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Down Under
How do you defrost a giant squid? With a giant microwave!
2007-03-23
The monster from the deep faces the ultimate indignity: being microwaved in the interests of science.
Donate your body to SCIENCE!
The colossal squid landed by New Zealand fishermen last month is now officially the largest caught, after weighing in at 1,089lb (540kg), nearly 100lb heavier than initial estimates. But scientists itching to study it more closely face the challenge of how to thaw it out. The creature was frozen to preserve it during its journey from Antarctica to New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, in the capital, Wellington.
Now the international BIG SQUID museum.
The problem with leaving the 33ft-long (10m) squid to defrost naturally at room temperature, experts say, is that the process would take so long - probably several days - that its outer tissue would rot while they waited for inner sections to thaw.
Posted by:Free Radical

#11  How do you defrost a giant squid? With a giant microwave!

Don't forget to poke holes in the plastic wrap covering the Squid in order to release the build up of steam while defrosting.

After 8 to 9 min uncover Squid. Now Rotate every 3 or 4 minutes until thawed.
Posted by: RD   2007-03-23 21:11  

#10  We'll miss remoteman, but it had to be.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-03-23 20:59  

#9  Battered you say? A woman you say?
Then send her to TEMPURA HOUSE, the home for lightly battered women.

Thanks folks, I'll be here all week. Try the veal and don't forget to tip your servers.
Posted by: remoteman   2007-03-23 18:59  

#8  They can thaw it with that microwave crowd control thingy our military invented.

Its gender has not yet been determined, but it is suspected to be a female. Females are often larger.

That's because they've been battered. [rimshot]
Posted by: Zenster   2007-03-23 17:06  

#7  Just freeze dry it and skip the thawing.
Posted by: 3dc   2007-03-23 12:32  

#6  with the help of infra-red technology

So, like, they're going to use heat? How revolutionary!
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-03-23 12:11  

#5  Tartar sauce imports way up in New Zealand.
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble   2007-03-23 11:50  

#4  Taste like rubber chicken!
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-03-23 11:36  

#3  Microwave calamari?

Kill the blasphemer!
Posted by: Fred   2007-03-23 11:35  

#2  Microwave calimari . . . now in economical institutional bulk packs!
Posted by: Mike   2007-03-23 06:07  

#1  Thats a lot of delicious "good for the gout/ulcer" Spicy Squid - order for the day is lotsa beer + espec antacids.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-03-23 00:44  

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