New Zealand Squid tubes are suitable for all cooking styles whether crumbed and deep fried, stir fried, added to marinara or stuffed and baked.

SALT & PEPPER SQUID
3/4 cup rice flour
2 tsp Natural Sea Salt, freshly ground
2 tsp Ground White Pepper
Whole Black Peppercorns, freshly ground
500g squid tubes
5 cups peanut or vegetable oil
1 large red chilli, finely sliced

Method

• Place the rice flour, Sea Salt and Ground White Pepper in a bowl.
• Grind over Black Peppercorns and mix well.
• With a sharp knife, slice the squid tubes lengthways so they open like a book.
• Dry well with a paper towel.
• If the tubes are particularly large, cut them in half across the width.
• Score the inside in a 0.5cm criss-cross pattern, then cut them into 1cm strips, cutting down the length of the squid.
• Toss the strips in the seasoned flour until they are heavily coated.
• Heat the oil in a large saucepan, wok or deep fryer until hot.
• Deep fry the squid in small batches for 1 – 2 minutes until crisp and golden but still tender.
• Drain, then place on a plate lined with a paper towel.
• Toss with fresh chilli slices and serve immediately.

Whilst most of us swim away from sharks, Klaus Jost swims towards them. Jost has spent a lifetime taking spectacular photos of our amazing sealife including this bull shark, Grandma, who Jost reckons was one of the most relaxed sharks on the reef.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/meet-grandma-one-of-the-most-relaxed-ladies-on-shark-reef-20120220-1titp.html

From generation to generation…

Samies Girl recently welcomed Kristina and Harry’s daughter, Maria, to the family as the third generation of fishmongers.

Welcome Maria

A conservation group has questioned whether our State and Federal governments ignored its own science to mislead a UN agency about the health of the Great Barrier Reef. Just what will a monitoring mission from  UNESCO discover when they visit Queensland in March over concerns about gas-related port developments and other potential threats to the reef.

Maybe just what the people of Gladstone, Mackay and Bowen already know!

http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Environment/2012/02/23/Govt_may_have_misled_UN_on_reef_-_WWF_721562.html

Click here to go to the video:  http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/concern-over-christmas-seafood-shortage/x8e7c8j

Catch Samies Girl on A Current Affair last night:

http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article/8389117/seafood-industry-shake-up

It’s Movember and Samies Girl is focused on men’s health. Harry Georges is donating his face to the cause by growing a moustache for the entire month of November and he needs your support.

Harry’s Mo has sparked conversations and generated some laughs; all in the name of raising vital awareness and funds for prostate cancer and male depression.

Why is Harry so passionate about men’s health?

• 1 in 9 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime
• This year 20,000 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed
• 1 in 8 men will experience depression in their lifetime

We’re asking you to support Harry’s Movember campaign by making a donation by either:

• Donating online at: http://www.movember.com/m/1228326 or
• Writing a cheque payable to ‘Movember’, referencing my Registration ID: 1228326 and mailing it to: Movember, PO Box 60, East Melbourne, VIC, 8002

Thank you in advance for supporting Harry’s efforts to change the face of men’s health.

So what do you think of Harry’s Mo for Movember? Let us know – should Harry keep his Mo after the challenge?

Tourists visit Sabah because the rich variety of marine life including sharks.  With over 42,000 divers visiting each year and spending $A60 million, it makes economic sense to protect the dive locations. More importantly though on an environmental level, over the past 25 years, some 80 per cent of the state’s sharks had disappeared and they could now be spotted at only four sites.

Traffic, an international network that monitors the trade in wildlife, said early this year that Malaysia is the world’s 10th biggest catcher of sharks according to Traffic, an international network that monitors the trade in wildlife, and worldwide up to 73 million sharks are killed every year, primarily for their fins, it said.

Read more here