Fascinating Creatures - Squids

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Squid Stuffed with Spinach and Ricotta Cheese

(from The Fish-Lover's Cookbook by Sheryl and Mel London)

 

Serves 6

 

12 squid, about 6 inches each, cleaned.

 

1/2 lb ricotta cheese

2 lbs fresh spinach, steamed lightly, and

liquid squeezed out

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/4 tsp grated nutmeg

2 Tbl finely minced fresh parsley

1 egg, slightly beaten

 

2 Tbl olive oil

2 cloves garlic, finely minced

1.5 lbs plum tomatoes, pureed in blender

1 Tbl tomato paste

1/2 tsp fresh rosemary or 1/4 tsp dried

 

1.5 Tbl butter

3 Tbl pine nuts or sunflower seeds

 

Cut off tentacles so that you have just the body cavity. Make

sure to keep it whole so you can stuff it without leaks. Reserve

the tentacles.

 

Mix together the ricotta, spinach, Parmesan, pepper, nutmeg,

parsley and egg. Set aside.

 

Heat the oil at medium in a large heavy skillet or saucepan.

Add the garlic. Stir and cook for a few seconds. Add the tomatoes.

Bring to a boil and add tomato paste. Lower heat and add rosemary.

Simmer sauce for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.

 

While the sauce is simmering, stuff the body of each squid only

about 1/3 full of the spinach/cheese mixture. If you overstuff

them, they will explode. You might also want to poke a hole or

two in the body of the squid. Fasten the opening of each squid

with a toothpick.

 

After the sauce has cooked, place the stuffed squid in the

simmering sauce. Add the tentacles to the sauce. Simmer for 3

to 4 minutes. Then turn carefully and simmer for an additional

3 minutes.

 

While the squid is cooking, melt the butter in a clean pan and

toss the pine nuts in the butter until golden. Watch carefully;

pine nuts have a tendancy to burn.

 

Lift out stuffed squid to a warm, flat serving dish with sides.

Spoon sauce around and garnish with pine nuts.

[honez 79]

The Humboldt Squid are top of the food chain again.

[honez 79]

I recently went on a fishing trip, but this one got away.

[Monoclinic 39]

In the words of the BBC, ink-redible.

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689]

Studies have revealed that before they have even hatched, cuttlefish embryos can peer out of their eggs and spot potential prey.

 

 

Cuttlefish are great, although prone to bouts of manic depression.

They sound quite tasty, especially with a side order of farm machinery.

 

Slow-braised cuttlefish with fennel and white wine

This lovely, briny stew looks as dramatic as it is delicious. Serves four.

 

2-4 cuttlefish, cleaned, ink reserved

4 tbsp olive oil

1 red or white onion, finely sliced

2 cloves garlic, crushed

800g tinned chopped tomatoes

500ml fish stock

A squeeze of lemon

A few fennel sprigs

2 bay leaves

5 strips thinly pared lemon zest

5 strips thinly pared orange zest

180ml white wine

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1½ tbsp olive oil

2-3 fennel bulbs, tough outer layers removed, rest thickly sliced

 

Cut the cleaned cuttlefish pouches into 1cm-thick strips and set aside with the tentacles. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan and gently sweat the onion until softened. Add the garlic, cook for a minute, add the tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, for 30 minutes until thickened, then add the stock, ink, lemon juice and season to taste.

 

Heat the rest of the oil in a frying pan. Add the cuttlefish and fry over a high heat until lightly browned. Tip into the tomato pan, along with any juices, and add the fennel, bay, citrus zest and wine. Bring to a simmer and cook, uncovered, until the fish is soft and tender – about an hour and a half to two hours. Stir occasionally to make sure the sauce doesn't catch on the base of the pan.

 

About 30 minutes before the end of the cooking time, warm some olive oil in a saucepan, sweat the chopped fennel for five minutes, and add to the cuttlefish pot. Adjust the seasoning to taste, adding more lemon juice if necessary, and serve.

