Do you eat squids? / myLot

Malaysia

February 27, 2020 2:55am CST

I had squids cooked in soy sauce for lunch. Some people might not want to eat squids. Or perhaps not know how to cook squids. Do you eat squids? How do cook squids?

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (90118)

• United States

27 Feb 20

I do not eat squid. I think I'd rather eat a tire.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

Yeah, squids are mostly in Asian dishes like tempura calamari. You might probably not like the taste.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

28 Feb 20

@porwest Perhaps it was overcooked. Squids can get really chewy and rubbery if it’s overcooked. It’s quite a difficult ingredient to cook well actually.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (90118)

• United States

28 Feb 20

@UmiNoor It's not the taste. It's the texture. I can eat it in very small amounts hidden in a dish. But mostly it's a no for me.

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louievill

@louievill (28851)

• Philippines

27 Feb 20

I eat squid fried in flour batter or what we call " calamares", I eat adobo squid with black ink, I also eat squid with soy and sugar similar to the canned product even dried squid, there is no squid dish that I would refuse

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

Wow, you must like squids a lot. It's actually quite a difficult ingredient to cook. If you fry it too long, it will become chewy. So you must know your cooking time when you cook squids.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

@louievill I only have seen two types of squids; the wet kind and the dried up ones. I know that there are different sizes but I always buy the medium size type.

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louievill

@louievill (28851)

• Philippines

27 Feb 20

@UmiNoor and there are also many types of squid, I like the small round ones for adobo since they are tender and the bigger variety for calamares. Correct cooking time is important especially the big ones, they will become like rubber, using a pressure cooker is also helpful.

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joy

@MGjhaud (23240)

• Philippines

27 Feb 20

I eat squids but I haven’t tried cooking it myself. I like it with a little bit of sauce.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

I like fried breaded squids eaten with chilli sauce. That is delicious.

joy

@MGjhaud (23240)

• Philippines

27 Feb 20

I love crispy fried calamari too.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

@MGjhaud Yes. That is what they call squids in restaurants. Calamari.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471354)

• Switzerland

27 Feb 20

I like squids, we cut them and fry in batter, or we also add them to the fish soups or to season spaghetti.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

Frying squids in batter is delicious and eating in with chilli sauce. That is so marvelous.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

@LadyDuck There certainly are many ways to cook squids.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471354)

• Switzerland

27 Feb 20

@UmiNoor Also stuffed and oven roasted are delicious.

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

27 Feb 20

I have never eaten squid.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

Perhaps you’ve tried tempura calamari at a Japanese restaurant?

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

@JohnRoberts Ok. Japanese food does take some getting used to.

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

27 Feb 20

@UmiNoor I have never eaten in a Japanese restaurant.

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Babes Says

@BabeSays (8575)

• Mauritius

27 Feb 20

I eat squid but I don’t cook. Sometimes when my uubby and I go to restaurant, I like to order Crispy Calamari.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

Yes, crispy calamari is very delicious but can be quite expensive too.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

@BabeSays I think you can use tempura flour and fry the calamari with it and you can get very crispy calamari.

Babes Says

@BabeSays (8575)

• Mauritius

27 Feb 20

@UmiNoor Do you cook crispy calamari?

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youless

@youless (112481)

• Guangzhou, China

28 Feb 20

Yes, I will eat squids but not so often. I like to fry it with vegetables.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

28 Feb 20

Yes that is nice too. I put squids in my fried rice and fried noodles.

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msdivkar

@msdivkar (23359)

• India

27 Feb 20

Yes I do. I like them very much. We cook them in masala curry or we fry their rings and both are yummy.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

That is nice too.

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aubrey

@averygirl72 (37845)

• Philippines

28 Feb 20

I like squids a lot. We also cook it in soy sauce and garlic. I don't know how to cook it. I like eating its head

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

28 Feb 20

My children don't like to eat the tentacles. So all the tentacles I eat. More for me.

@ShyBear88 (59347)

• Sterling, Virginia

27 Feb 20

I have never had squid but the thought of it isn’t a appling to me but that could be a culture thing. I wouldn’t know how to cook a squid if I had one.

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UmiNoor

@UmiNoor (4523)

• Malaysia

27 Feb 20

Squids are mostly used in Asian dishes. It’s not an ingredient that is much used in Western cuisine. It is also quiet a difficult ingredient to cook. If you overcook squids, it’ll become rubbery.

@ShyBear88 (59347)

• Sterling, Virginia

28 Feb 20

@UmiNoor I know what type of dishes they are used in. Thus the reason it’s not something I would typically eat. Season in general I don’t care for too much. I’ll eat Shrimp and crawfish

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