Between now and next Thursday at midnight, we want to see Your Best Squid or Octopus Recipe! For more details and to enter the contest, go here.
- Walker, Addie, and two delicious baby octopi
Between now and next Thursday at midnight, we want to see Your Best Squid or Octopus Recipe! For more details and to enter the contest, go here.
44 Comments on This Week's Contest Theme:
Cute, cute kids! Hey Rhonda, does Addie look like Luke?
Yes, she does! And she acts just like her mother did at that age! Sometimes I think Walker and Luke have similar features, too. It's all in the expressions, I think.
CUTEST KIDS IN THE WORLD (aside from my own, of course!!)
OMW (Oh My Word), what brave ones you have Amanda. Touching an octopus has been by far the SCARIEST thing I've ever done with food. I think. Squeamish doesn't describe my feelings......
I know it won't count, but coming up with an octopus-less octopus recipe for those of us on low sodium diets...hmmm, maybe oyster mushrooms can work! Thanks, ladies, for another mind-stretching contest theme.
how can you resist clicking on that pic? the twins are adorable! i third the octopus.
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added about 1 year agoThank you all for your great comments! Who knew this theme would be so polarizing? We just added a photo of two little octopus fans who just might inspire you to overcome any lingering phobias.
Aww... so adorable...those lil octopi look like they're dipped in chocolate, how do they get that color? (disclaimer: I'm totally ignorant about any food with meat or fish.. lifelong vegetarian..)
Looks like chocolate to me. Are you sure they're really eating octopus?
I'll admit that I was cringing and making weird faces while trying to cut fresh octopus. But the end result was so good that I didn't mind it so much after I was done. =)
I just had to share this photo of the eyes of the octopus. My husband is a Japanese fishmonger and we visited an octopus factory in Japan where the octopus are boiled. Check out the top photo of the octopus.
http://tokyostation-yukari.blogspot.com/2009/07/tako-octopus-recipes.html
I asked one of the managers his favorite way to eat octopus and his recommendation was to add cooked octopus to Japanese curry rice. Delicious!
Kristen is the Senior Editor of food52.
added about 1 year agoBeautiful!
Gee, looking at the "title photo," my best recipe suggestion would be to take the octopus in hand and toss it back into the briny deep!
Wow, so much to learn about cephelapods. My very limited experience eating them is holding me back from wanting to try cooking them but maybe this will change as these recipes and comments come in.
Massage the octopus for 20 minutes? Heck, the Spouse doesn't even rate a 20-minute (back) massage even after taking out the trash ....
I have heard of putting the octopus in a cold dryer for a time to tenderize! Actually I love octopus and it's one of my favorite summer dishes.
Cannot wait! Great theme ladies! I love pulpo.
Hmmm...Squidward or Ursula. Well, at least it isn't the "Your Best Sea Cucumber Recipe" which would have been far more, um, challenging.
OH NO!!! mrslarkin.. I think you just gave the food52 team their next theme!!
Hmmmm. This will be very interesting. Octopus etouffee anyone?
It's probably good that I'll get a week off for this one due to a lack of being close to ocean waters seeing as I have to focus on charcutepalooza.
I'm really sorry I'll be missing this theme because I love cooking cephelapods of all types; squid, cuttlefish, octopus...But I have to be away from my kitchen for a week with no time to write a recipe let alone retest it. But for those of you who will be taking it on, I'd be thinking ink! I've handled them live, one actually bit me.
Your timing is perfect! Newly posted, "Baby Octopus in a Nest of Soba and Snippy SnapPeas" at http://vimeo.com/channels/hannahbtv
A dish inspired by a 3yo sou chef's love of food...
@hannahbtv
Uffdah, I had a very bad experience with raw squid in a sushi restaurant once, and a different but also unfortunate run in with bad baby octopus, so I never feel very compelled to make or eat them. But, I look forward to seeing what others submit because I'm interested how one does it right.
Man, that is one gorgeous photo. Seriously, never would've thought raw squid could be that beautiful. Makes me think about a ceviche, maybe.
Squid ceviche is a textural dream, Jennifer. I love the way the little tentacles (my favorite part!) take on the flavors of the brine differently from the rings.
Wow, ChefJune. It sounds like you've studied this process....
I'm outta this one, don't have a clue as to what to do!! Pass!
I'm going to have to skip this one too. Much as I love calamari, I find myself living in a landlocked country, and all that finds its way to us has been frozen for longer than I care to think about. But I'll watch with great interest. Have fun all!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who will be intentionally sitting this out (most weeks I take too long to commit by the deadline). The closest I get to eating octopus is breaded and deep-fried calamari, and that's usually because I've had a drink (or two)! But I will be interested to see the recipes that come in for this!
I LOVE Octopus!
ewwww....i can't even look at the picture. Y'all have fun!
I muddled about trying to decide what to enter last week, and entered nothing. Given that I don't even like to EAT squid or octopus, I'll give this one a pass! Y'all have fun!
mmmmmmmmmm. I'm riffling through my recipe file. Totally love Mr. Squid. (or Ms. Squid, as the case may be) ;)
Octopuses are extremely clever and intelligent. I cannot imagine eating one. I'll catch up on recipes offered week after next!
I love it! Can't wait to see what everyone does with this theme :)
I didn't think the contests could get any more intimidating than last weeks, but clearly I was wrong!
I agree HLA!!! :)
No kidding - I hear you have to massage octopus before you can eat it, which I find mildly disturbing.
One of my cookbooks literally says "Tenderize the octopus by throwing it forcefully about ten times into your kitchen sink."
That, HLA, is the funniest thing I have ever heard .....
don't the suckers stick to the sink?, Can't imagine the popping sound of the vacuum releasing when the poor thing is yanked off the sink to be thrown back again!
What? I thought the only way to tenderize meat was to throw it against something repeatedly.
Goodness! I bet you get a work out hurling the octopus around like that. The book I have with instructions says to massage the octopus for 20 minutes! I guess which method you choose reflects how you feel about octopus. ;)
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