The Octopus: an amazing animal

ShimSlady wrote: »

I don't know what mermaids you've been hanging out with but any mermaids I have met use seashells as bra's

And the reason they use seashells is because they grow out of their B-shell bras.

Kylta wrote: »

I bet the brain doesn't taste like doughnut. I either at squid or octopus in the Caribbean years ago, not sure which one wasn't my thing, it was very chewy if I recall.
I wonder if there's a special way of cooking them?

I've eaten it a few times, not for me either, I described it like eating a rubber band deep fried in batter, i have some Spanish friends and they are all mad for it!

JupiterKid wrote: »

Exceptionally clever and intelligent animals, octopi have been shown to be able to solve puzzles

:eek:

But do we really need 'em?

Had an octopus attach itself to my arm once when scuba diving in Malta. Luckily we were only about 5 or 6 metres down and I got him off without trouble or an ink squirt.Was still pretty freaky at the time as panicing when diving easily ends up in drowning. The purpose of the dive was to see a statue of the Virgin Mary which was lying just off a boat pier, some one had dropped her in by accident when loading onto a boat and shes remained there underwater ever since. Funnily enough there was an octopus attached to her face, I still have a photo of it some where

Kylta wrote: »

I bet the brain doesn't taste like doughnut. I either at squid or octopus in the Caribbean years ago, not sure which one wasn't my thing, it was very chewy if I recall.
I wonder if there's a special way of cooking them?

The cooking of octopus and squid is often messed up by chefs. If you overcook it by even 20 or 30 seconds it turns to rubber. Theres a really small window of it going from undercooked to cooked to rubber and chefs often pull it too late, hence the rubbery texture. It doesnt change to the eye when its cooking so whats needed is a stopwatch, not guesswork.

Scallops are another seafood often overcooked and ruined. Squid also needs to be tenderised by being bashed with a meat mallet before cooking and chefs skip this step too.

Pulpo a la gallega ftw

Yep they truly are an amazing an almost alien like creature. There was a programme on T V not so long ago can't remember which channel think it was BBC that had someone who brought one into his house and studied it along with his daughter. It was amazing to see how intelligent it is. He also studied how it acted different if you done something good or bad to it and gave it bottle I think it was to open. Truly are amazing creatures.