salt and pepper squid

[Dominick]

cooked it and it tasted like a truck tyre

That is why I really like fresh market squid (less than 8" in body length)

You could pound it but I think it makes a mess.  We often use a baking soda brine, I believe...or was it baking powder...I cannot remember...one of those two then rinse and resoak with salt water again.  Dry then cook.  I'll have to check.

Next time we'll ask a real Hawaiian dude.    Dominick

[Ron Jones]

Their are a bunch of guys on Salty Dog's that eat Humbolt, I'm sure you can find a recipe their.
Ron

[LTM]

Wallace that looks great, I love squid/calamari prepared like what you have done. There's a restauraunt in Santa Monica, Ca that does a fantastic job on squid. I could walk around with a brown paper bag full of the stuff chewing and smacking all day like popcorn. Definitely going to try this out. I eat humbolt as well, however I'll pass on the Balut.

Thanx Wallace/Liz,

Leo

[wallacewt]

whats balut?

[conchydong]

whats balut?

Balut is a fertilized duck egg that has been boiled. You crack the top of the egg, drink the liquid then eat the duck embryo. I've had good and bad ones. The bad ones are when the baby duck is too mature and you get hard pieces of beak and pin feathers. You need to be drinking when you try them.

[Dominick]

Not just drinking, but soused.    Dominick

[philaroman]

1) even properly tenderized squid will get rubbery if you overcook it

2) when done right, "salt-baked" is an AWESOME cooking method for squid, frogs, fish, etc.

[Shark Hunter]

Not just drinking, but soused.    Dominick

I don't think there is enough Liquor to get me to eat Balut!

[MFB]

The worst thing I have ever eaten is kina (sea eggs) you crack them open & eat the roe. A lot of people like them, but it's like have a raw egg yolk & a tablespoon of salt in your mouth. People tell me I must have got a bad one, but I don't know because it's not an experience I am keen on repeating ever....

Rgds

Mark

[wallacewt]

haha
a fertilized duck egg
wouldnt wanna be a terror-duck-tile.

[philaroman]

oh, stop picking on Asian foods -- whitey gave the world Limburger & Lutefisk

[Dominick]

oh, stop picking on Asian foods -- whitey gave the world Limburger & Lutefisk

and haggis.  Dominick

[philaroman]

haggis is no biggie.  I don't generally care for stomach walls in any recipe, but I can deal & the stuffing is as good as the chef who made it...  I rather like extra-fresh, well-prepared pluck & old-world whole grains

back to seafood: ever have fried milt?  most people can't get enough, UNTIL you tell 'em what it is

[Dominick]

I just Googled Milt.  No thanks.     Dominick

[Jerseymic]

haggis is no biggie.  I don't generally care for stomach walls in any recipe, but I can deal & the stuffing is as good as the chef who made it...  I rather like extra-fresh, well-prepared pluck & old-world whole grains

back to seafood: ever have fried milt?  most people can't get enough, UNTIL you tell 'em what it is

Fried milt, wonderful, we have always eaten it in the (British) Channel Islands, love Haggis too, used to make my own, along with sausages and pigs head brawn, nothing wrong with the stomach wall (caul) the fat from the caul gives lots of flavour to the Haggis.

Mike.