Squid is eaten in many cuisines; in English, the

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calamari is often used for

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/ref> There are many ways to prepare and cook squid. Fried squid is common in the Mediterranean. In New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Canada, and South Africa, it is sold in

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shops and in steakhouses. In Britain, it can be found in Mediterranean "calamari" or Asian "salt and pepper fried squid" forms in various establishments, often served as a bar snack,

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, or starter. Squid can be prepared for consumption in a number of other ways. In Korea and Japan, it is sometimes served raw, and elsewhere it is used as

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and

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items, grilled, stuffed, covered in batter, stewed in gravy and served in stir-fries, rice, and noodle dishes.

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is a common snack in some Asian regions, including

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Use

The body ( mantle), arms, tentacles, and

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of squid are all edible; the only parts of the squid that are not eaten are its

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(pen). The mantle can be stuffed whole, cut into flat pieces or sliced into rings.

Asia

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, squid is used in stir-fries, rice, and noodle dishes. It may be heavily spiced. In

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, squid is typically

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whole and sold in food stalls. Pre-packaged

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or cuttlefish are snack items in

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, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, China and Russia, often shredded to reduce chewiness.

Japan

In Japan, squid is used in almost every type of dish, including

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. It can also be marinated in soy sauce ('' ika okizuke''), stewed (''

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''), and grilled (''

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''). It is eaten raw as ''

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Korea

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, squid is sometimes killed and served quickly. Unlike octopus, squid tentacles do not usually continue to move when reaching the table. This fresh squid is 산 오징어 (''san ojingeo'') (also with small octopuses called ''nakji''). The squid is served with Korean mustard, soy sauce, chili sauce, or sesame sauce. It is salted and wrapped in lettuce or perilla leaves. Squid is also marinated in hot pepper sauce and cooked on a pan (''nakji bokum'' or ''ojingeo bokum/

ojingeo-chae-bokkeum ''Ojingeo-chae-bokkeum'' () is a ''bokkeum'' (stir-fried dish) made with dried shredded squid—called ''ojingeo-chae'' in Korean— and gochujang-based sauce. Like other dry ''banchan'' (side dish), it can be stored for a long time and retain it ...

''). They are also served by food stands as a snack food, battered and deep fried or grilled using hot skillets. They are also cut up into small pieces to be added to 해물파전 (Korean seafood pancake) or a variety of spicy seafood soups. Dried squid may also accompany alcoholic beverages as '' anju''. Dried squid is served with peanuts. Squid is roasted and served with hot pepper paste or mayonnaise as a dip. Steamed squid and boiled squid are delicacies. Also in Korea, squid is made into ''

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'' (salted seafood). The '' ojingeo-jeot'', thin strips of skinned, gutted, washed, salted, and fermented squid seasoned with spicy ''

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'' (chili powder)-based spices and minced aromatic vegetables, is a popular ''

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'' (side dish) served in small quantities as an accompaniment to ''

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'' (cooked rice). In Japan, a similar dish is called ''ika-no-

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''. The heavily salted squid (usually sparkling enope (firefly) squid or

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), sometimes with innards, ferments for as long as a month, and is preserved in small jars. This salty, strong flavoured item is served in small quantities as an accompaniment to white rice or

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Philippines

In the

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, squid is cooked as '' adobong pusit'', squid in adobo sauce, along with the ink, imparting a tangy flavour, especially with fresh chillies. Battered squid rings, which is also sold as a popular deep-fried street food called '' calamares'' in the Philippines, is served with alioli, mayonnaise or chilli vinegar. Squid is grilled on charcoal, brushed with a soy sauce-based marinade, and stuffed with tomato and onions. Another recipe is ''rellenong pusit'', stuffed with finely-chopped vegetables, squid fat, and ground pork. A variant of ''

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'' noodles is '' pancit pusit'', which is '' pancit bihon'' with squid added, along with the ink, giving the noodles its dark color.

South Asia

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, squid or cuttlefish is eaten in coastal areas such as

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. Squid are eaten deep-fried (koonthal fry) or as squid gravy (koonthal varattiyathu/roast). In Kerala and Tamil Nadu, squid is called ''koonthal'', ''kanava'' or ''kadamba''. In Coastal Karnataka, squid is also called ''bondaas''.

Middle East

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, squid rings and arms are coated in batter and fried in oil. Other recipes from these regions simmer squid with vegetables. Squid is also often stuffed. In Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, fried squid is served with

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, a sauce made using tahini. Like many seafood dishes, it may be served with a slice of lemon.

Europe

Southern Europe

Fried squid (calamari fritti) is a dish in

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, consisting of batter-coated, deep-fried squid (fried for less than two minutes to prevent toughness), which is served plain, with salt and lemon on the side. In

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, ''rabas'' or ''calamares a la romana'' (battered calamari, lit. ''Roman-style calamari'') has the calamari rings covered in a thick batter, deep fried and served with lemon juice and mayonnaise or

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. Traditionally in

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and the Basque Country ''rabas'' are cut into straight strips rather than rings. Battered and fried baby squid is known as ''puntillitas''. Squid stewed in its own black ink is called ''calamares en su tinta'' or ''chipirones en su tinta'', resulting in a black stew-like dish in which squid meat is very tender and is accompanied by a thick black sauce, usually made with onion, tomato and squid ink, among others. In Spain and

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, squid or cuttlefish ink is eaten in dishes such as

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. In Spain, Italy,

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, squid rings and arms are coated in batter and fried in oil. Other recipes from these regions feature squid (or

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) simmered slowly, with vegetables such as squash or tomato. When frying, the squid flesh is kept tender due to a short cooking time; when simmering, the flesh is most tender when cooking is prolonged with reduced temperature. In

it is served also with

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, a Greek yoghurt, cucumber and mint dip. In

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, squid are served with a sauce made from lemon, garlic, parsley, and olive oil. In

, ''lulas'' are commonly eaten grilled whole, in kebabs (" espetadas") of squid rings with bell peppers and onion, or stewed, stuffed with minced meat ("Lulas Recheadas"); the battered version is known as 'lulas à sevilhana', named after

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, the Andalusian city that popularised the dish. The city of

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is also known for its fried

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(''Choco frito 'à setubalense). In

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, ''klamar mimli'' involves stuffing the squid with rice, breadcrumbs, parsley, garlic and capers and then gently stewing in red wine. In

, squid are eaten grilled and stuffed with

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and cheese, with ''blitva'' (

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Russia

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, a lightly boiled

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squid with onion rings, garnished with mayonnaise, makes a salad. Another dish is a squid stuffed with rice and vegetables and then roasted.

Commonwealth

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, fried calamari is popular in

shops; imitation calamari of white fish may also be used.

North America

In North America, fried squid is a staple in seafood restaurants. It is served as an

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, garnished with

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, or sprinkled with Italian-style

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. It is served with dips:

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corn

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, or

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. In

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it is served with local hot sauce. Other dips, such as

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, and olive oil are used. In the United States, the government and industry worked together to popularize calamari consumption in the 1990s. In the United States, in an attempt to popularize squid as a protein source in the 1970s, researchers at

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developed a squid-gutting machine, and submitted squid cocktail, rings, and

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to a 70-person tasting panel for market research. Despite a general lack of popularity of squid in the United States, as aside from the internal "ethnic market" polling had shown a negative public perception of squid foods, the tasting panel gave the dishes "high marks". During the

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, calamari was featured prominently during the virtual roll call for the state of

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Etymology

The English name ''calamari'' comes from the Italian ''calamari'' (plural of ''calamaro''), Spanish ''calamar'', and Modern Greek ''kalamári''. Ultimately, all of these terms derive from the

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''calamarium'', "pen case" or "ink pot", itself from the

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''calamarius'', "pertaining to a writing-reed", after the resemblance in shape and the inky fluid that

secrete; ''calamarius'' in turn derives from the Greek ''kalamos'' 'reed' or 'pen'.

Nutritional value

The nutritional value of squid compares favorably with fish, being high in protein and phosphorus with trace amounts of calcium, thiamine, and riboflavin. Squid are 67.5–80.7% protein and 2.22–8.48% fat. A 2016 study of loligo squid found that 13% of the wet weight was oil, which is a rich source of

omega-3 Omega−3 fatty acids, also called omega−3 oils, ω−3 fatty acids or ''n''−3 fatty acids, are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) characterized by the presence of a double bond three atoms away from the terminal methyl group in their ...

and

omega-6 Omega−6 fatty acids (also referred to as ω−6 fatty acids or ''n''−6 fatty acids) are a family of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) that share a final carbon-carbon double bond in the ''n''−6 position, that is, the sixth bond, count ...

fatty acids (2.78%

arachidonic acid Arachidonic acid (AA, sometimes ARA) is a polyunsaturated omega−6 fatty acid 20:4(ω−6), or 20:4(5,8,11,14). It is a precursor in the formation of leukotrienes, prostaglandins, and thromboxanes. Together with omega−3 fatty acids an ...

, 3.10%

linolenic acid Linolenic acid is a type of naturally-occurring fatty acid. It can refer to either of two octadecatrienoic acids (i.e. with an 18-carbon chain and three double bonds, which are found in the '' cis'' configuration), or a mixture of the two. Lino ...

, 5.20%

linoleic acid Linoleic acid (LA) is an organic compound with the formula . Both alkene groups () are ''cis''. It is a fatty acid sometimes denoted 18:2 (n−6) or 18:2 ''cis''-9,12. A linoleate is a salt or ester of this acid. Linoleic acid is a polyunsat ...

, 15.40%

docosahexaenoic acid Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an omega−3 fatty acid that is an important component of the human brain, cerebral cortex, skin, and retina. It is given the fatty acid notation 22:6(''n''−3). It can be synthesized from alpha-linolenic acid or ...

(DHA), and 9.60%

eicosapentaenoic acid Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; also icosapentaenoic acid) is an omega−3 fatty acid. In physiological literature, it is given the name 20:5(''n''−3). It also has the trivial name timnodonic acid. In chemical structure, EPA is a carboxylic acid wi ...

(EPA)).

Allergies

Allergies to calamari can occur. As with other

molluscs Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

, the

allergen An allergen is an otherwise harmless substance that triggers an allergic reaction in sensitive individuals by stimulating an immune response. In technical terms, an allergen is an antigen that is capable of stimulating a type-I hypersensitivi ...

is usually

tropomyosin Tropomyosin is a two-stranded alpha-helical, coiled coil protein found in many animal and fungal cells. In animals, it is an important component of the muscular system which works in conjunction with troponin to regulate muscle contraction. It ...

.Auckland Allergy Clinic, "Seafood Allergy"

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Ikameshi is a Japanese dish of rice-filled squid. It is a regional dish from the Oshima area of Hokkaidō. Preparation Ikameshi is prepared by removing tentacles from and gutting the squid, which is then stuffed with washed rice and cooked in dashi. To ...

'' File:Ika somen by jetalone in Minato, Tokyo.jpg, Japanese ''

Ika Sōmen IKA may refer to * IATA code and common English abbreviation of Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport * Industrias Kaiser Argentina, former Argentine motor company * Informativna katolička agencija, a Croatian Catholic news agency * ''Interna ...

'' (squid noodle) File:Nigirizushi_(hotaru-ika).jpg, Japanese ''

'' File:Shiokara_001.jpg, Japanese ''Ika no

'' File:Squid steaks, uncooked.jpg, Squid steaks, uncooked File:Squid jerky.jpg, Squid

jerky Jerky is lean trimmed meat strips which are Food drying, dehydrated to prevent Food spoilage, spoilage and seasoned to varying degrees. Normally, this drying includes the addition of salt to prevent Microorganism, microbial growth through o ...

File:Ojingeojeot (squid jeotgal).jpg, Korean '' ojingeo-jeot'' (salted squid) File:Ojingeo sundae (stuffed squid) 2.jpg, Korean ''ojingeo-

sundae A sundae (Sunday Ice) () is an ice cream frozen dessert of American origin that typically consists of one or more scoops of ice cream topped with a sweet sauce or syrup and other toppings such as sprinkles, whipped cream, marshmallows, chocola ...

'' (stuffed squid) File:Ojingeo-twigim and gochu-twigim 2.jpg, Korean Ojingeo-Twigim along with Gochu-Twigim. Ojingeo is squid whereas Gochu is pepper

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Asia

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Europe

Southern Europe

Russia

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