Squid ink was Re: [Sca-cooks] Basque Food

[Elaine Koogler]

Patrick Levesque wrote:

>Er, please enlighten me here ... What does squid ink taste like? Where do
>you find it, or under what brand is it marketed?
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>And is it actually safe for young children and nursing women (I'm concerned
>about mercury levels mostly, and other such drawbacks)?
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>Petru
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I seem to remember eating a dish with squid ink in it when Mistress 
Christianna tooke me to a meeting of an Atlanta chef's organization...I 
don't recall what the dish was, but I do remember that it was 
excellent.  I also know that they demonstrated using squid ink as a 
natural food colorant...there was a display of various items that could 
be used, and this was one of them.  I have no idea where you'd get it, 
however, nor about how food-safe it is.

Kiri