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Originally Posted by Dog Star
Great thread Ian! 
I'm getting some great ideas as to trying new taste sensations.
Here's one that you probably already know, being a bit of a "sea salt."
I'd been out with a mate on the Shorncliffe jetty jigging for squid many years ago. My aim was to catch bait but my mate reckoned he was going to show me how to REALLY eat squid (sorry, calamari)
He cleaned them, cut off the flukes and lightly scored them with a knife.
He then fried them over a very low heat in a tablespoon of honey, just until the meat curled slightly and then served them up with some finely chopped spring onions. I've never tasted squid so bloody nice, even in expensive restaraunts.
The funny thing is that when he first told me he was going to cook squid in honey, I thought it would be revolting! How wrong I was!
The trick is to use a really low heat and remove the squid from the heat as soon as the meat begins to curl. It's as tender as chicken and far removed from the rubbery crap that they serve up in fish 'n' chips shops and fancy restaraunts.
Damn! I can still taste it now and there ain't many squid to be had in Alice Springs.  |
Yummo !!!!
I too chase the squiddies with jigs (of jettys , and the foreshore at Swansea and Pelican , great jewie baits frozen whole and in individual small freezer bags (OK for squid with tubes up to about 8" which are fab for use whole for jewie in the harbour). This way , you can grab 4 or 5 if you are only planning on fishing a few hours near change of tide or near dusk , and since they are frozen full of salt of water and while they are still going all spotty - super fresh - you can also grab a few and cook them up , the gutz all comes out as a squidy icicle makes cleaning super quick and easy. Sometimes I catch big greeneyes (a kg or more) and they make fine bait stripped , or a great meal (again freeze full of salt water and when partly thawed the guts come out as icicle with the head is pulled off. Those tenticles are great bait to (and good eating) = the snapper aren't dumb and know good food when they see it.
I reckon if the bait doesn't look good enough to eat yourself, don't offer to the fish if you hope to catch anything.
I'm partial to cooked squid , all manner of ways. If it's done right it's very nice.