Back in the day, grad school at Cal, I was a good friend of an Italian woman....we ate often together, her specialty was made at home pasta, using semolina , a ragu sauce, maybe with a bit of pork or veal ground, and on top, when it was served, was the crispy tentacles. A delight to see, and weirdly wonderful with the pasta ragu.
Oh, and if you can get the larger squid bodies, cut into 'steaks', cooked properly, quick and seasoned right, can almost pass as abalone, from the old days when you got 6" half inch on a sandwich in the bay area. For 4 bucks.
I like squid. And octopus. When my kids had friend calamari for the first time in Sint Maarten, they wanted to know why we'd been holding out on them. And I had delicious stuffed octopus in Greece where I broke the never-eat-anything-bigger-than-your-head rule.
I love calamari; never had raw squid.
ReplyDeleteThe local Pan-Asian buffets offer fried tentacles and battered bits-and-bobs. I like both, though they are not my favorites.
Dinner looks good.
My friend said the squid were about to go on a grill on their patio.
DeleteOk, so squid is no one's fav dish....
ReplyDeleteNot my favorite, but one I certainly enjoy. We've prepared squid at home, but I have not done it as well as I can get from a pro. Still good.
ReplyDeleteBack in the day, grad school at Cal, I was a good friend of an Italian woman....we ate often together, her specialty was made at home pasta, using semolina , a ragu sauce, maybe with a bit of pork or veal ground, and on top, when it was served, was the crispy tentacles. A delight to see, and weirdly wonderful with the pasta ragu.
DeleteOh, and if you can get the larger squid bodies, cut into 'steaks', cooked properly, quick and seasoned right, can almost pass as abalone, from the old days when you got 6" half inch on a sandwich in the bay area. For 4 bucks.
DeleteNot a fan of squid. The few times I've had calamari it was rubbery. It probably wasn't prepared with care.
ReplyDeleteNah, it wasn't. Try it at a good seafood place, Tom can probably recommend a place.
DeleteLove squid, and most seafood.
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Me too, glad to hear from you. How's life?
DeleteI like squid. And octopus. When my kids had friend calamari for the first time in Sint Maarten, they wanted to know why we'd been holding out on them. And I had delicious stuffed octopus in Greece where I broke the never-eat-anything-bigger-than-your-head rule.
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