Q&A for How to Cook Squid

Not if you dry it first. Dry the squid off with a paper towel after cleaning, cut, then season.

Boiling it will not make it soft and juicy. Squid, in general, has a tougher consistency. Like most seafood, it should be cooked quickly. So, if you are cooking it in a soup, it should be added at the very end of the cooking process, shortly before serving. Otherwise, it should be marinated and grilled or breaded and fried.

Make sure your squid is dry. You can use a paper towel to dry them. Also, they will be dry if you used seafood seasoning.

You can rinse it repeatedly, but it won't be completely free.

3 to 4 days before it starts to get a weird taste. After it's in the fridge for too long, it starts to pick up the different scents from other foods and it makes the squid taste different.

Yes, you can, as long as it is frozen as soon as possible after it has been caught and cleaned. You need to eat it straight away once you have thawed it out. Do not freeze it uncleaned for human consumption only freeze it uncleaned if you are going to use it for fishing bait.

Yes, this applies to all foods. Defrost it completely to avoid the hot oil from splashing.

Once the calamari is made will it be okay to keep it warm for half hour until dinner time but needs refrigerating after that.