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Meat Free Mondays

Bodhisattva said:
I am fine with people doing or eating what they like but the second a person starts preaching I shut them out for being the assholes that they are... they can piss off and die with their "superior morals" for all I care.
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Chomsky said:
Yep, that a Friday favorite amongst Catholics, particuliarly Italian-Americans.

The thing is: It's supposed to be about 'fasting' by abstaining from meat, but it's kinda' hard to see it that way when we're chowing down on shrimp, crab, lobster, mussels & clams! :roll:

Edit: Can't forget calamari! :mrgreen:
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I've always forgotten calamari. Who in their right mind wants to eat squid...raw squid?
 
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countryboy said:
Yep, it's one thing to be enthusiastic about something and want to share. But the "I'm better than you" BS is, well, BS.
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Are you a Trump supporter because that's his campaign in a nutshell.
 
cabse5 said:
I've always forgotten calamari. Who in their right mind wants to eat squid?
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Have you ever eaten it?

It's delicious.

Try it!

Let's face it: Most people eat shrimp and lobster, and those guys are bottom feeders! So why would squid be an issue?
 
Mr Person said:
People with reasonable taste buds?
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Or not. How much sauce do you have to put on calamari to make it palatable? When does calamari become something else so it'll slide down the gullet?
 
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Chomsky said:
Have you ever eaten it?

It's delicious.

Try it!

Let's face it: Most people eat shrimp and lobster, and those guys are bottom feeders! So why would squid be an issue?
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I've eaten lobster. It was an outrageous price and was tasteless unless covered in butter and garlic sauce. Shrimp? NO. Calamari? NO. I'd rather eat my boogers...with butter or garlic sauce.
 
cabse5 said:
Or not. How much sauce do you have to put on calamari to make it palatable?
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None, depending on how you do it.

Grilled tubes finished on a flat-iron need only a little butter and a little lemon juice....

In fact, I think I'm going to do that for dinner tomorrow.




cabse5 said:
I've eaten lobster. It was an outrageous price and was tasteless unless covered in butter and garlic sauce. Shrimp? NO. Calamari? NO. I'd rather eat my boogers...with butter or garlic sauce.
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The fact that you have some kind of personal issue with seafood doesn't mean seafood is categorically bad, man...
 
Mr Person said:
None, depending on how you do it.

Grilled tubes finished on a flat-iron need only a little butter and a little lemon juice....

In fact, I think I'm going to do that for dinner tomorrow.






The fact that you have some kind of personal issue with seafood doesn't mean seafood is categorically bad, man...
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Gulp.. I just swallowed a little of it.
 
cabse5 said:
I've eaten lobster. It was an outrageous price and was tasteless unless covered in butter and garlic sauce. Shrimp? NO. Calamari? NO. I'd rather eat my boogers...with butter or garlic sauce.
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Haha!

Well, what can I say?

My Mom's Southern Italian and my wife came over from an Asian island, so I'm pretty much surrounded by fish & shellfish eaters! We're Catholic, so every Christmas Eve from my earliest memories was no meat, but the Seven Fishes instead (which can be delicious when prepared right).
 
cabse5 said:
Or not. How much sauce do you have to put on calamari to make it palatable? When does calamari become something else so it'll slide down the gullet?
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One preparation is: Simply grilled, then good olive oil is dribbled over upon serving, and that is very good and tasty method! That's Greek & Italian style, as an appetizer or main course.

It's also commonly commonly prepared similar to fried shrimp, and served the same with cocktail sauce and lemon wedges. This is usually as an appetizer and is served in a wide variety of restaurants, including American.

The Asian preparations can get more complexly sauced (ex: squid in black bean sauce), but that seems to be a quality of Asian cooking in general.
 
Calamari paella in ink...mmm.
 
Mr Person said:
None, depending on how you do it.

Grilled tubes finished on a flat-iron need only a little butter and a little lemon juice....

In fact, I think I'm going to do that for dinner tomorrow.






The fact that you have some kind of personal issue with seafood doesn't mean seafood is categorically bad, man...
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You know, I've never calamari with butter, but could imagine a garlic butter might add even more flavor!

But man, a little high quality olive oil dribbled over freshly grilled warm squid is heaven! Rub a little on before you grill them! We rub our steaks with olive oil before tossing them on, too; same for whole lobsters (we cut them in half, oil, and grill).

/shuts-up after over olive oil ranting
 
cabse5 said:
Or not. How much sauce do you have to put on calamari to make it palatable? When does calamari become something else so it'll slide down the gullet?
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Are you knocking something you've never even tried?
 
cabse5 said:
Or not. How much sauce do you have to put on calamari to make it palatable? When does calamari become something else so it'll slide down the gullet?
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Not much at all. A little garlic, olive oil, chopped parsley and a twist of lemon makes barbecued squid to a deliciously lunch. Take a glass of good light white wine.
 
Don't forget to contemplate your menu for tomorrow's Meatless Monday, everyone.
 
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