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[RamFan503]

Another funny thing about octopus is if you've ever been to Central America, virtually every restaurant has some type of octopus on their menu - many have several options. And yet if you flip over rocks at the shore, about every other one will have an octopus shoot out from under it. They are everywhere.

 

[RamFan503]

Interesting (or not) fact: the plural of octopus is octopuses, not octopi.

Another not interesting fact is that octopi is also correct. British English uses octopuses. American English uses both interchangeably.

Octopi = Latin form
Octopuses = English form

 

[Londoner]

Another not interesting fact is that octopi is also correct. British English uses octopuses. American English uses both interchangeably. Octopi = Latin form Octopuses = English form

As usual, Americans are wrong.

Octopus has nothing to do with Latin.

 

[RamFan503]

As usual, Americans are wrong.

Octopus has nothing to do with Latin.

Ah but au contraire mon frere. Octopus is the latin form of the Greek word - Oktapous. Therefore, it should follow the Latin rules. Otherwise you'd be calling them Octopodes.

And Lemon Jelly donuts are marvelous. (Sorry - before your time here.)

 

[CGI_Ram]

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so this dish is called mofongo, a staple in Puerto Rico. Mashed plantains with sweet onions and peppers , usually topped with some type of meat or seafood. I had it topped with octopus, and wife had it a few days later with a spicy crab meat topping

Pulpo (octopus) is my favorite food on this planet. That looks fantastic.

Looks pretty tasty.

It looks fantastic… except the octopus part.

 

[RamFan503]

It looks fantastic… except the octopus part.

Have you ever tried grilled octopus? It's freaking amazing.

 

[Dodgersrf]

Interesting (or not) fact: the plural of octopus is octopuses, not octopi.

That is interesting

 

[Londoner]

Therefore, it should follow the Latin rules. Otherwise you'd be calling them Octopodes.

octopus

"octopus" published on by Oxford University Press.

www.oxfordreference.com

 

[RAMSinLA]

Have you ever tried grilled octopus? It's freaking amazing.

What does it taste like? squid?

 

[CGI_Ram]

Have you ever tried grilled octopus? It's freaking amazing.

No. I would try it again, but only if you or @Selassie I prepared it or got it from some place you like. Otherwise I’d never roll the dice.

I had it in Japan 10yrs ago. I choked it down graciously.

 

[CGI_Ram]

What does it taste like? squid?

Rubber.

 

[Londoner]

Rubber.

Only if it’s badly cooked.

Proper octopus tastes delicious.

 

[RamFan503]

octopus

"octopus" published on by Oxford University Press.

www.oxfordreference.com

Like you Brits know English.

 

[RamFan503]

Rubber.

Apparently you've had it at the wrong place.

 

[RamFan503]

What does it taste like? squid?

Flavorwise - kinda. Like squid, if it's overcooked and ill prepared, it's chewy. Grilled, it's more like abalone. Slight sweetness and really takes on the broiled flavor of the grilling. Hard to define - really.

 

[RAMSinLA]

Back in high school, I did some scuba diving, and every so often, we'd spot legal-sized abalone clinging to the rocks. I’d use my abalone iron to carefully pry them off and drop them into my game bag. One day, after a good haul, we were swimming back to shore when we spotted a halibut camouflaged under the sand. We could tell it was legal size by the distance between its eyes poking up from the sand—its camouflage was incredible! My friend tried to spear it with his pole spear, but it just bounced off. So, I took aim with my three-band spear gun and landed the shot, bagging a 32-pound halibut.
Now that was a seafood feast I will never forget. My mom pounded and breaded and fried the Abalone and we had oysters and Halibut fillets on the grill.

 

[Selassie I]

Other facts and tid bits about those alien fuckers...

I learned how to catch them as a kid back in The 808. Easy to catch... but they are sneaky smart and have a beak like a parrot that can scoop hunks of your skin/flesh off like butter. So to avoid getting bit or having the bastard escape... you have to kill them.

There's 1 way to instantly kill an octopus graveyard dead. And I mean INSTANTLY.

You have to bite the area basically right between their eyes with some good force. Their involuntary nervous system has it's Headquarters there. Bite them hard between the eyes... you might have to bite that area several times to take out that headquarters... when you bite the correct spot you'll feel a kind of pop. The octopus will be dead instantly... it's strange that they can instantly be 100% dead the very second that you bite the correct spot. Their coloring usually completely changes instantly when they die.

When I bite one... the taste of it floods through my mouth. It's a bonus treat. There were times though that the great taste caused me to eat a whole one before I made it back home. I'd be hungry af and eat the damn thing while I made my way back to the house.

Most octopus species only live for about a year total... but there are several species that we now know that live for much longer than the normal 1 year.

 

[Memento]

Another not interesting fact is that octopi is also correct. British English uses octopuses. American English uses both interchangeably.

Octopi = Latin form
Octopuses = English form

Correct terminology for the plural form of octopus is actually "octopodes".

The more you know...

 

[VegasRam]

Yeah - if you're Greek...

 

[RamFan503]

Yeah - if you're Greek...

I was going to say about the same but I already did sorta.

Bottom line? Octopi, octopuses, octopode...all correct depending on your nationality, dialect, whatever.

Regardless... They are all very tasty eight armed, footed, tentacled, wiggly suction cupped thingied animals.