Squid

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Professional Cooking
Professional Cooking

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2014

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Squid are usually referred to on menus by their Italian name, calamari. They are soft-bodied animals somewhat resembling octopus, but they have 10 tentacles, 2 of them longer than the others.

Squid must be skinned and eviscerated. The head, beak, and the internal plastic-like quill are discarded. The hollow body and tentacles are eaten. Figure 19.12 illustrates how to clean squid.

Somewhat chewy, squid are cut up and either fried quickly or simmered about 45 minutes in a seasoned liquid or sauce.