Squid cocktail

{{Short description|Seafood dish}}

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Squid cocktail is a seafood dish, which is usually served as an hors d'œuvre. It is similar to a prawn cocktail, but uses squid as the main ingredient.

In 1969 in the United States, squid cocktail was one of the dishes explored to increase the popularity of squid in a time of diminishing fish stocks. Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a squid-gutting machine, and submitted squid cocktail, rings, and chowder to a 70-person tasting panel for market research.{{cite book|title=Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-SFZAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=20 April 2013|date=October 1974|publisher=Information Retrieval Ltd.}}{{cite book|author=United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|title=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XWcqAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=20 April 2013|year=1974|publisher=Office of Public Affairs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.}} Despite a general lack of popularity of squid in the United States, aside from the internal "ethnic market", and polling that had shown a negative public perception of squid foods,{{cite book|author1=Max Milner|author2=Nevin S. Scrimshaw|author3=Daniel I-chyau Wang|title=Protein resources and technology: status and research needs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JbtTAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=20 April 2013|date=December 1978|publisher=Avi Pub. Co.|isbn=978-0-87055-249-6}} the tasting panel gave the dishes "high marks".{{cite book|author=Reed Business Information|title=New Scientist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUS686JO6xcC&pg=PA764|accessdate=20 April 2013|date=21 March 1974|publisher=Reed Business Information|pages=764–|issn=0262-4079}}{{cite book|author1=Bronwyn Hurd|author2=Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sea Grant Program|title=Using the seas to serve people: a report on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant Program, 1 July 1973 to 30 June 1974|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZETAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=20 April 2013|year=1974|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant Program}}