I love calamari!
I remember the first time I tried it at university, wasn't too keen on the premise of eating what I deemed to be rubber rings; it used to be served as a starter in the SU's bar, picked up a real taste for it and haven't turned back since... even when the SU had to remove it from the menu due to poisoning some students.
You've got to get the balance of flavours right though; I've had times where it's tasted foul due to overcooking or the flavour of the squid was destroyed by overpowering seasoning and whatnot. Well worth the trouble, even if you have got ten kilos of the stuff to get through!
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