A cephalopod popular in many Asian and Mediterranean cuisines. A squid has eight arms and two longer tentacles, but in a culinary context, tentacles often refers to all 10 appendages. The body, or mantle, is often served cut into rings. Smaller squids are often eaten whole.
A cephalopod popular in many Asian and Mediterranean cuisines. A squid has eight arms and two longer tentacles, but in a culinary context, *tentacles* often refers to all 10 appendages. The body, or mantle, is often served cut into rings. Smaller squids are often eaten whole.
Calamari
Calamari
Cuttlefish, octopus
Cuttlefish, octopus
Source: Sharon Tyler Herbst and Ron Herbst, The New Food Lover’s Companion, 5th ed. (Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, 2013).
Wikipedia, s.v. “Squid,” last modified February 24, 2016, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid.
Source: Sharon Tyler Herbst and Ron Herbst, *The New Food Lover’s Companion*, 5th ed. (Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, 2013). Wikipedia, s.v. “Squid,” last modified February 24, 2016, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid.