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Sometimes when I can't sleep I watch a fabulous programme on Sky 3 called 'Taste' where chefs come on and do their thing. By the way... I adore the presenter Beverley Turner also. The other night, a chef was making prawn Paella. Right at the last moment of cooking, he poured in half a pint of squid ink that turned the whole dish jet black and looked revolting.

Has anyone tried this?

EEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!:yh_sick

Sounds like something Andrew Zimmern on the show "Bizarre foods" would like.

almost ruined my banana bread, that did!:yh_rotfl

hoppy;1248351 wrote: Sounds like something Andrew Zimmern on the show "Bizarre foods" would like.
The best bit was when the chefs have finished cooking the Fab Bev, the presenter samples the dish. It was the look on her face as that spoon went In and the desperate attempt to smile as she swallowed It. I think this is one I won't try :wah:

YouTube - Taste -Beverley with chef Marcus Wareing. Fun and flirty again!

Why do they stick such fab progs on so late at night??? :-5

oscar;1248364 wrote: The best bit was when the chefs have finished cooking the Fab Bev, the presenter samples the dish. It was the look on her face as that spoon went In and the desperate attempt to smile as she swallowed It. I think this is one I won't try :wah:



YouTube - Taste -Beverley with chef Marcus Wareing. Fun and flirty again!



Why do they stick such fab progs on so late at night??? :-5


Oh my husband complains of that all the time! We have to get up at 4am so a late night is pretty much out of the question.

ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Raven;1248371 wrote: Oh my husband complains of that all the time! We have to get up at 4am so a late night is pretty much out of the question. It's a bummer eh? All the best progs are on late at night. I tuned into one called 'Fear of Fanny' last night thinking It was about Virgina aversion and It was a play about 'Fanny Craddock' the TV cook.

oscar;1248334 wrote: Sometimes when I can't sleep I watch a fabulous programme on Sky 3 called 'Taste' where chefs come on and do their thing. By the way... I adore the presenter Beverley Turner also. The other night, a chef was making prawn Paella. Right at the last moment of cooking, he poured in half a pint of squid ink that turned the whole dish jet black and looked revolting.

Has anyone tried this?


I don't use it myself, but you can easily buy black pasta here, alongside the green, red and orange varieties - coloured I guess with squid ink, basil etc, tomato and carrot to add interest to what otherwise might be boringly white. Can't say I've noticed that much difference in taste though.

Here's how to clean your squid and harvest the ink yourself

http://homecooking.about.com/od/seafood ... eaning.htm

Let your pastas and risottos wear "a dark briny coat"

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009 ... cipes.html

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AussiePam;1248502 wrote: I don't use it myself, but you can easily buy black pasta here, alongside the green, red and orange varieties - coloured I guess with squid ink, basil etc, tomato and carrot to add interest to what otherwise might be boringly white. Can't say I've noticed that much difference in taste though.

Here's how to clean your squid and harvest the ink yourself

How to Clean Squid and Harvest Squid Ink

Let your pastas and risottos wear "a dark briny coat"

The Secret Ingredient: Squid Ink | Serious Eats : Recipes
Thanks for the links Pam and I've had a good read. No... I just could not bring myself to add squid Ink as It's the colour of the Rissotto that makes me feel sick :wah: Great advice about cleaning squid though.

oscar;1248543 wrote: Thanks for the links Pam and I've had a good read. No... I just could not bring myself to add squid Ink as It's the colour of the Rissotto that makes me feel sick :wah: Great advice about cleaning squid though.


I agree, Oscar - Risotto should look like rice not lico-rice.

AussiePam;1248545 wrote: I agree, Oscar - Risotto should look like rice not lico-rice.
:wah: It looks like a bowl of rice that I've put in the fridge and forgotton about for 6 weeks. :wah:

[quote=oscar;1248334] he poured in half a pint of squid ink that turned the whole dish jet black and looked revolting.



What an utter waste of Squid ink !

[QUOTE=Nomad;1248885][quote=oscar;1248334] he poured in half a pint of squid ink that turned the whole dish jet black and looked revolting.



What an utter waste of Squid ink !
I agree... far better used for throwing at people.

Here's an efficient site which fulfills our current forum chat needs - squid ink, tattoos and Dogma-like angels with cut off wings all in the one place..

http://squid-ink-tattoos.deviantart.com/

(Maybe they do circumcisions too??)

AussiePam;1248995 wrote: Here's an efficient site which fulfills our current forum chat needs - squid ink, tattoos and Dogma-like angels with cut off wings all in the one place..

squid-ink-tattoos on deviantART

(Maybe they do circumcisions too??)


The one with the tattoo of missing angel wings looks like they have been in a gang fight and got slashed.

The more I think about this, the more I feel the ink is better off with the squid being left to mind his own business squirting at fellow ocean creatures as and when he feels like It.