Soobz 557 Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 I've had squid tentacles in a salad style in restaurants, so I had a go at trying to clean them today. There are little hard bits in the suction cups that I tried to scrape out, without success, and cutting the suction cups off is tedious and leaves the tentacles rather mangled. Has anyone got a method or are these restaurant tentacles from a different type of squid? I'm good at the wings these days and I don't like wastage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doobie 5,802 Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 As far as I know, and have tried on the few squid I have caught, is to run your thumb nail down the tentacles/suction caps a few times - I haven't found any little hard bits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Soobz 557 Posted March 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 Hmm, tried that with no real result. I'll send ya some hard bits to see cos I gave up and froze em for bait doobie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin 2,200 Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 I've found its more of an issue with the 2 long feeding tentacles. Couple of rinses in water gets rid of most of the hard bits and a good fry till crunchy sorts out the rest. Squid Inc., Softy, gregtech and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gregtech 1,029 Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 A Greek guy I used to work with years ago used nail clippers to remove them. Both for whiting baits and cooking. He reckoned whiting wouldn't touch tentacle baits with suction cups on them. Soobz, Squid Inc. and doobie 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmck 628 Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Kelvin said: I've found its more of an issue with the 2 long feeding tentacles. Couple of rinses in water gets rid of most of the hard bits and a good fry till crunchy sorts out the rest. These ones are the best KG bait!! Meppstas, doobie and Squid Inc. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wert 470 Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 I had to work this out because my fiance likes eating my bait for some reason, best way i found was putting the clusters in iced FRESH water for 15 minutes first then just using the doobie method above rub as much of the gross bits off you can, rubbing with paper towel also helps. Dry off well. Should be clean as, hot oil will sort the rest out. Soobz, bjorn2fish, gregtech and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Soobz 557 Posted May 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 Just watched Korean cook's video where she used rock salt to 'grind' out the tentacle cups. This will be tonight's dinner, with some smoked ST for entree. I spoil my wife. Softy, Squid Inc., doobie and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David_C 768 Posted May 24, 2021 Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 Put them in the scaling bag - and they'll be perfect Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David_C 768 Posted May 24, 2021 Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 On 27/3/2021 at 5:22 PM, dmck said: These ones are the best KG bait!! I reckon all of the tentacles work on whiting - particularly when fresh. We keep a couple of heads for bait and the rest are for food! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Soobz 557 Posted May 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 9 hours ago, David_C said: Put them in the scaling bag - and they'll be perfect I can't peddle fast enough for that. David_C, Meppstas, Squid Inc. and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bratko 277 Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Just cook em up....never noticed any hard bits upon eating jackmac 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackmac 307 Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 i agree with bratko Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bratko 277 Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 Chinatown food court...$9 for a serve of squid tentacles...amazingly delicious...can't beat it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David_C 768 Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 25/5/2021 at 8:33 AM, Soobz said: I can't peddle fast enough for that. If you see a good sized GW, I'm sure you'll be paddling quick enough to be above the water doobie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Fishing Guru 239 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 I generally just cook them up "as is". Normally the heat will sort out most of the suckers and I really love the texture of the tentacles when cooked properly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TENNANT 29 Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 Those hard bits are Denticles, there small tooth like serrations, that help them hang on to things. All squid have them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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