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Should I buy the can of octopus? (Update: Bought can of octopus) (Update 5: I turned the can of octopus into...octo roll!)
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I read that just like shrimp turn flamingos pink, if you eat enough octopus you get octocamoflaugue. Also super intelligence.
Grilled octopus is absolutely incredible if done right. There's a tapas place I go to a few times a year because they make some of the best I've ever had. I've had to convince some people I've taken to try it and most come away loving it.Canned stuff pales in comparison to the real deal. I'm glad it was edible, but it's not the way octopus is meant to be eaten, at all.
Ideally you would buy the octopus and cook until tender- can take a couple hours. From there it's best charred on the grill/open flame and brushed with some sort of marinade/sauce.
Youre right about how mild it is though. Even fresh octopus like this feels closer to meat than seafood when done right.
Also, I think I've tried some Portuguese stewed octopus that comes in a similar tin to the one in the OP. I wish I knew what it was exactly but I'd try it again in a heartbeat it was so good. It had a really thick, savoury sauce with it, nice and smoky.
I'm with you. It makes me sad that people eat them. But then, I eat ham all the time so I'm a big frakin hypocrite.
Good dish idea. Now I want some sardines, though...
Burning question is, will you be buying more of the Octopus bits?
Burning question is, will you be buying more of the Octopus bits?
I want this can.Using this thread as an excuse to post this cool old octopus in a can I saw in a museum in Tokyo last year.
I stopped eating octopus after watching that movie My Octopus Teacher where the dude dives every day and slowly befriends one.
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That looks amazing! I will try to fish around for the ingredients and make it in the near future!
Oh that sounds so good!
I like to drink vinegar so I think I would very much like octopus in vinegar as well!
I only left it in the pan long enough to warm it through because I assumed it was already cooked, being canned and all, so you will be relieved to know that there was very little chance of it turning rubbery!
I never got to try fig jam. I bet it's just like the inside of Fig Newtons!
I will!
Canned stuff pales in comparison to the real deal. I'm glad it was edible, but it's not the way octopus is meant to be eaten, at all.
Ideally you would buy the octopus and cook until tender- can take a couple hours. From there it's best charred on the grill/open flame and brushed with some sort of marinade/sauce.
What an attractive looking specimen. Did you make that yourself?
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Using this thread as an excuse to post this cool old octopus in a can I saw in a museum in Tokyo last year.
What a neat can! Hello octopus, will you be my brother? :D
I firmly believe this!
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I was going to cook the can of octopus last week but I was hungry for sardines so that's what I ate instead!
I just might - I want to attempt some of the other recipes suggested here in this very thread!
The only kind of steak I've ever eaten was hamburger steak but from what I understand, it is merely imitation steak!
Mother of god. Your next project is to pick up a thick ribeye and look up reverse sear method (assuming you don't have a grill). Super easy and it'll rock your socks off.
Is "octopus with funny lips" a Japanese trope, or was that one boss in Super Mario Sunshine a direct reference to this?Using this thread as an excuse to post this cool old octopus in a can I saw in a museum in Tokyo last year.
Go watch Maggie Mae Fish's video on My Octopus Teacher and you'll find the director to be . . . well, terrible.
Octopus are rad though. Just . . . don't use that guy to justify it.
I turned the can of octopus into...takoyaki pancakes?!
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Hello friends! How have you been? As for me, I am back with an exciting update!
I have decided to make another dish using the can of octopus!
This time I looked to this very thread for inspiration! PogChamp suggested Takoyaki, but unfortunately I wasn't able to wrangle all of the ingredients and I didn't want to buy a takoyaki pan, a single use kitchen tool, for just a one time recipe (how extravagant that would be!). So I decided to attempt a version of takoyaki using ingredients that I could find (most of them, it turns out!) and in a different shape. At first I thought I could make a sort of meatball out of it, but the batter turned out to be too watery so I opted for pancakes instead.
This is what happened:
First, the recipe I was using as a guideline told me that I needed to buy pickled ginger for the takoyaki. I couldn't find this anywhere, but I searched on the internet and discovered a recipe to make it from scratch! All you needed to do was cut the ginger up into stripes, give them a bath in hot water, towel them off, and soak them in ume plum vinegar.
Next up, I needed to get some Tenkasu. I didn't know what that is but I recognized the crispy bits - I've seen them before at the bottom of the pan when I cooked something deep fried! I didn't have any leftover from the last time I deep fried something, so I had to make some just for this project.
I did this by getting some panko and mixing it with egg and a little salt. Then I crumbled it up and dry fried it in a tiny bit of garlic oil.
They turned out very crispy! The pieces might look big but they were not.
Now was the time to open up the can of octopus. I had two cans of octopus to open this time and I steeled myself against the possibility of there being no tentacles. I still smarted from the last time when there were none, you see.
To my great surprise, however, both cans of octopus contained several tentacles each! My dream came true!
All chopped
Here is the baby tentacle
Now I needed to chop the green onions up into pieces
I decided to cut the pickled ginger up too
Then all I needed to do was make the batter. I couldn't find any takoyaki flour but from pictures I've seen, takoyaki look fluffy so I thought I could use pancake mix as a substitute! This kind of mix is very good at making things fluffy so I knew it would be perfect.
The box of pancake mix said "use milk" but the recipe for the takoyaki said to use dashi broth, so I decided to try and make some of that myself. I didn't have kombu seaweed, but I had a nori snack pack so I used that instead. I soaked the nori snacks in water and boiled it for a bit. Then I added some bonito flakes.
After some time, dashi was born!
This is the pancake batter
Once all mixed up, it was time to cook. I cooked each takoyaki pancake in garlic oil for some extra flavor. (Pancakes are usually cooked in butter but I felt that would be inappropriate this time.)
All done!
It wasn't until the takoyaki pancakes were done that I realized I didn't have any dressing for them! I frantically looked online and learned that this food is traditionally eaten with takoyaki sauce and Kewpie mayonnaise. I didn't know about takoyaki sauce and I don't like mayonnaise, so I opted for sriracha sauce instead. But first, I wanted to taste one plain.
I wasn't following a recipe, exactly, so I kind of just eyeballed all of the ingredients as I went. Unsurprisingly, this resulted in an uneven taste. (Next time: leave it to the professionals!) I think maybe it could have used a bit more pickled ginger but all in all it was pretty okay! I think I will eat the rest with sriracha sauce though!
I drew a tentacle for this guy.
Release the Kraken!
They tasted better than before, so I was satisfied. But because these are pancakes, I decided to eat just one bite with maple syrup.
Wow!
Then I put some sriracha sauce on the pancake and covered it in maple syrup
It tasted so good I couldn't believe it! The flavors complimented each other so well! Sweet and spicy; there's some umami too! All of the tastes were represented and married the takoyaki ingredients in a delightful ceremony in my mouth.
And they all lived happily ever after~ 🐙
I have decided to make another dish using the can of octopus!
This time I looked to this very thread for inspiration! PogChamp suggested Takoyaki, but unfortunately I wasn't able to wrangle all of the ingredients and I didn't want to buy a takoyaki pan, a single use kitchen tool, for just a one time recipe (how extravagant that would be!). So I decided to attempt a version of takoyaki using ingredients that I could find (most of them, it turns out!) and in a different shape. At first I thought I could make a sort of meatball out of it, but the batter turned out to be too watery so I opted for pancakes instead.
This is what happened:
First, the recipe I was using as a guideline told me that I needed to buy pickled ginger for the takoyaki. I couldn't find this anywhere, but I searched on the internet and discovered a recipe to make it from scratch! All you needed to do was cut the ginger up into stripes, give them a bath in hot water, towel them off, and soak them in ume plum vinegar.
Next up, I needed to get some Tenkasu. I didn't know what that is but I recognized the crispy bits - I've seen them before at the bottom of the pan when I cooked something deep fried! I didn't have any leftover from the last time I deep fried something, so I had to make some just for this project.
