I had to write about this as so often there is a huge disassociation with food or perhaps even just a lack of knowledge of where 'food' really comes from.
There is a jetty in Bussleton in Western Australia, that is 1.8km long, the longest wooden one in the Southern Hemisphere. We visited it on our way back from the Margaret River area and walked to the end and back. Half way back we got caught in a huge rain storm but that is by the by! When we go to the end we found a couple of fishermen with this bucket, I had no idea what they were until I asked and they offered up that they were squid, larger than normal! One of them was a chef or a cook, because he said that they were bigger than he was used to working with and that he was going to take these into work that night and cook them up. As we continued on the rest of the walk back to land all I could think of was where he might work and how he would cook them and how wonderful they would taste having only been caught that morning!
Half way back, shortly before the storm broke, we came across a family who were also fishing for squid. This was one that one of the sons had caught, they were waiting for it to squirt it's ink apparently and then the Dad was going to pull the head off.
I asked if they were going to eat it and then how they were going to cook it, because I can't help myself! The Dad said yes and that they would pan fry it. At this point the youngest son piped up, in quite a disturbed voice, "Are we really going to eat it?". His Mum told him yes they were and that it is the same as what he gets at the Fish & Chip place only they didn't have to pay for this one! Awesome!
On an aside note, aren't they amazing creatures for the way they change their colour?! Creative as well as tasty!
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