Philippine independence day and squid

Meet my good friend nucus (or adobong pusit or “squid adobo”). It’s the easiest seafood dish I can make, second only to my microwavable fish sticks and McDonalds fish fillet leftovers.

All you have to do is swim in the ocean and catch 8 or 9 squid, remove their “plastic” spines and hard beaks without leaking ink and throw everything else in a pot with vinegar, salt, and pepper. My buddies Obi and Marie told me you can also add onions and garlic so that you can get karate-kicked in the mouth with an additional blast of flavor.

If you want you can also make fried calamari. Remove the skin and guts along with the hard parts, batter the sliced bodies in flour, salt, and pepper and throw them in a pan filled with oil and BAM, it kicks you in the mouth. Squid doesn’t know karate, but I know kung-fu, taekwondo, and 2 other dangerous words.

Happy Philippine independence day!