explosion in humbolt squid population

sifreak21 · Mar 26, 2010

was watching a show from 2008 last night about them how they communicate and the explosion in population growth what do you guys think should be done about it? they are destroying populations of fish

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Stoniphi · Mar 26, 2010

Calamari :lick: With a side of jellyfish.
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MacGyver1968 · Mar 26, 2010

I saw that show too..great program. Those Humbolts don't fuck around. Growing to 100lbs. in a year? That's just crazy.

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oozish · Mar 26, 2010

Quoting squid cooking recipe:

First off, you need to clean the squid at the end of your trip. The acids in their stomach can make 'em go bad pretty quick. I can't recall smelling anything in my entire life that smells worse than bad squid. After gutting them and throwing away all but the body, we'd slice them into 4 steaks, rinse, and take home. The trick is now skinning them. It's like skinning a catfish, if you know how. Start the edge of the skin with a fillet knife. The outer layer is very tough, and tends to come off better in one direction than the other. The inner layer is almost unnoticeable, but it's there. So know you've got skinned steaks, which I then slice in half to where I have 8 pieces total per squid, each piece about 3/4"-1" thick, and about 3"X6". Now you need a really sharp fillet knife to slice the 1" steaks into two thinner fillets. All of this takes practice, but what do you have to lose, right? 40 pounds of squid? Now you need to slightly tenderize the fillets using one of those spiked hammer looking meat tenderizers. MAKE SURE YOU COVER FILLETS WITH SARAN WRAP otherwise, squid juices will be everywhere!!! w00t.gif Then you cut the tenderized fillets into about 1/2" strips, and soak in a beaten egg. The egg helps fluff up the batter a little better (than beer or milk) Hopefully, you have a favorite batter. I suggest 50-50 blend of medium grind corn meal to self rising flour, plus some Tony Chacere's Creole Seasoning. Get your Frydaddy hot, then throw a handful of the squid into a tupperware with a lid and batter and shake it. Separate any clumps, shake again, Toss them in the grease, 4-7 minutes, until lightly golden. They really don't need anything else, but you could squeeze a lemon and dip in marinara or cocktail sauce. Killer!!!!
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And a follow-up with pictures: http://www.offalgood.com/site/uncategorized/giant-humboldt-squid

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sifreak21 · Apr 20, 2010

well at the rate there exploding we need to start commercially farming them yesterday since ever female has 10-30million offspring or eggs if you will at one time

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