here's the first one from "food down under": alaska octopus gumbo Ingredients : 1/2 cup Bacon, diced 2 cup Water 1 pt Fresh octopus, steam til tender 2 cup Steamed rice, slightly undercooked 1 lb Tomatoes 1 can Okra 1/2 cup Onions, diced 1 x Green pepper, diced 1/4 tsp Cayenne 1/2 cup Celery, diced Salt and pepper to taste Method : Boil bacon in water for 15 minutes, then add the rest of the ingredients. Simmer together for ten minutes. Serve with warm cornbread.
here's one for fried octopus that could be used to make and octopus po' boy sandwich: POLVO FRITO - FRIED OCTOPUS Recipe By : Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Seafood Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 1 kg Octopus 3 Eggs beaten 1/4 c Milk salt and pepper to taste finely chopped parsley olive oil A friend born in Portugal supplied this simple and excellent example of Portuguese home-cooking. Precook 1 kg of octopus, drain and cool Cut it up into generous chunks. Beat 3 eggs, with a little milk salt and pepper to taste, and half a bunch of very finely chopped parsley. Coat the octopus pieces in the egg mixture and shallow fry in a little olive oil, turning them until are golden. Serve. From Meryl Constance' column in the Sydney Morning Herald, "Raw Materials". 3/2/93. Courtesy, Mark Herron.
lol....i remember when i grew up that people outside of the very deep south thought that catfish was just a bottom feeder not fit to eat (didn't have all of these fancy catfish farms back then).....now everybody loves it. can't knock it 'til you try it. p.s. happy easter and no, i won't be eating octopus for supper on sunday.
