[Sca-cooks] crunchy jello and squid ink

[Stefan li Rous]

Adamantius commented:
> I've never had such foreign, ethnic food as lime Jello mold with
> canned fruit suspended in it. I don't think I've ever had yams baked
> with little marshmallows on top, either ;-). Need I even mention the
> pictures of them that I've seen?

Shudder.

> I can see how food cooked or with squid ink might be considered
> unusual, though, although "unusual" needn't be a bad thing.

Does the squid ink have a taste to it? How black does this dish  
actually get?

Can anyone think of any other all black food, either period or  
modern? Is the rarity because of it's appearance or the difficulty of  
coloring a food black?

Stefan
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