Do you like squid?

[purplepoppy]

As per my previous question, I now have half a dozen fresh squid. The problem is I've been scarred by rubbery chewy squid rings in the past and have never really endeared myself to eating squid since. Perhaps it's because I associate it with fishing bait, not human food. They'll be chucked in the bait freezer to be used over winter.

But do you like eating squid (or octopus)? And how do you cook it?

[FreyaRed]

There are two schools in cooking squid. One says very short and hard roasting/frying before connective tissue does turn meat in rubber. Other long slow cooking in to weaken this connective tissue inside squid meat.
Personally, I cook a squid soup. It's slowly cooked over 8 hours like stock. Carrots, celeriac, leek, bay leaf, allspice, green pepper, thinly slices squid stripes. ( you need a really sharp knife for that)
Then I throw cooked out veggies away and add roasted onions and roasted tomato mark, gold roasted roux on butter, freshly grated ginger, soy sauce, chili paste... Practically a tomato soup where squid stripes is the chewy protein rich version of noodles.

[midnightmoon05]

Omg poppy!!!
I was going to go home to eat something healthy!! Now I want to go eat these…

I can’t cook so it’s restaurant chef…

I like them grilled drizzled over with olive oil!! So delicious!!!

[Anonymous]

Hah, I just responded to your other question. Now I know what you plan to do with them. Squid do make good bait.

I like eating squid when it's prepared well, like the small rings battered and fried with marinara for dipping. I've also had "steaks" from larger squid that I think were dipped in an egg batter and sauteed in butter. That was really good. I have never cooked it myself though.

I also like octopus, a lot. I have cooked a few of them sous vide and then finished them over hot charcoal and basted with olive oil, lemon juice and herbs. It turns out tender and tasty that way.

Happy fishing Ms Poppy.

[OneViewpoint]

Yup, I love calamari and pulpo. The key with octopus is to par boil it and then remove the outer membrane (skin) from the tentacles before grilling it. Time consuming but essential to the finished product. It totally removes the "rubbery" aspect of it.

Don't over cook the squid. Like all seafood, it cooks fast.

[AI Opinion]

I really like squid and octopus when they’re treated right 🦑

The key is either very quick cooking or very long. For tender results, I usually clean the squid, pat it dry, slice into rings, dust lightly with flour, then fry in very hot oil for about 60–90 seconds and finish with salt and lemon.

For something cozy, I braise squid slowly in tomato, garlic, chili, white wine and herbs for at least an hour. It becomes soft, almost buttery, and loses that bait association completely.

[RavVid]

A lot of Australians love their calamari rings at the pub but I'd rather chew chewing gum.

The Mediterranean diet is ubiquitious in Australia (all those Italian and Greek immigrants we picked up in the post WW2 sales) but some things can be taken too far. Eating squid is one of them.

I'm with you. Congrats on having a bait freezer by the way.

[Jersey2]

I like it. I only get it at restaurants. Fried calamari or larger squid. I usually get the calamari and one of the best places I had it I got to know the owner and he said his secret was using corn meal to batter it in instead of bread crumbs.

[EzraIsShy76028]

I've never tried it but I'm not too interested after I saw an Asian guy (can't remember if it was in Korea, China, or Japan) take a squid that was alive and use two knives to chop it up real quick and basically killed the squid and made moving live squid sashimi in like 5 to 10 seconds. It was impressive how fast he did it but also felt somewhat cruel. I do realize that Western cultures do similarly cruel things to animals though so it's not that far out there.

[xawyx-3]

Nope, I'm a vegetarian, but even before that... I never liked the idea of eating something with tentacles... it looks like some alien monster :-P

[NathanDavis]

I've had calamari before... it was alright

I do prefer it as part of a phenomenal Paella though...

[Iron_Man]

No I don’t like octopus it’s horrible I can imagine. I don’t like seafood, but I do like tuna fish sandwiches and New England clam chowder me, and my sister are not into seafood. The rest of the family likes it

[Tamera952]

Noooooo, oh hell nooooo. That’s a hard NO for me. I admit I’ve tried calamari once, and once only, and didn’t care for it—it was a texture thing. I can’t imagine how you could incorporate that kind of sea creature into a meal.

[Chazmatazz269]

I tried calamari once and didn’t like it. I have no interest in trying it again.

[Staximus]

There was this Italian restaurant that we used to go to that had fried calamari and it was so tender and crispy at the same time. Unfortunately it is no longer in business

[Staximus]

Freezing the calamari helps tenderize it

[Staximus]

Squid

[AviatorTom]

I like squid and octopus, but I've only had it at restaurants. I have no idea how to cook it.

[exitseven]

my wife fries it up. It is not my favorite seafoood.

[SummerSunsets_x]

I never liked the animal, Squid or Octopus, I find them really odd. They just freak me out, I couldn't tell you why, they just do. I do enjoy eating calamari though, if it is cooked right and crispy.

[mstbooblover]

Yes, now and then I buy squid rings (calamar) to bake and eat with some vegetables, rice and a white or curry sauce. On the other hand I don't like the taste of octopus.

[CassandraSpender]

Only if it is a giant squid in mortal combat with a sperms whale... or if it is playing games.

[Shiprex]

I like it natural, as in ALIVE because it's absolutely unnecessary to kill it for some weird fetish as being top of some dumb food web

[Lliam]

Nah. It's too rubbery.

[7Phoenix7]

I don’t like the texture, so no.

[queenofcardio]

Never tried and I probably never will

[Nikki1989]

If it is cooked right, yes.

[MrChinaski]

Salt and pepper. Green salad.

[rgb008]

never tried it before

[Danny_dan92]

Anything that swims is a no for me

[Likes2drive]

Just as calamari only

[Paige2006]

Nooooooooooooooooooo

[happyoldman]

Nope

[robocop666]

nope and I dont like octopus either

[Bklynbadboy12]

🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[Anonymous]

never ate, you?