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218]

Studies have revealed that before they have even hatched, cuttlefish embryos can peer out of their eggs and spot potential prey.

 

 

Cuttlefish are great, although prone to bouts of manic depression.

They sound quite tasty, especially with a side order of farm machinery.

 

Slow-braised cuttlefish with fennel and white wine

This lovely, briny stew looks as dramatic as it is delicious. Serves four.

 

2-4 cuttlefish, cleaned, ink reserved

4 tbsp olive oil

1 red or white onion, finely sliced

2 cloves garlic, crushed

800g tinned chopped tomatoes

500ml fish stock

A squeeze of lemon

A few fennel sprigs

2 bay leaves

5 strips thinly pared lemon zest

5 strips thinly pared orange zest

180ml white wine

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1½ tbsp olive oil

2-3 fennel bulbs, tough outer layers removed, rest thickly sliced

 

Cut the cleaned cuttlefish pouches into 1cm-thick strips and set aside with the tentacles. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan and gently sweat the onion until softened. Add the garlic, cook for a minute, add the tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, for 30 minutes until thickened, then add the stock, ink, lemon juice and season to taste.

 

Heat the rest of the oil in a frying pan. Add the cuttlefish and fry over a high heat until lightly browned. Tip into the tomato pan, along with any juices, and add the fennel, bay, citrus zest and wine. Bring to a simmer and cook, uncovered, until the fish is soft and tender – about an hour and a half to two hours. Stir occasionally to make sure the sauce doesn't catch on the base of the pan.

 

About 30 minutes before the end of the cooking time, warm some olive oil in a saucepan, sweat the chopped fennel for five minutes, and add to the cuttlefish pot. Adjust the seasoning to taste, adding more lemon juice if necessary, and serve.

Thats all bollocks.

How can you, an ex hairy arsed student enthuse about such culinary delights when you have lived off of John Smiths and Cornflake sandwiches.

Its like Jordan preaching the need to be a "one cock woman".

[Guest GO CREATE A CUTTLEFISH THR]

Splinter discussions about cuttlefish should be reserved for the Patrick Moore thread. We'll be talking about the blue ringed octopus and box jellyfish before you know it.

[Godot 149]

Not bad, but not real.

 

 

 

Grainy but real:

 

 

And here's how they did it.

[Godot 149]

Heroic squid searching for fabled North west passage. Many dead

[Star Crossed 33]

Heroic squid searching for fabled North west passage. Many dead

If Richard Gere reads that article he'll be wanting a squid up his fabled northwest passage.

[Godot 149]

Heroic squid searching for fabled North west passage. Many dead

If Richard Gere reads that article he'll be wanting a squid up his fabled northwest passage.

I thought it was gerbils. Still squid fetishism is not unknown ( 1m 21 sec).

 

No, not at all.

[honez 79]

I'm off out for quick pint and a bite to eat. See you up at the bar Godot. It's your shout.

[Godot 149]

I'm off out for quick pint and a bite to eat. See you up at the bar Godot. It's your shout.

A couple of blues then.

[Godot 149]

Returning this to its rightful place Mono, you will see that it's not about male squid on squid action but about, er, squid self-abuse.

 

In a human context I suppose it would be akin to whacking one off and finding somehow a bit had dribbled in to a, er, recess in a subsequent yoga exercise or summat. I wonder if, in the old days when gay sex was illegal, this was ever put forward as a defence? Among squid it's plausible. On the other tentacle, squid yoga? Whales, yes. But not squid.

 

During the course of the show, he restlessly prowls a vast landscape from

Nantucket to the Mill Valley Yoga Studio to the deck of the Pequod in search

of meditative redemption that may be no further than his own back yard.

[Monoclinic 39]

Returning this to its rightful place Mono, you will see that it's not about male squid on squid action but about, er, squid self-abuse.

 

In a human context I suppose it would be akin to whacking one off and finding somehow a bit had dribbled in to a, er, recess in a subsequent yoga exercise or summat. I wonder if, in the old days when gay sex was illegal, this was ever put forward as a defence? Among squid it's plausible. On the other tentacle, squid yoga? Whales, yes. But not squid.

