I eat this so you don't have to.

[plonq]

I did not pay close attention to the can when I grabbed it, so I was expecting sardines in my lunch today. It is not that I am displeased by my accidental selection, but I would have psyched myself up for squid if I had known.

Wish me luck.


If I have any say in the matter, my return here has some traction and staying power this time. There are more of you active here then I had even been hoping to find, though it does feel like I am posting to a void of zombie accounts for the most part. Still, I am posting here for selfishly cathartic reasons anyway. There are things that I cannot say on Facebook, and cannot cram into Twitter.

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[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

So.

How was the squid?

[plonq.livejournal.com]

It shames me to say this, but I could not finish it.

I normally have a pretty robust stomach for unusual foods, but there were a few things about these little guys that I had trouble getting past.

First, they all staring at me through little black, charred eyes when I opened the can. Whatever; I've had food stare at me before.

The flavour was ok, but the texture put me off. I was fine with the chewiness - in fact I expected that from squid. The gooey innards that squeezed out when you chewed them was a bit disturbing though, and then there were these hard bits that I assumed were probably the beak.

I got through about a third of the can when I finally admitted to myself that I was not really enjoying the dish very much at all, and I quietly snuck out to the cafeteria, ditched the rest in one of the trash bins, and ordered some teriyaki pork stirps over rice.

[unciaa.livejournal.com]

That's a shame, I rather enjoy squid. I would have called it quits at the gooey innards though; unless they were stuffed that would've triggered my gag reflex.

[plonq.livejournal.com]

I was disappointed. I also like squid, and I have had some very good canned squid products over the years, but it was the gooey innards that were the final straw for me yesterday.