IDEA AND SUGGESTION BOX

[Chef # Derrick]

mmm, went shopping today,
I ended up buy some frozen squid and baby Octopus,
I dont really know why I bought them, just seemed a good idea at the time, but now what am I going to do with them ?

(also got a bag of whitebait, bout half a kilo, I reckon, also got a bag of crab claws, I was going to make a crab starter, bit like a prawn cocktail, but open to any suggestions for them)

(I was looking for a receipe of a dish I had in Thailand, Squid with curry powder, but I cant find it in here)

[Zurie]

Chef # Derrick wrote:
mmm, went shopping today,
I ended up buy some frozen squid and baby Octopus,
I dont really know why I bought them, just seemed a good idea at the time, but now what am I going to do with them ?

(also got a bag of whitebait, bout half a kilo, I reckon, also got a bag of crab claws, I was going to make a crab starter, bit like a prawn cocktail, but open to any suggestions for them)

(I was looking for a receipe of a dish I had in Thailand, Squid with curry powder, but I cant find it in here)

(You haven't really posted in the right place, what the heck! )

Your squid: has it been cleaned? What does it consist of: whole squid, not skinned, or ... well, what does your squid/calamari look like?

Octopus: now that is a bit of a worry. You might do better if you posted in the Greek forum, where a lady called Evelyn is the host, and she is VERY informed and will know all about octopus. No, I don't have the link. Try putting this into the address line, and you'll get ALL the Zaar forums:

http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/

(Oops, I hope that works).

Squid: I cannot give you a lesson in cleaning whole squid. It's fairly easy, if slippery ... the pinkish skin have got to be peeled off ...

Then: (and this is as far as I will go without more information) calamari/squid can be done in ONE of TWO ways. Either you fry small tubes or large tubes cut into rings VERY fast in VERY hot oil, OR you use a slow, stewing recipe. Nothing in-between will work well.

Over-fried squid is tough.

I'm skipping octopus, because I think I've had a try at it once when I was very newly married and very kitchen stupid.

Whitebait!! Now there is a little fish food I haven't seen in a long while, where I am (southeastern coast of South Africa). When we lived and worked in Johannesburg I would buy boxes of whitebait and fry it ... I adored it, my DH did not much.

Roll the whitebait in white flour. Fry them quickly in a pan of shallow oil. Drain on kitchen paper. Lightly season with sea salt flakes. Serve with chilled white wine or whatever. Remember a few wedges of lemon or lime!!

The crab I can't help with. I always seem to battle with crab. I now see to it that when a certain brother-in-law comes to visit, that he has a cooked crab to slowly pick to pieces and cut open ... He loves it.

[Chef # Derrick]

Zurie wrote:


(You haven't really posted in the right place, what the heck! )

Your squid: has it been cleaned? What does it consist of: whole squid, not skinned, or ... well, what does your squid/calamari look like?

Octopus: now that is a bit of a worry. You might do better if you posted in the Greek forum, where a lady called Evelyn is the host, and she is VERY informed and will know all about octopus. No, I don't have the link. Try putting this into the address line, and you'll get ALL the Zaar forums:

http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/

(Oops, I hope that works).

Squid: I cannot give you a lesson in cleaning whole squid. It's fairly easy, if slippery ... the pinkish skin have got to be peeled off ...

Then: (and this is as far as I will go without more information) calamari/squid can be done in ONE of TWO ways. Either you fry small tubes or large tubes cut into rings VERY fast in VERY hot oil, OR you use a slow, stewing recipe. Nothing in-between will work well.

Over-fried squid is tough.

I'm skipping octopus, because I think I've had a try at it once when I was very newly married and very kitchen stupid.

Whitebait!! Now there is a little fish food I haven't seen in a long while, where I am (southeastern coast of South Africa). When we lived and worked in Johannesburg I would buy boxes of whitebait and fry it ... I adored it, my DH did not much.

Roll the whitebait in white flour. Fry them quickly in a pan of shallow oil. Drain on kitchen paper. Lightly season with sea salt flakes. Serve with chilled white wine or whatever. Remember a few wedges of lemon or lime!!

The crab I can't help with. I always seem to battle with crab. I now see to it that when a certain brother-in-law comes to visit, that he has a cooked crab to slowly pick to pieces and cut open ... He loves it.

thanks for that, I dunno what squid is supposed to look like, but they still have all the bits attached,(looks like they were just put in the box and frozen)

I was just going to give them a quick fry, then make a curry sauce and put them in that

I tried that with the white bait, a bit of reallyt crusty bread, they were really good, I made the crab claws into a crab cocktail, (bit of lettuce, mayo, paprika, salt, pepper, slice of lemon) they werent bad, wll the dish was licked clean, so I guess they were fine

I'll be checking out about the octopus in a few days (still a bit dubious about these things )

Thanks again, much appreciated

[Mommy Diva]

Zurie ~ Thank you for giving the helpful input!!

Chef Derek.... SOO glad you came back and let us know what you made with your seafood and fish. If you pop back by (I know it was a while ago) would you tell us what you did with your octopus?

Feel free to post a new topic!

Chelle

[Jasmine.]

That sounds yummy!