"Most people couldn't afford to eat it, but only bought it to give away as a gift or to use as an offering at religious or ancestral-worship ceremonies," recalls Chang Shu-ping, general manager of the Taiwan Squid Fish ery Association.
「大家平常吃不起，都是拿來送禮、上貢、拜祖先」，台灣區遠洋魷魚船公會總幹事張叔彬說。