one of the culinary benefits of learning how to clean squid is preserving the squid's ink sac, which is often removed and discarded. The jet-black squid ink brings bold flavor to any dish ...

Reserve the silvery ink-sac from the innards to colour the dish later. Peel the purple and white skin from the squid meat. Remove the 'beak' from the tentacles - it resembles a small white piece ...

Hold the squid's body in one hand and the head with ... centre of the tentacles and discard it If you want to retain the ink sac, look amongst the intestines for a very small, pearly white pouch ...