 

During the course of the show, he restlessly prowls a vast landscape from

Nantucket to the Mill Valley Yoga Studio to the deck of the Pequod in search

of meditative redemption that may be no further than his own back yard.

 

I actually pinched it from here in the first instance. I just had to find another link as the other one is now dead. Ah, the circle of squid!

[Godot 149]

Returning this to its rightful place Mono, you will see that it's not about male squid on squid action but about, er, squid self-abuse.

 

In a human context I suppose it would be akin to whacking one off and finding somehow a bit had dribbled in to a, er, recess in a subsequent yoga exercise or summat. I wonder if, in the old days when gay sex was illegal, this was ever put forward as a defence? Among squid it's plausible. On the other tentacle, squid yoga? Whales, yes. But not squid.

 

During the course of the show, he restlessly prowls a vast landscape from

Nantucket to the Mill Valley Yoga Studio to the deck of the Pequod in search

of meditative redemption that may be no further than his own back yard.

 

I actually pinched it from here in the first instance. I just had to find another link as the other one is now dead. Ah, the circle of squid!

Not being a frequenter of the gay squid scene, I was wondering why it seemed familiar.

[honez 79]

Not being a frequenter of the gay squid scene, I was wondering why it seemed familiar.

This one's a lesbian...

[honez 79]

I think Godot left a day too early. I just found this site... The Kraken

[CarolAnn 926]

I had to post this recipe. I hope Godot sneaks in and reads it.

 

CUMI-CUMI ISI

 

1 lb Squid, fresh

3/4 lb Snapper fillets

1 ea Garlic clove

1 ea Egg white

1/2 ts Salt

1/4 ts Pepper, white

1 x Nutmeg; dash

2 ea Shallot

2 ea Thai chile, fresh

3 ea Candlenut

2 ea Lemon grass, stem

1 x Oil; for frying

1 c Coconut milk

 

Clean the squid. Wash under cold running water and dry thoroughly. Remove the skin from the snapper (ensure no bones remain) and cut the meat into tiny pieces. Crush the garlic. Beat the egg whites lightly, add the snapper and garlic and season with salt, white pepper and nutmeg. Stir to blend thoroughly, then stuff the mixture into the squid. Chop the shallots, chiles, candlenuts, and lemon grass, then saute in very hot oil for three to four minutes. Add the coconut milk and bring to the boil, then lower heat and add the stuffed squid. Allow to simmer until the squid is very tender, approximately one hour, then transfer to a serving dish and pour the sauce on top.

[Tuber Mirum 125]

What's an ea?

[TAFKAG 70]

What's an ea?

It's what Van Gogh had after he'd gotten busy with his Bic.

 

Or Ewar Woowar when he kicks the bucket.

[CarolAnn 926]

What's an ea?

 

Electronic Arts

European co-operation for Accreditation (they don't use the C)

Emotions Anonymous

Environmental Alternatives

Esophageal Atresia

Enrolled Agent

Electronic Attack (or AEA, Airborne Electronic Attack)

Energy Assistance

Equipment Authorization

Endometriosis Association

Enterprise Architect/Architecture

Engineers Australia

Early Access (as in downloads)

Part of "ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono," Hawaiian for "the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness," which is the state motto.

A malware file suffix

Evolving Artist

The ancient Sumero-Babylonian god of the sweet waters

Express Assist

European Academy

Edgar Allan (Poe)

 

Ok - I gotta get ready for Trick or Treaters and World Series-ers. That's all I have time to find.

[Monoclinic 39]

Godot, if you are out there I bring to your attention a story from this month's Chemistry World. I hope that squid iridescence might change your viewing angle on the DL, putting a different colour on things. [/day job not given up; coat firmly in hand]

[Guest blog spotter]

Wonder woman probes the deep.

 

 

Plus a fine knitted ninja squid that would make a fine Christmas gift.