Raw shrimp, preferably Wild-caught American, peeled and deveined, passed through a milk and egg mixture, then into a seasoned cracker meal dredge and deep fried to golden brown delicious!
Cracker Meal Deep Fried Shrimp
Growing up, my Mama did not use flour on her fried seafood. She used boxed cracker meal.
If I had to guess, I'd say that once I started cooking for myself, I ventured away from using it because it can be a bit pricey and these days, even hard to find, but flour? Well, I always have that on hand.
I do prefer to use self-rising flour because it contains baking powder, which contains cornstarch, and seems to me to give a more crisp and crunchy texture than plain all-purpose flour does.
I know some folks have disagreed with me, and that's okay, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it y'all!