Squid as food

Squid used for culinary purposes

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Squid is eaten in many cuisines; in English, the culinary name calamari is often used for squid dishes.[1] There are many ways to prepare and cook squid. Fried squid is common in the Mediterranean. In New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Canada, and South Africa, it is sold in fish and chip shops and in steakhouses. In Britain, it can be found in Mediterranean "calamari" or Asian "salt and pepper fried squid" forms in various establishments, often served as a bar snack, street food, or starter.

Squid can be prepared for consumption in a number of other ways. In Korea and Japan, it is sometimes served raw, and elsewhere it is used as sushi, sashimi and tempura items, grilled, stuffed, covered in batter, stewed in gravy and served in stir-fries, rice, and noodle dishes. Dried shredded squid is a common snack in some Asian regions, including East Asia.

## Use

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Fried calamares from Spain

Karaage of squid legs from Japan

Battered and fried baby squid, known as puntillitas \- a popular tapas dish in Andalusia, Spain

Cantabrian rabas de magano, deep fried squid body strips and tentacles

Hong Kong-style fried squid

The body (mantle), arms, tentacles, and ink of squid are all edible; the only parts of the squid that are not eaten are its beak and gladius (pen). The mantle can be stuffed whole, cut into flat pieces or sliced into rings.

### Asia

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In Chinese and Southeast Asian cuisine, squid is used in stir-fries, rice, and noodle dishes. It may be heavily spiced.

In China, Thailand, and Japan, squid is typically grilled whole and sold in food stalls.

Pre-packaged dried shredded squid or cuttlefish are snack items in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, China and Russia, often shredded or rolled to reduce chewiness.

#### Japan

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In Japan, squid is used in almost every type of dish, including sushi, sashimi, and tempura. It can also be marinated in soy sauce (ika okizuke), stewed (nabemono), and grilled (ikayaki). It is eaten raw as ika sōmen.

#### Korea

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In Korea, squid is sometimes killed and served quickly. Unlike octopus, squid tentacles do not usually continue to move when reaching the table. This fresh squid is 산 오징어 (san ojingeo) (also with small octopuses called nakji). The squid is served with Korean mustard, soy sauce, chili sauce, or sesame sauce. It is salted and wrapped in lettuce or perilla leaves. Squid is also marinated in hot pepper sauce and cooked on a pan (nakji bokum or ojingeo bokum/ojingeo-chae-bokkeum). They are also served by food stands as a snack food, battered and deep fried or grilled using hot skillets. They are also cut up into small pieces to be added to 해물파전 (Korean seafood pancake) or a variety of spicy seafood soups. Dried squid may also accompany alcoholic beverages as anju. Dried squid is served with peanuts. Squid is roasted and served with hot pepper paste or mayonnaise as a dip. Steamed squid and boiled squid are delicacies.

Also in Korea, squid is made into jeotgal (salted seafood). The ojingeo-jeot, thin strips of skinned, gutted, washed, salted, and fermented squid seasoned with spicy gochugaru (chili powder)-based spices and minced aromatic vegetables, is a popular banchan (side dish) served in small quantities as an accompaniment to bap (cooked rice). In Japan, a similar dish is called ika-no-shiokara. The heavily salted squid (usually sparkling enope (firefly) squid or spear squid), sometimes with innards, ferments for as long as a month, and is preserved in small jars. This salty, strong flavoured item is served in small quantities as an accompaniment to white rice or alcoholic beverages.

#### Philippines

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In the Philippines, squid is cooked as adobong pusit, squid in adobo sauce, along with the ink, imparting a tangy flavour, especially with fresh chillies. Battered squid rings, which is also sold as a popular deep-fried street food called calamares in the Philippines, is served with alioli, mayonnaise or chilli vinegar. Squid is grilled on charcoal, brushed with a soy sauce-based marinade, and stuffed with tomato and onions. Another recipe is rellenong pusit, stuffed with finely-chopped vegetables, squid fat, and ground pork. A variant of pancit noodles is pancit pusit, which is pancit bihon with squid added, along with the ink, giving the noodles its dark color.