I did this by getting some panko and mixing it with egg and a little salt. Then I crumbled it up and dry fried it in a tiny bit of garlic oil.
They turned out very crispy! The pieces might look big but they were not.
Now was the time to open up the can of octopus. I had two cans of octopus to open this time and I steeled myself against the possibility of there being no tentacles. I still smarted from the last time when there were none, you see.
To my great surprise, however, both cans of octopus contained several tentacles each! My dream came true!
All chopped
Here is the baby tentacle
Now I needed to chop the green onions up into pieces
I decided to cut the pickled ginger up too
Then all I needed to do was make the batter. I couldn't find any takoyaki flour but from pictures I've seen, takoyaki look fluffy so I thought I could use pancake mix as a substitute! This kind of mix is very good at making things fluffy so I knew it would be perfect.
The box of pancake mix said "use milk" but the recipe for the takoyaki said to use dashi broth, so I decided to try and make some of that myself. I didn't have kombu seaweed, but I had a nori snack pack so I used that instead. I soaked the nori snacks in water and boiled it for a bit. Then I added some bonito flakes.
After some time, dashi was born!
This is the pancake batter
Once all mixed up, it was time to cook. I cooked each takoyaki pancake in garlic oil for some extra flavor. (Pancakes are usually cooked in butter but I felt that would be inappropriate this time.)
All done!
It wasn't until the takoyaki pancakes were done that I realized I didn't have any dressing for them! I frantically looked online and learned that this food is traditionally eaten with takoyaki sauce and Kewpie mayonnaise. I didn't know about takoyaki sauce and I don't like mayonnaise, so I opted for sriracha sauce instead. But first, I wanted to taste one plain.
I wasn't following a recipe, exactly, so I kind of just eyeballed all of the ingredients as I went. Unsurprisingly, this resulted in an uneven taste. (Next time: leave it to the professionals!) I think maybe it could have used a bit more pickled ginger but all in all it was pretty okay! I think I will eat the rest with sriracha sauce though!
I drew a tentacle for this guy.
Release the Kraken!
They tasted better than before, so I was satisfied. But because these are pancakes, I decided to eat just one bite with maple syrup.
Wow!
Then I put some sriracha sauce on the pancake and covered it in maple syrup
It tasted so good I couldn't believe it! The flavors complimented each other so well! Sweet and spicy; there's some umami too! All of the tastes were represented and married the takoyaki ingredients in a delightful ceremony in my mouth.
And they all lived happily ever after~ 🐙
So instead of takoyaki, you made okonomiyakiHello friends! How have you been? As for me, I am back with an exciting update!
I have decided to make another dish using the can of octopus!
This time I looked to this very thread for inspiration! PogChamp suggested Takoyaki, but unfortunately I wasn't able to wrangle all of the ingredients and I didn't want to buy a takoyaki pan, a single use kitchen tool, for just a one time recipe (how extravagant that would be!). So I decided to attempt a version of takoyaki using ingredients that I could find (most of them, it turns out!) and in a different shape. At first I thought I could make a sort of meatball out of it, but the batter turned out to be too watery so I opted for pancakes instead.
This is what happened:
First, the recipe I was using as a guideline told me that I needed to buy pickled ginger for the takoyaki. I couldn't find this anywhere, but I searched on the internet and discovered a recipe to make it from scratch! All you needed to do was cut the ginger up into stripes, give them a bath in hot water, towel them off, and soak them in ume plum vinegar.
Next up, I needed to get some Tenkasu. I didn't know what that is but I recognized the crispy bits - I've seen them before at the bottom of the pan when I cooked something deep fried! I didn't have any leftover from the last time I deep fried something, so I had to make some just for this project.
I did this by getting some panko and mixing it with egg and a little salt. Then I crumbled it up and dry fried it in a tiny bit of garlic oil.
They turned out very crispy! The pieces might look big but they were not.
