Octopus
Octopus vulgaris · Seafood
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Octopus is a soft, eight-armed sea mollusc with firm, lean, mild-sweet and briny flesh. Rushed over heat it turns rubbery; frozen first, then simmered or braised slowly, it goes tender, as in Galician pulpo a la gallega.
Picking a good onedrag
Just landed: bright skin, clear eyes, seaweedOff: colourless, cloudy-eyed, ammonia
Iced and firmBuy itCook it soon. Freezing doesn't kill all germs. Pregnant, over 65, a child or low immunity? Cook it through.
SkinStill bright, less colour, faintly pink
EyesFaintly cloudy, the pupil still black
Press an armFirm, the dent fills back quickly
SmellFaint seaweed, grassy, or neutral