The cooked garlic-butter combination may be poured over French bread and served with shrimp as a side dish.

4 pounds headless jumbo shrimp
1 lemon, divided
2 cups butter
1 teaspoon salt
6 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon finely-chopped parsley
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper

Thoroughly wash shrimp. Peel and place side by side in glass baking dish, making sure shrimp are not on top of each other. Squeeze juice of 1/2 lemon over shrimp. Slice remaining 1/2 lemon into 6 finely sliced pieces and place in baking dish. Melt butter. Finely chop garlic and place in butter. Add salt and chopped parsley to butter and garlic mixture. Sprinkle pepper over shrimp, then pour butter and garlic mixture over this. Cover tightly and bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.

Yields 6 to 8 servings.