What does squid ink actually taste like?

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It is urgent and key that I know.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 15:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Squid ink is the nectar of the gods.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Whatever it tastes like, it should not be put on a fucking pizza.

I've had squid ink pasta. It tasted amazingly like regular pasta.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 15:37 (twenty-two years ago)

It tastes like fish. Isn't that always the way?

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

it doesn't really taste of anything - in theory it should have a kind of iodine-like flavour, but in pasta not at all...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 15:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd imagine it would taste like squid pee.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

quick ink.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

salty

― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Chicken (of the sea)

― Skottie, Tuesday, 30 September 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

have you ever licked a sheet of paper fresh out of the printer?

― Nellie (nellskies), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 06:25 (twenty-two years ago)

have i ever not?

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 07:42 (twenty-two years ago)

In 'squid in its own ink' it is made into a kind of sauce involving onions and (I think) breadcrumbs. So I suppose it tastes vaguely oniony, but the accompanying rice is often garliced up to the nines. The 'ink' itself comes in a little sachet a bit like those whatchamacallits to stop stuff getting damp. I suspect it is only a distant cousin of the stuff squids squirt out.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 09:54 (twenty-two years ago)

my one taste of squid ink pasta on my birthday left me with what must have beena very unhappy expression as the owner immediateley offered to make a substitution for me. Remember it having a bitterness that was quite unpleasant. Also instantly left me with black lips and tongue.

― H (Heruy), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

I was similarly disappointed by a squid ink tapas thing.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

I've only had it in Venice, cuttlfish ink to be exact. It's briney but not annoyingly so and it's quite good on pasta.

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

I've only had it in Venice, cuttlefish ink to be exact. I got the worst food poisoning of my life and my vom was black as pitch.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

That must have been captivatingly romantic, Mädchen.

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

It was quite something.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

I was pleasantly surprised since I was tasting it out of a sense of duty (when in Venice, eat the Venetian specialties) and I ended up quite liking it.

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

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