Spanish Squid in Ink Sauce

[Natasha]

I bought a can of this and don't really know what to do with it. Just make some spaghetti and pour it over the top?

[debbatx]

Throw it away? (sorry, canned squid doesn't sound appetizing to me) Ooooh! Give it to a kid as a Trick on Wednesday night!

[MikoftheWat]

I've always made it, sorry

[Natasha]

I found a recipe and liked it. The canned squid reminds me of smoked oysters, only a little chewier. I didn't have the pound of fresh/frozen squid called for in the recipe.

http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/side/rice-side/black-calamari-rice-arroz-con-calamares.html

[caribougrrl]

I found a recipe and liked it. The canned squid reminds me of smoked oysters, only a little chewier. I didn't have the pound of fresh/frozen squid called for in the recipe.

http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/side/rice-side/black-calamari-rice-arroz-con-calamares.html

that seems like a really long cooking time for squid, which might explain why it was chewy, but since you only used the canned squid it might just be that.

[blue sleep]

Squid cooked in its dish is a traditional Venetian dish.  It is most often served over polenta.

[caribougrrl]

Squid cooked in its dish is a traditional Venetian dish.  It is most often served over polenta.

it occurs to me that I no practically nothing about venetian food...

[Natasha]

that seems like a really long cooking time for squid, which might explain why it was chewy, but since you only used the canned squid it might just be that.

It wasn't really chewy, just more so than smoked oysters.

I would love to cook squid, but since I haven't eaten it much in real life I don't know how it's supposed to come out.