calamaretti pennini
English translation: pencil squid/calamari
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| 18:03 Dec 9, 2004 |
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|  Selected response from: Michele Fauble United States Local time: 22:03 | ||||||
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| 5 | calamaretti pennini |
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| 4 | pencil squid/calamari |
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| 3 | pencil-thin calamari |
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| 3 | pencil squid |
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| 2 | baby squid |
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15 mins confidence: 
pencil-thin calamari Explanation: it seems to be simply a matter of size (translation is mine, not too convincing, I'm afraid) http://www.tigulliovino.it/rece/rece_0395.htm Calamaretto pennino crudo con pesto di alga nori e olio al sesamo. Il pennino è quel calamaro non più grande di un' unghia chiamato così per la sua forma allungata che ricorda appunto un pennino di una stilografica. Le sue dimensioni e la delicatezza delle sue carni fa sì che debba essere utilizzato estremamente fresco vista la sua tendenza a deteriorarsi velocemente. |
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21 mins confidence:
baby squid Explanation: In his "Complete Italian Food", Antonio Carluccio refers to calamaretti as baby squid. The "pennini" part could refer to the transparent quill inside the baby squid that you have to discard before cooking them. A google search comes up with quite a few recipes from all over Italy so it probably isn't dialect. But they could also be a type of small cuttlefish, known as "soupions" in France and "chipirones" in Spain. Sorry I can't be of more help. Reference: http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=calamaretti+pennini&btnG... |
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49 mins confidence:
pencil squid/calamari Explanation: ... www.geocities.com Molluscs, squid, calamari, cuttlefish Exporters and wholesalers of quality Australian ... Also known as broad squid, pencil squid, slender squid. ... www.wordiq.com/web/slender cuttlefish.html ... Some seasonal target trawling in Moreton Bay where declines in harvest of pencil squid and northern calamari have been identified, otherwise squid ... www.dpi.qld.gov.au/extra/ pdf/fishweb/trawl_scall_stout.pdf Also known as broad squid, pencil squid, slender squid. ... www.gtamart.com/mart/products/seafood/molluscs.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 49 mins (2004-12-09 18:53:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Pencil Squid ... www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/ online-resources/species-bank/records-mollusca.htm |
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57 mins confidence:
pencil squid Explanation: I don't know if that's the squid you're looking for, however, considering that the italian description compares it to the tip of a quill, i think we're getting pretty close... Reference: http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/species-bank/sbank-s1.pl?sr=1&... |
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13 hrs confidence:
calamaretti pennini Explanation: It is the name of a species of squid. If you're preparing this recipe, you must ask your fishmonger for this kind of squid and he'll know it! |
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