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 in comparison to prawns from all other treatments (Table 3). The noshell
marinated prawns were rated even higher than those marinated
with the shell on