tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820369028684428764.post1867684462213674599..comments2023-11-11T20:58:30.193-05:00Comments on Stop Her She's Knitting!: 7 Quick Takes (Vol 56)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17708136104704483342noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820369028684428764.post-4259064326269737202010-02-06T21:28:00.293-05:002010-02-06T21:28:00.293-05:00Ha Dad, I totally forgot about the octopus dinner....Ha Dad, I totally forgot about the octopus dinner.<br /><br />@ BarbeeAnne- it usually always pays to be adventuresome when eating while you are traveling. You never know what you might find that you will like. Although there have been those occasional "misses", such as the lovely dish of Milzwurst that I ordered in Germany. I am just not up for spleen.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326484192966920116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820369028684428764.post-84374731998174019372010-02-06T20:50:09.981-05:002010-02-06T20:50:09.981-05:00Deb . . . do you remember my octopus dinner in Tar...Deb . . . do you remember my octopus dinner in Tarpon Springs, FLA? When placing my order, I had envisioned a tasty plate of sliced tentacles from a giant octopus similar to what Captain Nemo saw from the windows of the Nautulus in the movie, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. To my dismay, the server brought out a large platter of small, deep-fried octopi . . . some of which contained tiny, black, beady eyes looking mournfully up at me.<br />Actually . . . they tasted pretty good. To this day I frequently order fried calamari when it's available.Donaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00003186471577050460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820369028684428764.post-53509094681118448702010-02-06T13:27:21.314-05:002010-02-06T13:27:21.314-05:00Octopus is one of those great foods, along with ma...Octopus is one of those great foods, along with mangos, and olives, that I certainly didn't try growing up in Cleveland in the 60's... Even if those things WERE available, we didn't eat them, because we were English, and Yankee and well...it just wasn't done. Back then, we ate what was grown locally in season, or what came out of a can. So the fare, whilst tasty and often covered in gravy, was limited.<br />Living abroad has taught me to eat all sorts of interesting things, such as octopus, which is served here in rounds covered with ground red pepper and slathered in olive oil (pulpo Gallego)...it's great. On my list of things I will gladly eat are: baby eels, squid, cuttlefish, blood sausage, brains, rabbit, snails, wild boar, gammo (a kind of deer) and an assortment of other stuff Clevelanders would probably shy away from. Glad that you are being bold. When we lived in Boston, I used to order mangos from an organic farm in Florida...they were expensive but fantastic...Google around and see what you come up with...it might be worth the money if you need to quench that craving.<br />I'm happy Joan has done so well for herself...she is an amazing woman. I bet she's a great mother-in-law. <br />Welcome back to Cleveland...have a can of creamed corn in my honor!BarbeeAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05440056522766291669noreply@blogger.com