Calamari? They aren't squishy. You can pick up a bag of sliced in the freezer. I love scampini. My brother almost got sucked in by a medium sized octopus growing up. He wanted to see it squirt ink. LOL! It turned bright red. Did you know they have fairly big beaks like parrot's? How about scallops / abolone? We used to see a divers buoy by the shelf and take the boat to hang out until they came up. Then asked them to get us some from the little crevices. I grew up on clams, the butter ones and the large gooey ducks / razor clams. Those were weird. Oh the one you'd hate the most? OYSTERS! I couldn't handle the green mush sacks. The little ones were ok cooked over a fire until they popped, but mom and dad would want us to go out skin diving and get them the big ones - they'd fill up a hot dog bun. We used to catch dungen s crab with bare hands. Just watch the way the reeds were going and flip them fast (see if they were male or female). I spent a lot of years shucking, cracking and jigging. It's a shame that's all gone now.
Ever eat sole or halibut? They are very ugly fish. That's ok. I won't eat sushi. I've fileted enough fish to know what lives between those flakes and I want those little wigglies cooked real well first. You do know that all flour, meal, grains, seed has bug eggs in it. A little extra protein that a 24 hour deep freeze won't take care of. Just the way it is.
Norweign food is a plate of white. Everything. My ex's parents were off the boat Norweigen. The first time I went over to my ex's, I noted an odd oder. Later I discovered they missed their potatoe liquor and had a still. Both sides of my family were German. My grandfather made head cheese in the basement. ewww. Even the english won't eat english food.
Funny. I won't get backyard chickens, because I know I'll never eat chicken again if I do. A friend had a pet pig. The movie Babe about crushed me. That's more of what I struggle with. Having neighbors with names like Yiako and Michakko taught me a single chicken breast can be sliced thin enough for a family of four, "need not greed". I love ethnic foods - except mexican. Hate meat and potatoes and anything fried. I make the best lasagne sauce in a wok. That's my weapon of choice. I just assumed I'd use a wok for extractions too.
