The stuff they have in Korea is dried. Dried squid, yum! (Ecccchhh!) They sell it off the back of trucks. I once saw a guy buy some from a truck and bite off a hunk like it was some weird chewing gum with tentacles. I happen to like kimchee, but dried squid is just gross. I can handle the fresh stuff, but don't like it - too much work to chew it. I couldn't really say how similar it tastes to a catheter, though. Forget the squid pizza altogether.I happen to like anchovies on pizza, though.