Found these at the local "Fiesta" Mexican market:

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Really neat store, lots of cool, inexpensive fresh produce and meats.
It's located in Austin.

I've not seen squid this big in a long time!

I skinned and gutted them, then split the tentacles and cut the body
into thin rings and added them to my seafood stew I made last night,
along with shrimp, chunk crab meat, quail eggs, shallots, onions, leeks,
fresh mushrooms cut in half, a couple of cans of straw mushrooms and
some baby corn, fresh baby spinach, fresh minced ginger, garlic, salt
free lemon pepper, and a dash of white pepper.

Sauteed the onions, shallots, leeks and squid in the pan first with
olive oil and butter, then added the mushrooms, then the canned stuff.
Added the shrimp at the very last so it would not over-cook. Made up a
slurry of corn starch to thicken what liquid there was.

The squid came out more tender than anticipated. :-)

Made too much tho'. I'm only cooking for 2 people! I froze a few
portions and am hoping freezing won't destroy the canned quail eggs. The
rest of the stuff should be fine.

--
K.

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