Simmered Squid

[giveup]

Was reading the paper and today's recipe was for Simmered Sqid. I could think of nothing worse and I quite like squid. What do you think.

[ummmm]

What paper?

[giveup]

Daily Mail page 49. Do you fancy trying it?

[DTCwordfan]

what's wrong with that? As long as it is not overcooked as it becomes rubbery, that is when it is yeuck.

And especially if you go for baby ones:

Portugese Squid for 2 - 3 persons

Very small squid (1 pound)
Olive oil
Onion, sliced
Garlic, chopped
2 slices thick bacon
Red and white wine
Chilli pepper
Parsley, chopped


Clean them - you don't have to remove their “pens”.

Heat some olive oil in a casserole and add some sliced onion and chopped garlic and then a few small bits of bacon.

Add the squid, both red and white wine, chopped chilli pepper and chopped parsley.

Let this all bubble away for a while; the squid take on a nice purple colour. When you hit this stage you are done.

When they are tender serve them with their juices.

The Portuguese serve their squid with potatoes at one end of the platter and steamed rice at the other.

[giveup]

DT that sounds delicious,but honestly just coming across the recipe and it looked as it is in gravy(yuk),gave me quite a turn and there are a lot more ingredients than you have. Anyhow tonight I'm having home cooked gammon,bubble and squeak and fried egg.

[diddlydo]

Squid only needs to be cooked for 1-2 minutes or it becomes rubbery.

[NoMercy]

I love squid.

[Iluvspikey]

that's the thing with squid, you either have to cook it really quickly, or stew it for hours to get past the rubbery stage, by which time there's no taste or much texture left and it's just a kind of filler!

[murraymints]

yuck.

[ummmm]

I love squid too.