Notes on a Spicy Squid Salad

To the 1.5-2.0 interested parties (and I am not specifying here who is the full party and whose party is potentially half-full; and anyway, the number refers to magnitude of interest, not out and out Personhood):

I herein submit that a Spicy Squid Salad was made.

Signed faithfully,
MasterGote
7/19/2008

Some Further Field Notes:

It seems, from previous and present experience, that MasterGote has a masterful ability for Russification.

Russification (culinary): n. simplification, blandification, the process of removing flavor and increasing salt content, esp. without explicit prior intent on the part of MasterGote.

In this case, Russification of S.S.S. was achieved through a combination of methods. Including, but probably not limited to:
-the washing-out of seeds from all seven hot peppers called for in the recipe;
-the washing and not thoroughly drying of bay scallops and squid;
-the use, instead of a wok, of a dutch oven (obtained from MG's Russian mother via MG's Russian brother), the last two steps resulting not in an oily flash-fry complete with heady display of exploding squid tentacles, but in a liquescent stew accompanied by the niggling possiblity of undercooking resulting in subsequent collective heaving by the unsuspecting subjects of this culinary experiment.

To wit, a picture of the leftovers:


And a close-up to demonstrate the extent of the Russification:


Suffice it to say: my shirt bears the evidence of a delicious morning-after meal.