You're surprised? Same thing happened last time:ray245 wrote:Wait...we have FINALLY caught a adult colossal squid and the first thing you guys talk about is EATING it?
What happens to research in name of science?
http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic. ... ight=squid
on the first page of the thread within 10 postings. I bet it will be the same next time, there'll always be someone on SD.net who'd love to eat sea monsters.
If I remember correctly the Japanese film crew that captured the footage of Archyteuthis (a different species of giant squid apparently) tried cooking a bit of the severed tentacle but found it inedible due to high concentration of ammonia.squidman001 wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong but, aren't the bigger squids flesh full of ammonium ions, making them inedible?Trytostaydead wrote:Man, that would make for some good eating! Fried calamrai.
But like I said last time we humans have managed to make sharks and rays edible. Just do the same treatment to giant-squid-flesh. Over here the traditional solution is to soak ammonia-rich meat in tamarind juice for a while and then wash and soak it again in water. Actually I believe soaking it in any weak acid like lemon or lime juice will do.