Comments on: Fried Calamari (Calamare Fritti)

By: KAS

KAS — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:19:57 +0000

Yea. Who doesn’t like fried calamari. Next time try cooking in HOT rice oil. It’s smoking great.

By: Skip

Skip — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:08:21 +0000

I cannot disagree, but for me anyway, the rewards outweigh the efforts. (I recall one Christmas Eve morning having to clean the calamare at 7:00 a.m. You really had to love them)

I can only guess that the milk might have enzymes that people thought would tenderize the calamare. My own Nonna didn’t do that. But she had the philosophy that you should cook them for a minute or an hour…and nowhere in between.

But if you’re feeling flush, you can usually get cleaned calamare at your local mega-store for about $1.00 or $2.00 more per pound than un-cleaned.

Best regards,
Skip

By: Francesca

Francesca — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:30:45 +0000

Yew! My least favorite thing to see/do is clean the squid. I can recall several Christmas Eves past, slimy squid parts in bowls scattered about the kitchen… but my Nonna always soaked it in milk for a long while before flouring ‘em up.