what are you eating??

We had guests last week. Friends and their friends. The menu? Cold squash soup, scallop ceviche, grilled lamb...The friends of friends were Russian. "Bait?" the wife whispered to her husband.
 
Mike, if you were here I would open the frig and open an ice cold Carib for you! Your summer is sounding just like a perfect M,W,and L one!
 
Last night was a Cesar Salad. But I wanted grilled tuna on mine and Lisa wanted Squid.

So I did both....
 
Slice the bodies down one side, rinse, pat dry.

Lay flat and slice into 1" strips.

Coat with canola oil.

Mix together:

•1/2 tsp. ground white pepper
•1/2 tsp. sea salt or regular salt
•1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
•1/4 to 1/2 tsp. chili flakes, to taste
•1 tsp. garlic powder
•1/2 tsp. onion powder or onion salt


Toss into squid. Wait 1 hour.

Grilled it on my Shrimp/Veggie grill thingy.

Tuna was soy-brown sugar marianted then pressed with crushed black peppercorns,
 
When I gave her a small piece right off the grill, she said it was too spicy. mixed with the Cesar, it cooled it down.
 
the squid are in the harbor thick right now.....I have orders from Wendi to catch a bunch before she arrives next Monday..

problem is you gotta do it late at night under the lights and that interferes with my bar time
 
What a shame- bar time- grab a Carib, pull up a chair and catch some- can't take that long. You just use a net or some kind of bait?
 
squid jigs


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and yes I need to convince a few people to get beers and do a late night squiding exhibition...
 
Tonight we Squid! First time in years-so excited. Thanks for the suggestion. Dinner? Open faced tomato sandwich on whole wheat and chilled watermelon.
 
fill the buckets with squid...fire up the fry daddy....cut em into rings....batter em....drop em in the oil....

make up a spicy tomato dipping sauce

bon appetit.....the squid looked thick under the pier lights tonight when I was walking to my car but I was too tired to get them
 
you already know how I feel about living up there....that only reinforces it....LOL

big squid though..dont know how you eat them.... you must have a bunch of sperm whales up there as well, because that is their main diet
 
Sperm whales go into Trinity Bay, where my grandparents on my mom's side lived in their later years. They (the grandparents) were in a town called Heart's Content, which was just a bit north of the towns of Heart's Delight and Heart's Desire. Love the Newfoundland town names!

The Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current make for prime feeding grounds. Lots of Humpback, Minke, and Fin whales too, as well as many other whale species. Good eats bring them in.
 
the same two currents collide here in ol Cape Cod bringing similar results......funny too because you can always tell in the constant push and pull of the currents, which one is winning and is here, because each current has and brings entirely different sea birds with it, and an entirely different smell to it too
 
More whale species visit Newfoundland than I remembered. "Every year, 22 species of whales and dolphins come to Newfoundland and Labrador for peace, quiet, and the odd photo opportunity. Whales can be seen from a grassy knoll on a fine day, from the veranda of a B&B or from a boat where you can view them up close in all their glory. Whatever you choose, you won't be disappointed. This is truly the best place in North America to appreciate whales.

You can see Beluga, Narwhal, Sperm Whale, Pygmy Sperm Whale, Blue Whale, Fin Whale, Sei Whale, Minke Whale, Humpback Whale, Bowhead Whale, Right Whale, Killer Whale, Northern Bottle-Nosed Whale, Sowerby's Beaked Whale, Blainville's Beaked Whale, True's Beaked Whale.

But the most common are the Humpback, Minke and Fin, with Beluga and Killer the next most seen. Some are very rare, such as Sowerby's beaked Whale."

http://www.whalewatching.com/newfoundland/
 
agree 100%...the ones we catch here are between 3 and 8 inches long..bigger ones go on the boat for bait....smaller ones home with me

size matters
 
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