So I was reading Infinite Jest, and there was a part where an

>>9185243
Depends. I like calamari fried, but I tried raw squid once at a sushi bar and I almost vomited. Never tried it any other way though, I've been cooking all my own meals lately

>>9185251
>his only options are fried squid or raw squid
I would kill myself in your case

COOK WITH OLIVE OIL!

Seafood places have calamari.

We don't really have any long tradition of slow-cooking squid and using them as main dishes, though, cause Americans like food that tastes like something.

A very large portion of the US simply doesn't have access to fresh ocean fare. The best food is almost always made from whatever is locally available

>>9185284
If you cooked it like in the picture, and added olive oil and some parsley, it would taste great

Too much Anime has warped my view of tentacles & stuff.

I can't tell if I want to eat it or shove it up my butt.

Dfw has a strained relationship with seafood

>>9185243
For a long time in the US people looked down on any exotic or strongly flavored foods as lowbrow because that's what the poor immigrants ate. At that time just about anything from the ocean would have been very exotic to anyone not living near a coastal area. And the dish being Portuguese would have made it twice as disgusting by virtue of being un-American.

Some of this still hangs on in flyoverland. I have in-laws in the Midwest who are actually disgusted by the very idea of eating clams, oysters, squid and octopus. And if you suggest a cuisine that isn't represented there it will be met with suspicion by people who just want to eat "normal" food.