Squid

[gothwalk]

I have discovered something: I am not grossed out by squid. Show me red meat, and I'll deal fine. Show me breast of chicken, and I'm still fine. Show me a whole chicken, and I start to regret things a little, and let that chicken have one single bit of gut, feather, or other non-palatable part visible, and I start to feel queasy. Likewise, gutting fish is something that is just not going to happen. But squid - no problem. I tried two yesterday, and did five in quick succession today - calamari, now, nothing bigger. Yank out the head and soft parts, pull out the quill (the freakiest looking organ in existence), skin the pouch, wash off the ink and cut into rings, no hassle. I think I overdid the chilli while cooking it, though...

Comments

[m0usegrrl.livejournal.com]

ew... =) i don't like squid at all. it's the tentacles -- way too Cthulhu-oid... =)

[so of course, my favourite episodes of Iron Chef are the Octopus Battle and the Squid Battle... =)]

[bethynyc.livejournal.com]

I like calamari. Still hoping to get a good recipe for it, even though Sweetie won't touch the stuff.

[tornadoali.livejournal.com]

Yuck! Even your description makes me wanna run!!!
I don't like to eat anything with tentacles!!! And suction cups!!! :-P~

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Ah, the tentacles were only little, and you couldn't even see the suction cups. Not like that octopus I had in Crete - must track down that photograph.