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Osso Buco Recipe. Classic Bread Stuffing Recipe. Flip the tentacles back and squeeze out and discard the beak. Rinse the cleaned tentacles and bodies, inside and out, under running water.

Cut large tentacles in half. The bodies can be cut crosswise to make rings, sliced lengthwise into strips, or left whole for stuffing. Private Notes Edit Delete. Comments Leave a Comment. Leave A Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.

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But yet part of me still wanted to give it a try. Squid is the perfect seafood for guests who want to eat something relatively light and healthy, but don't want anything too "fishy. I'd heard horror stories about cleaning squid that involved exploding ink sacs and slimy fingers—but those tales are greatly exaggerated. If your local grocery store has a decent fish counter, chances are the fishmonger will be more than happy to do the dirty work for you.

If you do find yourself with an uncleaned squid, don't worry—getting it ready to cook is actually a pretty easy process.

It is messy, however, so grab a pair of gloves and work over the sink. Using your hands, remove the finned, tube-looking portion that's the "mantle" from the tentacles—this is the part you're going to slice up into rings. Inside the tube is something that can best be described as a flattened plastic straw or, you know, the "cuttlebone" —remove that and discard it.