Mmm ... dried squid postcards

by Joe DiStefano, Posted Jan 10th 2007 @ 3:00PM

It should be no secret to most Slashfood readers by now that I'm a sucker for Japanese snack foods, especially the fishy ones. So, naturally I nearly fell off my chair when I heard of postcards made from dried squid.

The squid postcard pictured here is the brainchild of a fishing cooperative from the coastal town of Susami in Japan's Wakayama prefecture. Surumail, as the postcards are known, takes their name from the surume variety of squid, which is a local delicacy. The critter has been turned into jerky, flattened and then vacuum-packed at which point you can then affix the label and send the whole lot it to your friends and loved ones as a keepsake of your time spent in Susami. The cooperative says it sells between 4,000 and 5,000 of the squiddy souvenirs yearly.

[via Neatorama]

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Filed Under: Hacking Food, Food Oddities, Ingredients
Tags: asia, dried squid, DriedSquid, fish, hacking food, Japan, Japanese snack food, JapaneseSnackFood, oddities, squid, squid jerky, SquidJerky, Surumail, surume, Susami, Wakayama

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1-10-2007 @5:16PM Foodie Bride said... That's not right.
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1-11-2007 @12:25AM thotchke said... Foodie: Are you kidding? Dried squid, sprinkled with a bit of sugar, is a real treat! It has a roasty squid flavor, with a nice chewable texture and sweetness in every bite. Kind of like Asian beef jerky.
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