How To Prepare A Squid

How to prepare a squid in 5 easy steps:

1. Rinse the squid in cold water. Pull back the body pouch and pull out the quill-like 'pen'. Pull the head and viscera away from the body.
2. Pull away the mucous membrane in the pouch under running water. Peel the skin off the pouch. Pull off and skin the fins.
3. Put the head and viscera on a work surface and cut off the tentacles above the eyes. They should come away connected by a rim of flesh.
4. Remove the ink sac if you wish to use it for cooking and discard the head and viscera.
5. A toothed beak lies in the flesh which connects the tentacles together. Squeeze the beak out of the flesh with your fingers and discard it.

The squid is now ready for you to cook; the body pouch, the tentacles, the fins and the ink sac.