#### Thailand

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In Thailand, squid is a common protein source added to a variety of soup and stir-fry dishes in fresh form, often as a part of a medley with shrimp, and referred to as talay (ทะเล). In addition, dried shredded squid is a common snack food found in supermarkets and night markets across the country, often served with a nahm chim (น้ำจิ้ม) dipping sauce. Domestically-landed Loligo squid fished from the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea are the most commonly featured species in each preparation.[2]

#### South Asia

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In India and Sri Lanka, squid or cuttlefish is eaten in coastal areas such as Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Squid are eaten deep-fried (koonthal fry) or as squid gravy (koonthal varattiyathu/roast). In Kerala and Tamil Nadu, squid is called koonthal, kanava or kadamba. In coastal Karnataka, squid is also called bondaas.

### Middle East

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In Egypt, Cyprus, and Turkey, squid rings and arms are coated in batter and fried in oil. Other recipes from these regions simmer squid with vegetables.[3] Squid is also often stuffed.

In Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, fried squid is served with tarator, a sauce made using tahini. Like many seafood dishes, it may be served with a slice of lemon.

### Europe

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#### Southern Europe

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Fried squid (calamari fritti) is a dish in Mediterranean cuisine, consisting of batter-coated, deep-fried squid (fried for less than two minutes to prevent toughness), which is served plain, with salt and lemon on the side.

In Spain, rabas or calamares a la romana (battered calamari, lit. 'Roman-style calamari') has the calamari rings covered in a thick batter, deep-fried, and served with lemon juice and mayonnaise or aioli. Traditionally in Cantabria and the Basque Country, rabas are cut into straight strips rather than rings.[4] Battered and fried baby squid is known as puntillitas. Squid stewed in its own black ink is called calamares en su tinta or chipirones en su tinta, resulting in a black stew-like dish in which squid meat is very tender and is accompanied by a thick black sauce, usually made with onion, tomato and squid ink, among other ingredients.

In Spain and Italy, squid or cuttlefish ink is eaten in dishes such as paella, risotto, soups and pasta.

In Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Portugal, Slovenia, Albania and Croatia, squid rings and arms are coated in batter and fried in oil. Other recipes from these regions feature squid (or octopus) simmered slowly, with vegetables such as squash or tomato. When frying, the squid flesh is kept tender due to a short cooking time; when simmering, the flesh is most tender when cooking is prolonged with reduced temperature. In Greece or Cyprus it is served also with tzatziki, a Greek yoghurt, cucumber and mint dip.

In Sardinia, squid are served with a sauce made from lemon, garlic, parsley, and olive oil.

In Portugal, lulas are commonly eaten grilled whole, in kebabs ("espetadas") of squid rings with bell peppers and onion, or stewed, stuffed with minced meat (lulas recheadas); the battered version is known as lulas à sevilhana, named after Seville, the Andalusian city that popularised the dish. The city of Setúbal is also known for its fried cuttlefish (choco frito à setubalense).[5]

In Malta, klamar mimli involves stuffing the squid with rice, breadcrumbs, parsley, garlic and capers and then gently stewing in red wine.

In Slovenia, squid are eaten grilled and stuffed with pršut and cheese, with blitva (Swiss chard).

#### Russia

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In Russia, a lightly boiled julienned squid with onion rings, garnished with mayonnaise, makes a salad. Another dish is a squid stuffed with rice and vegetables and then roasted.

### Commonwealth

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In South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, fried calamari is popular in fish and chip shops; imitation calamari of whitefish may also be used.

### North America

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In North America, fried squid is a staple in seafood restaurants. It is served as an appetizer, garnished with parsley, or sprinkled with Italian-style parmesan cheese. It is served with dips: peppercorn mayonnaise, tzatziki, marinara sauce, tartar sauce, or cocktail sauce. In Mexico it is served with local hot sauce. Other dips, such as ketchup, aioli, and olive oil are used. In the United States, the government and industry worked together to popularize calamari consumption in the 1990s.[6]

In the United States, in an attempt to popularize squid as a protein source in the 1970s, researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a squid-gutting machine, and submitted squid cocktail, rings, and chowder to a 70-person tasting panel for market research.[7][8] Despite a general lack of popularity of squid in the United States, as aside from the internal "ethnic market" polling had shown a negative public perception of squid foods,[9] the tasting panel gave the dishes "high marks".[10][11]

During the 2020 Democratic National Convention, calamari was featured prominently during the virtual roll call for the state of Rhode Island.[12]

