Japanese Food Ikatonbi (いかとんび)

[thomas]

Have you ever tried ikatonbi (いかとんび)?

I found this at our local OK Mart today but didn't buy it as I considered it a bit pricey for a snack. My wife insisted it's irresistible, so it's back on the shopping list.

Ikatonbi is smoked squid beak, as explained here:

いかトンビの雑学｜中村漁業部

「　なぜ、いかトンビって言うのだろう？　」にはじまり、イカの種類など、いかトンビにまつわる話をまとめた雑学。

www.gyogyoubu.jp

 

[mdchachi]

Have you ever tried ikatonbi (いかとんび)?

I've never tried this. I'm not even sure if I've seen this before. It looks like the kind of thing my wife would love. I'd try it but I generally don't care for seafood with コリコリ食感.

 

[Majestic]

Nope, nope, nope, nope.

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Because there is a cuttlefish.
The bill of the octopus is a delicacy, too.

 

[nice gaijin]

I don't know how I feel about eating... beak. Seems like something that would be unsettlingly crunchy and devoid of natural flavor, therefore if it's delicious it must be witchcraft.

 

[mdchachi]

I've never tried this. I'm not even sure if I've seen this before. It looks like the kind of thing my wife would love. I'd try it but I generally don't care for seafood with コリコリ食感.

I asked my wife and was surprised to learn that she doesn't care for this "delicacy." If you try it let us know how it goes.

I just noticed the warning:

beware of the beak teeth

 

[thomas]

I asked my wife and was surprised to learn that she doesn't care for this "delicacy." If you try it let us know how it goes.

I'll be cracking squid beaks later this week. As @Hiroyuki Nagashima reported, takotonbi are a thing, too, though harder to find.

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

I ate "takotonbi " with an American.


Delicacy of the strongest of Japan
河豚の卵巣の糠漬け(detoxed blowfish ovary in rice-bran; Fugunoransononukazuke)
Traditional cuisine of Ishikawa Prefecture.

 

[thomas]

Today, my wife bought a package at the supermarket:

It's not コリコリ食感 but has a texture like dried chicken. The beaks are too hard to devour; you must nibble around and remove them. Slightly soured, they go well with sake.

Tastier than turkey!

 

[mdchachi]

Tastier than turkey!

But are they better than chicken feet?

 

[Majestic]

Tastier than turkey!

 

[Grandpa Frank]