Domini Lucas Sep 17, 2019:

curls? This article re Nigel Slater's squid recipes talks of squid/seafood curling when cooked.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/02/nigel-s...

Just wondering if curls/curled could be useful in coming up with a creative translation?

Domini Lucas Sep 17, 2019:

Jumbo Squid More somewhat conflicting info:
This article says that giant squid isn't edible due to too much ammonia https://www.latimes.com/food/la-xpm-2013-jan-09-la-dd-food-f...
This one says it can be eaten, but tastes horrible because of too much ammonia (though the tentacles do look similar to octopus arms in the photo): https://www.quora.com/Is-colossal-squid-edible
But here is an article showing how to cook "Jumbo Squid" (says that how it is marketed in Los Angeles which also links to "Jumbo Squid" in Taña´s Dani link). https://www.clovegarden.com/ingred/seasquidl.html

Also: https://www.wegmans.com/products/international-foods/america...
So Jumbo Squid seems like a good bet, but I still wonder if best to double-check with client that it is squid, if at all possible.

Domini Lucas Sep 17, 2019:

more photos https://pescamar.es/categorias_catalogo/pescamar/tacos-de-ce...
https://pescamar.es/categorias_catalogo/pescamar/
These links make a distinction between cefalópodos and calamares. Is it worth double checking with your client? I appreciate that it could be ´giant squid´of some kind, but some of the photos make it look more like octopus (which, as patinba says, would probably be mentioned). But it might be as well to double-check if you can. In these Pescamar links, the chunks do look like octopus dishes I have eaten in Greece. As do the arms in the second link which are covered in suckers. Though, technically, octopuses don´t have tentacles, which should make this squid if the advertisers know their stuff.

Domini Lucas Sep 17, 2019:

I agree with neilmac Even if tentacles does come up in links, if I were in a restaurant I wouldn't order something that involved tentacles. I can feel them moving within my insides and I'm squirming as I write! Ditto re cephalopods. And I can't say I find the idea of legs much more appetising. (I think the same about the Spanish by the way, so perhaps your client hasn't thought about how it sounds!). Tendrils is better, but it still feels as if something will be alive and twirling around in my stomach. Chunks feels the best to me so far, but a 'bit stodgy' in terms of sounding appealing on a menu (as opposed to a tin). On balance I think that neilmac is therefore right that it needs a bit more creative licence. Hard without having access to photos of the final dish! Perhaps pieces/pieced or sliced given the photo in Taña´s Dani link? But is it definitely sliced or in chunks?

Re molluscs, as well as being general, it also includes bivalves and many people are very allergic to oysters etc (they might not necessarily be to squid).

neilmac Sep 15, 2019:

If for a menu I think you need to be creative. I don't think you'd get many takers for menu items such as "tentacles" or "cephalopods". Even "legs" is a bit of a stretch. I'd probably try to invent something. Maybe some sort of equivalent of "delicias del mar"... "manjar marinero"... etc.

Taña Dalglish Sep 14, 2019:

@ Domini No problem!

Domini Lucas Sep 14, 2019:

@Taña Thanks so much for sharing the link to the Catalán and Spanish Cuisine Dictionary. It looks like a really useful resource. Have logged it for future use!

Domini Lucas Sep 14, 2019:

not all cephalopods have tentacles So here´s something I never knew. It seems not all cephalopods have tentacles https://aqua.org/blog/2017/October/Cephalopods-Arms-or-Tenta... And that it rules out octupuses as they have arms.

The link also says that cuttlefish and squid have only 2 tentacles. They have 2 tentacles and 8 arms.

@Charlotte I´m guessing your client may not know that either! Though you and the rest of you clever folkses might know this fact already. :-)

Gareth Rhys-Jones López Sep 14, 2019:

Totally agree with you, @Rick. You'd say patas de pulpo, calamar...

Rick Larg Sep 14, 2019:

@Gareth. Strange indeed In day to day life , and recipes, tentacles are usually referred to as 'patas' in modern Spanish: https://cookpad.com/es/buscar/patas de calamar...

http://www.gastronosfera.com/es/tendencias/pulpo-trucos-para... ...

https://www.carrefour.es/supermercado/patas-de-pulpo-merimar...

Gareth Rhys-Jones López Sep 14, 2019:

It's a very strange idea. I've lived in Spain my whole life and I've never seen that. It's not appealing at all. You normally specify the cephalopod (cuttlefish, squid, octopus...) I'd talk to the client to see which kind of cephalopod they actually serve, and use that specific name.