I love to cook. Some times this is a curse…like when my friend Brian came up with this crazy idea for a Cooking Challenge between friends of his that blog. He’s calling it the Tri-Blog Challenge.
Now, I’m always up for a challenge but this is a little tricky (and perhaps a little weird). Brian’s secret ingredient is Squid. Of course, he isn’t willing to supply the squid. He expects me to go out and find it somewhere in Indiana. I think I can seine out some crawdads from the creek or use a triple hook to snag a big ol’ catfish from the pond but squid is a little hard to come by. If my research is correct, squid come from the ocean.
I’m leaving for Connecticut on Monday for a work trip. I think I’ll take my fly rod and try to hook a few from the beach while I’m there. Connecticut DOES has beaches, right?
Crawdads? I would definitely consider that to be an acceptable alternative given your land locked predicament. BTW, I am looking into ways for mom and dad to get you some squid. They leave in two weeks…let's see, I would need to get the fresh squid the day before they leave. An hour to get to the airport. Two hours at the airport. Fourteen hours on the plane (at least it would cold in the cargo hold). Another hour in customs…that will be tricky. An hour back to the house. And probably two day mail…lets see that ends up being some mighty stinky four day old squid.By comparison you may need to change the name of your "stinky mac and cheese," maybe something like, "not as stinky as four-day old squid, slightly aromatic mac and cheese."