Now was the time to open up the can of octopus. I had two cans of octopus to open this time and I steeled myself against the possibility of there being no tentacles. I still smarted from the last time when there were none, you see.
To my great surprise, however, both cans of octopus contained several tentacles each! My dream came true!
All chopped
Here is the baby tentacle
Now I needed to chop the green onions up into pieces
I decided to cut the pickled ginger up too
Then all I needed to do was make the batter. I couldn't find any takoyaki flour but from pictures I've seen, takoyaki look fluffy so I thought I could use pancake mix as a substitute! This kind of mix is very good at making things fluffy so I knew it would be perfect.
The box of pancake mix said "use milk" but the recipe for the takoyaki said to use dashi broth, so I decided to try and make some of that myself. I didn't have kombu seaweed, but I had a nori snack pack so I used that instead. I soaked the nori snacks in water and boiled it for a bit. Then I added some bonito flakes.
After some time, dashi was born!
This is the pancake batter
Once all mixed up, it was time to cook. I cooked each takoyaki pancake in garlic oil for some extra flavor. (Pancakes are usually cooked in butter but I felt that would be inappropriate this time.)
All done!
It wasn't until the takoyaki pancakes were done that I realized I didn't have any dressing for them! I frantically looked online and learned that this food is traditionally eaten with takoyaki sauce and Kewpie mayonnaise. I didn't know about takoyaki sauce and I don't like mayonnaise, so I opted for sriracha sauce instead. But first, I wanted to taste one plain.
I wasn't following a recipe, exactly, so I kind of just eyeballed all of the ingredients as I went. Unsurprisingly, this resulted in an uneven taste. (Next time: leave it to the professionals!) I think maybe it could have used a bit more pickled ginger but all in all it was pretty okay! I think I will eat the rest with sriracha sauce though!
I drew a tentacle for this guy.
Release the Kraken!
They tasted better than before, so I was satisfied. But because these are pancakes, I decided to eat just one bite with maple syrup.
Wow!
Then I put some sriracha sauce on the pancake and covered it in maple syrup
It tasted so good I couldn't believe it! The flavors complimented each other so well! Sweet and spicy; there's some umami too! All of the tastes were represented and married the takoyaki ingredients in a delightful ceremony in my mouth.
And they all lived happily ever after~ 🐙
nicely done
I was about to say, I'm pretty sure this is a thing too lol.
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Thank you friend!
Oh! Is that what okonomiyaki is? I have heard of that but I did not know it was made with octopus~
What an unexpected discovery!
There's common ingredients used like cabbage but it means something like 'whatever you want grilled/cooked' so putting anything in a pancake like batter I guess would count.
I turned the can of octopus into...octo roll!
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I saw another octopus thread the other day - one where people were talking about different kinds of octopus-in-a-bun from a restaurant called Chaval in Portland, Maine
www.resetera.com
I don't live there but I would like to try this octopus meal very much!
So I decided to make my own using the can of octopus!
I based this one of the second image in the OP of that thread.
I put chimichurri on top of it because that's what it looked like on the picture that inspired me. I really liked the way this one tasted you guys, and the smaller chunks made it easier to bite! I think I will experiment more with octopus and chimichurri in the future!
Please try this one for yourselves and visit that restaurant if you can!
Has anyone ever tried out the "Octo-Roll"? It looks yummy.
Stumbled upon this in a Youtube comment. There is a local pub/brasserie called Chaval in Portland, Maine in the US, that specializes in Spanish and French cuisine. One of the entrees they have is called "Grilled Spanish Octopus", or shortened as "Octo-Roll" over there. And this is what it looks...
www.resetera.com
I don't live there but I would like to try this octopus meal very much!
So I decided to make my own using the can of octopus!
I based this one of the second image in the OP of that thread.
I put chimichurri on top of it because that's what it looked like on the picture that inspired me. I really liked the way this one tasted you guys, and the smaller chunks made it easier to bite! I think I will experiment more with octopus and chimichurri in the future!
Please try this one for yourselves and visit that restaurant if you can!