No differences existed (P N 0.05) in the acceptability of appearance
and aromaamong treatments (Table 3). Sensory evaluation of salt treated
prawns demonstrated a significant enhancement in prawn flavor
and texture over freshwater controls (P b 0.05) (Table 3). This result is
consistent with previous studies that have demonstrated enhanced
flavor and texture in freshwater prawns following salt acclimation
(Schilling et al., 2013; Weng et al., 1997). No-shell post-mortem marinated
prawns were rated higher (P b 0.05) for texture, flavor and overall
acceptability than prawns thatwere marinatedwith the shell-on and
prawns thatwere salt acclimatedwith either SS+or IO (Table 3). In addition,
there were no differences in acceptability (P N 0.05) between
prawns from the marinated shell-on, the SS+ and IO treatments
(Table 3). Overall acceptability ratings of the prawns indicate an obvious
preference for the post-mortem marinated prawns with no shell incomparison to prawns from all other treatments (Table 3). The noshell
marinated prawns were rated even higher than those marinated
with the shell on