Ingredient
Squid
Fifteen plates at thirteen of the kitchens we read carry squid. Twelve of them sit under appetizer, and it comes as a small-plate more often than anything else, on two.
From 40 menus · squid is on 15 plates · How we read them
Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
Squid, fried or breaded
Our reading of the menus lists it fried at eight kitchens, breaded at three, and both at one: Ocean 13.
On both sides: Ocean 13.
How it comes
The forms it turns up in, most first.
Where on the menu
The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.
How it's cooked
How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.
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The journey of squid
The same 15 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.
| Ring | Commonest | Plates |
|---|---|---|
| How it's cooked | fried | 9 |
| How it comes | small-plate | 2 |
| Where on the menu | appetizer | 4 |
| Other | 16 other steps, added up | 20 |
| Not stated | the menu never printed that detail | 16 |
Every wedge, as a table
| Cooked | Arrives as | Course | Plates |
|---|---|---|---|
| fried | — | — | 9 |
| fried | not stated | — | 6 |
| fried | not stated | appetizer | 4 |
| fried | not stated | entree | 1 |
| fried | not stated | not stated | 1 |
| fried | small-plate | — | 2 |
| fried | small-plate | appetizer | 2 |
| fried | side | — | 1 |
| fried | side | appetizer | 1 |
| breaded | — | — | 3 |
| breaded | not stated | — | 2 |
| breaded | not stated | appetizer | 2 |
| breaded | side | — | 1 |
| breaded | side | appetizer | 1 |
| barbecued | — | — | 1 |
| barbecued | not stated | — | 1 |
| barbecued | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| deep-fried | — | — | 1 |
| deep-fried | not stated | — | 1 |
| deep-fried | not stated | not stated | 1 |
| glazed | — | — | 1 |
| glazed | not stated | — | 1 |
| glazed | not stated | not stated | 1 |
| marinated | — | — | 1 |
| marinated | not stated | — | 1 |
| marinated | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| steamed | — | — | 1 |
| steamed | not stated | — | 1 |
| steamed | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
Travels with
What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.
- Calamari8read by scriptall Calamaridistinctive
- Marinara3read by scriptall Marinaradistinctive
- Aioli2read by scriptall Aiolidistinctive
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- Cheese2read by scriptall Cheesedistinctive
- Chili2read by scriptall Chilidistinctive
- Pepper2read by scriptall Pepperdistinctive
Dishes
Our reading of the menu lists: patty, chip, pickle.
Our reading of the menu lists egg, duck and folded.
Our reading of the menu turns up Our Tartar Sauce, crabmeat and crabcake.
Show all 13 kitchens
Our reading of the menu turns up cracker, fruit and cod.
Our reading of the menu turns up meat, birria beef taco and blu crab dip.
Our reading of the menu lists broiled, crumbled and crab.
Our reading of the menu turns up diced, cabbage and flounder.
Our reading of the menu turns up steamed, soft crab and crab.
Our reading of the menu turns up braised, linguine and evoo.
Our reading of the menu turns up popcorn, drink and fresh.
Our reading of the menu turns up roll, pickle and butter.
Where on the island
The 13 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.
| District | Kitchens | Side of the island |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Midtown | 4 | bayside · inland |
| Midtown | 2 | bayside · oceanfront |
| Uptown | 1 | inland |
| North OC | 1 | inland |
| West Ocean City | 3 | harbor |
| Day-trips ring | 2 | harbor · inland |