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> >> The 'prepared' horseradish...just the ordinary cream-coloured stuff of>> 
> >> grated horseradish, vinegar and salt.
> >
> >> Have *never* once had a mayonnaise-based prawn cocktail sauce in a US>> 
> >> restaurant...always ketchup/horseradish or similar.
> >
> >   I'd have thought ketchup and horseradish would completely vanquish> the 
> > flavour of prawns?>
> >   Janet

> Nope, but then we use little of it, merely dipping the creature into it, 
> never smothering it as described here.  What that sounded like is what we 
> would call shrimp salad. 

   In the UK, what we call prawn cocktail (or prawns marie-rose)  has a 
dollop of pink sauce enough to cover the shellfish.
  Quite creamy (but piquant).

   Janet