AHHMMM..some squeemish stuff? First you cut the head and tentacles from the shaft and take out that thing that looks like a sliver of see through plastic and clean all of the ink and gunk off. These will be cut into rings and breaded for calamari. Next you take the beak out from under where the tentacles join the body. Then you squeeze out the eyeballs and...it's all clean!! These are small and usually there are hundreds to clean..as soon as you get home from jigging for squid! I'll let you know if the squid luau is any good!!