19-12-2004, 08:21 AM
I had some calamari at a restaraunt for the first time a couple weeks ago, and plan to make it for my individual project in my Foods class. I went to the store today and found out that they sell 2 1/2 pound packages of squid with what looks to be about 1/3 of it being tentacles. And only $7.99 for the whole thing (does this cheap price mean it's not calamari, because he said it was)
Anyway, he said it was all cleaned, so here's a question. When a recipe calls for say 2 1/2 pounds of squid, do the tentacles count or do they mean just tube meat? I assume you can use tentacle meat, and if so, do you have to pull the meat out of the tentacle? I'm thinking you don't want to eat the outside part of it, right? The tentacles looked black in the package, so I'm guessing I'll have to pull the meat out and discard the outside part, right?
Anyway, he said it was all cleaned, so here's a question. When a recipe calls for say 2 1/2 pounds of squid, do the tentacles count or do they mean just tube meat? I assume you can use tentacle meat, and if so, do you have to pull the meat out of the tentacle? I'm thinking you don't want to eat the outside part of it, right? The tentacles looked black in the package, so I'm guessing I'll have to pull the meat out and discard the outside part, right?