About That Squid Dinner...

Now there is some discrepancy in my family about whether it was a squid or octopus...so please bear that in mind, okie dokie?? I checked with my son and he thinks it's the octopus and I'm in the squid camp. I guess it doesn't matter one way or the other but it's still a good story! Read on...

I had this bright idea one fine day that I was going to get serious about cooking. I've always been a fan of seafood, any kind, any where. As long as I can catch it, I'll eat it. Well, cooked also but you know what I mean.

So, my son and I were in the store looking at the frozen food section, the kind of sections that are hip high and in the middle of the aisles, not the ones behind the doors. My son found a package of frozen seafood. I admit, I didn't read the package very closely, just assumed/saw that it apparently had frozen veggies and 'seafood' in it. The package was one of those kind that everything is loose inside and the packaging was clear plastic but very iced up.

I paid for it and we went home. I boiled a pot of water and dumped the package in the boiling water. I kind of had an impression that something wasn't quite right but that was sort of normal state for me with cooking anyway, so I ignored the feeling.

Seems like I boiled rice or noodles to make a bed for the seafood and then I served that part. I drained the seafood and spooned it onto the bed of rice/noodles.

After a bit, I noticed that my son was playing with something that looked like it was flat topped but with little appendages sticking out. What in the hell is that, think I. Kind of like a flattened starfish but with lots of pointy things all around.

So I reached over to pick it up and realized that it was a baby squid/octopus that the top had been lopped off but the little legs were still attached to the body! I didn't realize that the things in the package weren't ready for cooking! They were only in the bag, ready to be processed.

My son was kind of wigged out to find that parts were missing and wouldn't touch the whole meal after that. He thought it was kind of like a toy that you find in Cracker Jacks! Oh, gross!

So now we have the baby squid/ocotopus story...top that if you can!! :-)