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Semirelated Japanese squid treat LJ...

For my birthday a few years ago, a friend got me a beer mug that had been made out of an actual squid.

I didn't have the stones to try drinking out of it (it looked like a rawhide treat and smelled like a sack of dead goldfish), but I did keep a scan of the logo:

http://walkingdead.net/~keinsignal/IkaJug.jpg

Gray colored ice cream? This can't be good.

Grey ice cream? The colour's not the problem, but fish flavoured? That's just .... eeeeuuuuuuugggthhhhh! One of the others was ox tongue, and I like tongue sliced and on a sandwich with a bit of mustard, but on my tinned peaches? Nooooo...

Actually I had squid ink in a few dishes in the Philippines. It's quite tasty. But the ink does make the dish does look like was dumped in used motor oil.

Once on the FoodTV channel I saw squid ink udon noodles being used. I like udon noodles, but pure black noodles seems rather unappetizing...

Sort of brings this to mind:

http://home.uchicago.edu/~djm2/archives/sent.1998.03/worst.foods

i like to mix valrhona cocoa, grand marnier and half-and-half with my favorite ice creams (chocolate and vanilla). i just don't think the squid flavor would be compatible.

Hey Bruce! Looking forward to your HITB keynote! :D

Wow, that looks quite nasty. I generally love oriental food, but I am not planning on finishing off my next round of sushi with a bowl of squid ice cream.

Now salmon might be doable.

Ice cream?No.

Pizza? YES. Squid is great on pizza -- had some last night.

Having lived in Japan for many years, I must say that the average Japanese person would probably find this just as unusual as the average American but may be more willing to give it try than the average American.

However, squid ink spaghetti and, to a lesser extent, squid ink coloured bread are much more common.

First time I saw 'Squid ink ice cream' was on a show called 'Iron Chef' on FoodTV. Absolutely horrid, it looked.

Later, one of their ads had 3 chefs tossing a fish between themselves, and announcing their signature dish. The Japanese chef announced "trout flavored ice cream -- with eyeballs!"

Ewwww...

~EdT.

Seeing this brought back memories of the Crazy Asian Drinks site: http://www.noapologiespress.com/presents/asiandrink/

Not to mention the Italians also have a squid ink in risotto that is quite tasty. So the East certainly doesn't have a monopoly on employing squid for interesting uses.

Of course, as Ted said, its fantastic on pizza too.

Actually when I visited Japan a few years ago, I had one of these "squid ice cream." Not bad actually. It's quite famous in western Japan (Osaka) I think.

Ah, but where's the cookie dough and squid ice cream and the rocky road and squid? Can't just have plain squid flavor if you're talking about ice cream...

Anyone got any ideas.....I needed a new passport as mine was dog-eared (but still seems OK for getting in and out of UK)......used the fast track process two weeks ago (but because of the strike have yet to receive my new passport and keep getting shunted around the passport service)...I have kept the old one (naughty I now)...so it has probably been cancelled by now.....do you think it's worth trying to use it if the new one doesn't turn up? (I have spent about 30 hours chasing the passport service on this and all they will say is that they are "overloaded")

thanks