Shrimp and grits

This isn't very colorful, is it? 

If you're one of those cooks that likes to plump up shrimp before cooking them by brining, which happens quickly with things like seafood, then you might want to soak them awhile in clear water to have the salt migrate back out. The salt level between inside the shrimp and the water in the bowl will equalize by itself and that happens quickly too. If you held back on the salt and used flavor things instead then you would want to keep all that inside the shrimp.