## Etymology

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The English name calamari comes from the Italian calamari (plural of calamaro), Spanish calamar, and Modern Greek καλαμάρι kalamári.[1] Ultimately, all of these terms derive from the Late Latin calamarium, "pen case" or "ink pot", itself from the Latin calamarius, "pertaining to a writing-reed", after the resemblance in shape and the inky fluid that squid secrete; calamarius in turn derives from the Greek κάλαμος kalamos 'reed' or 'pen'.[1][13][14][15][16][17]

## Nutritional value

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The nutritional value of squid compares favorably with fish, being high in protein and phosphorus with trace amounts of calcium, thiamine, and riboflavin.[18] Squid are 67.5–80.7% protein and 2.22–8.48% fat.[19] A 2016 study of loligo squid found that 13% of the wet weight was oil, which is a rich source of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids (2.78% arachidonic acid, 3.10% linolenic acid, 5.20% linoleic acid, 15.40% docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and 9.60% eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)).[20]

## Allergies

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Allergies to calamari can occur.[21] As with other molluscs, the allergen is usually tropomyosin.[22]

## Gallery

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* Chinese-style fried baby squid

* Japanese Ikameshi

* Japanese Ika Sōmen (squid noodle)

* Japanese sushi

* Japanese Ika no shiokara

* Squid steaks, uncooked

* Squid jerky

* Korean ojingeo-jeot (salted squid)

* Korean ojingeo-sundae (stuffed squid)

* Korean Ojingeo-Twigim along with Gochu-Twigim. Ojingeo is squid whereas Gochu is pepper

## See also

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* Food portal

* Fish as food
* List of deep fried foods
* List of seafood dishes
* Octopus as food
* Pain in invertebrates

## References

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1. ^ a b c Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition, 2002, s.v.
2. ^ Suykens, S. (1985). "Squid snack food production in Thailand." *Marine Fisheries Review*. 42(7–8): 37–44. U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service. [1]
3. ^ Mina Holland (6 March 2014). The Edible Atlas: Around the World in Thirty-Nine Cuisines. Canongate Books. pp. 180–. ISBN 978-0-85786-856-5.
4. ^ "The Complete Foodie Guide to Cantabria and the Basque Country". Great British Chefs. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
5. ^ "Choco frito 'à setubalense'". jornalsabores.com. 9 January 2019. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
6. ^ Frank, Matthew Gavin (31 August 2014). "The origin of an appetizer: A look at the creation of calamari". Salon. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
7. ^ Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Vol. 4. 1974 – via Google Books.
8. ^ "Could Squid Fishery Boom?". NOAA Update. NOAA Magazine. Vol. 4, no. 4\. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. October 1974. p. 70 – via Google Books.
9. ^ Max Milner; Nevin S. Scrimshaw; Daniel I-chyau Wang (1978). Protein Resources and Technology: Status and Research Needs. Avi Publishing Company. ISBN 9780870552496 – via Google Books.
10. ^ "Fishy Thinking". New Scientist. 21 March 1974. p. 764 – via Google Books.
11. ^ Bronwyn Hurd (1974). Using the Seas to Serve People: A Report on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant Program, 1 July 1973 to 30 June 1974 (Report) – via Google Books.
12. ^ Barone, Vincent (2020-08-19). "Rhode Island's DNC roll call for Biden prominently features plate of calamari". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
13. ^ Harper, Douglas. "calamari". Online Etymology Dictionary.
14. ^ calamarius. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary on Perseus Project.
15. ^ Babibiotis, Georgios (2002). "καλαμάρι". Λεξικό της Νεάς Ελληνικής Γλώσσας [Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek).
16. ^ Beekes, Robert (2010). "κάλαμος". Etymological Dictionary of Greek. Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series. With the assistance of Lucien van Beek. Brill.
17. ^ καλαμάριον, κάλαμος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
18. ^ Kalikstein, Paul H. (1974). The Marketability of Squid MIT Report No. MITSG 74-24. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. p. 9-10.; citing Veteikis, J.J. (June 1966). "Commercial Fishing for Squid". Australian Fisheries Newsletter. No. 25\. Fisheries Branch, Dept. of Primary industry, Australia.
19. ^ "calamari". Nutrition Value of Squid As Food For Human. 2003.
20. ^ "Squid (Loligo loligo): The new source to extract omega-3 and omega-6 rich marine oils" (PDF). Nutrition Value of Squid As Food For Human. 2016.
21. ^ "Sea Food Allergy". Allergy Society of South Africa. Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
22. ^ Auckland Allergy Clinic, "Seafood Allergy" Archived 2011-08-03 at the Wayback Machine

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