Vegetarian Meal with "Crackling"
We found the episode where the contestants made Grant King's Seafood both fascinating and repulsive in equal parts. What is squid ink? How does one eat something so black? Gau and I had a inconclusive discussion about whether squid ink qualifies as vegetarian or not - Gau says veg since you don't necessarily have to kill the squid to get it(?), it is sort of like milk from cow. Vegetarian but not vegan. Ink from a living squid would be muscous-y. So it is gross and isn't muscous of a non-vegetarian animal also non-vegetarian? etc.... The hilarious part is, we make something called vadam, where we cook tapioca in water along with spices and green chillies, cool it to a handle-able temperature, pour soon sized mix onto muslin cloth and then sun dry it. This sun-dried wafer is then deep fried and served alongside rice + gravy + vegetables. Javvarisi Vadam. JAVVARISI VADAM: Ingredients: 1 cup Javvarisi (tapioca) ...