If the squid tastes like rubber bands, it means they’ve been overcooked, a mistake I made once. But cooked correctly the texture is comparable to (not overcooked) shrimp.
Ah, I had forgotten that the Aggressor language was Esperanto. I think I learned that attending 7th Army NCO Intelligence School in Oberammergau in 1963 or ’64. (Old, so old.)
I find it interesting that Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (and probably others) have all adopted Western-style punctuation. But the first two have improved it in one way: The all-important period (aka full stop) is too tiny for its critical role, so Chinese and Japanese use a small circle instead. But too late for us to changeₒ
(A Chinese woman once told me how grateful she was for punctuation and how hard it was to read classical Chinese poetry without it.)
Good news!! The Spangler company, since 2018 the owners of Necco Wafers, sells them in boxes of 24 rolls, either the original mix or ALL CHOCOLATE!! Google away!
The first time I ate octopus it was a sliced, pickled tentacle in a sushi restaurant in the U.S.