fan? Yes.

00:46Just not scampi? Not scampi. Is scampi, do you know? Scampi is,

00:54um, Longesteen, I think. And do you like scampi? I love scampi, yeah. Scampi and chips.

01:02How popular is scampi in Whitby? Um, generally, I would always have fish, but

01:10scampi, a lot of people choose it. What is scampi? Scampi is small bits of fish tails, is it?

01:18Fish tails, is it? A bit of batter, it's really nice, especially if it's cooked well.

01:26What actually is scampi? Scampi, it's a little prawns in batter, isn't it?

01:37And do you like a bit of scampi? Yes, yeah, definitely.

01:41And the big question is, what is scampi? What is scampi? Um, undefined fish batter, I guess.

01:50Do you like a bit of scampi yourself? No, I'm not, surprisingly,

01:54outside of your standard fish and chips, I'm not a big, I'm not a big seafood person, really. I

01:58know it's weird, but I like your classic fish and chip. Right, so I've been to Whitby, the home of

02:06scampi, Whitby seafoods, what do you think of scampi? I love scampi, scampi all the time,

02:12but for fish and chips, I want scampi. Fish as well, because you can get half and half normally,

02:18but scampi is gorgeous, and if they make their own tartar sauce,

02:24died and gone to heaven. And what, what, what is scampi? It's a fish, it's from the sea,

02:30it's like, I think from the prawn family, you know, but it's bigger and thicker. It's just

02:36really, really nice, really nice. And you can, I mean, you get this reformed scampi, that's not so

02:42nice, but the scampi's lovely. What is scampi? Um, as far as I know, it's some bottom feeding type of

02:54fish or prawn type thing. Not a hundred percent. Are you a scampi fan? I'm allergic to fish,

03:03but funnily enough, through my pregnancy, I was able to eat, I ate a lot of scampi,

03:09but yeah, since then, I've been allergic, so I might have overdosed, could be that.

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