Add pineapple, ½ cup cilantro ... Heat grill to high or set a cast-iron pan over high heat. Pat squid very dry, inside and out, and thread onto 8–12 skewers. Season with salt.

Squid ink pasta is a common example. Frozen squid is readily available as whole cleaned tubes, rings or scored or ‘pineapple’ cut curls. In New Zealand, prawns are small crustaceans over about ...