Calamari everyone?

applekisses said:

would you hug one of these?

MrBliss said:

Now we all see the absolute horrors of the deep!!!

StanleyApplebaum said:

indeed! that is one terrified looking diver!

MrBliss said:

After the dive, he was quoted as saying "Holy shit... I crapped my damned pants! Did you see that thing coming at me? It wanted to kill me... I could see it in the beast's cold, cruel eyes."

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.

StanleyApplebaum said:

nope. oysters are made for eating, not hugging.

STUFFED SQUID WITH RICE AND NUT STUFFING

Ingredients:

12 small or medium squid
1 cup chopped onion (preferably spanish)
3 tbs fresh parsley (greek) if greek parsley is not available then add a
pinch of fresh coriander.
3/4 cup olive oil (good quality)
1/2 cup cooking rice (basmati) not uncle ben's
1 tsp tomato puree
1/4 cup raisins (golden)
2 tbs pine nuts.
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 cup red or white wine preferably white but red will do if nothing else
4 tbs water

Preparation:

1. Remove heads and tentacles of squid and keep.
2. Remove back fin-like part of squid and keep.
3. Finely chop onion parsley/parsley-coriander

Procedure:

For the stuffing:

In a large pan heat olive oil until hot. Add onion, squid
heads, tentacles and fin-like parts and cook until there is a
change in the color of the tentacles, heads and fin-like parts
of the squid. Usually they turn redish but depends on the kind
of squid you use.

Add rice, pine nuts, tomato puree, raisins, 1 tsp salt, pepper
and cook for five (5) minutes. Remove from stove and leave to
cool down.

Stuffing the squid.

Fill each of the 12 squid with some of the stuffing. Using
toothpicks close the opening.

Place squid in an already buttered/oiled baking pan/dish one
next to another.

Add wine, olive oil 1/2 tsp salt and water and cook in a
pre-headed to 350 degrees C oven for one (1) hour.

Serving suggestions:

Can be served as a main dish with side salad. Tzatziki is very
pleasant with it.

Can also be served as a snack to ouzo or any other aperitif

Muse2noPharaoh said:

That's right...

KILL

K I L L

StanleyApplebaum said:

Breathe Stanley, It's already dead!

Muse2noPharaoh said:

Stanley is just happy to see the vile beast being flayed.

Giant squid eat poor defenseless cute sea otters.
Conclusive proof that they are evil and must be stopped.
Case closed...Book 'em Danno.

BorisFishpaw said:

Say it isn't so! Do you think they eat avatars?

BorisFishpaw said:

Those evil, evil creatures!

Otters = nice and cute
Squid = evil and ugly

MrBliss said:

NO...you're just jealous.
[This message was edited Thu Apr 3 8:46:46 PST 2003 by applekisses]

Sea Creatures are evil... EVIL!

*Barring aquatic mammals*

applekisses said:

Do you mean...you want to squish them? They're very squishy!

Breathing water is the work of the devil.
Only cute air-breathers should inherit the earth.

And having more than 4 limbs is obviously a sign
of evil intent.

BorisFishpaw said:

You are so right. Additional limbs, other than things such as prehensile tails are evil.

<--- waiting for signs that we might invade the ocean

teller said:

The stock market has been a bit unstable today upon hearing the news of the giant squid.

How many of you guys and girls would like to have sexual relations with a giant squid?

IceNine said:

It's murder getting the ink stains out of the sheets.

BorisFishpaw said:

That's the good part... the fucking is secondary!

StanleyApplebaum said:

THAT RIGHT

PREHENSILE TAIL IS SEXY

DIG IT BABY

POOK said:

POOK!

Muse2noPharaoh said:

SMALL MAMMAL POSSE IN EFFECT!

POOK said:

Otters in the house!!!