The first time I caught a giant squid I was with GS. We were in our low 20's at the time. The deckhand cut out the exterior shell and gave it to us to take to a local restaurant. I believe we were in Los Cabos.
The outer membrane was about a half inch think and was huge. GS decided that he wanted his to look like a T-Bone. So he cut out a huge T-Bone shaped piece. When we got to the local little grill, he went in the kitchen and beat the crap out it with a meat hammer to tenderize it. He wanted a batter on it and deep fried like a chicken fried steak. His Spanish at the time was not very good.
When it came out of the kitchen, it looked really good. But, he couldn't cut it. So he picked it up with both hands and started going at it viking style. He was rather cocktailed and put on quite a show for all in the restaurant. He had that calamari T-Bone in his mouth dancing from table to table. We were politely asked to leave.