Octopus
You Are Here: cooking terms / O / Octopus
Recipe Collections ...
Octopuses are cephalopods, related to squid.
It is common to sell octopus whole, frozen into a solid chunk of ice or fresh. Small octopuses are sometimes served whole or as hand-like halves with about 4 tentacles.
Octopus is a unique piece of seafood, and a number of consumers have misconceptions about how to cook octopus. Many people believe that the cephalopod only yields chewy, tasteless meat when cooked.
octopus Substitutes: squid (no need to tenderize, milder flavor) OR cuttlefish (no need to tenderize, milder flavor)
ormer Substitutes: abalone (larger) OR other clams ...
OCTOPUS - See Polipi
ODORI - Refers to aromatics such as onion, carrot and celery used in recipes.
Octopus in the Sardinian way
By Valentine Warner
Light meals & snacks
Hearty winter mussels
By Valentine Warner ...
Octopus:
This cephalapod, related to the squid and the cuttlefish, can reach 50 feet in length. It features a highly flavorful meat that tends to be a bit on the rubbery side. Octopus is eaten raw, boiled, pickled, sauteed, and fried.
Octopus Salad with Potatoes and Green Beans
When octopus is slowly simmered, it becomes delicate and tender. Tossed in a salad with potatoes and green beans, then dressed with garlic and parsley, it makes for a very lovely and satisfying dish.
I love octopus and thought this recipe sounded amazing. Have not tried this yet but wanted keep a copy so decided to store it here on Zaar. Prep and cooking...
Recipe #98182
Chilli Lemon Octopus ...
Pulpo Octopus
Pulque Mildly alcoholic drink made by fermenting aguamiel (the juice of the maguey plant).
Quelite Generic name for edible, wild plants, used much the way we use the term "greens." ...
Cuttle fish, octopuses, fresh dogfish, fish for soup, shellfish, sea crawfish shrimps norway lobsters, white wine, tomato concentrate, olive oil garlic sage chilli, ...
Octapothi: octopus. Ancient technique of rubbing the fresh-caught greenish octopus with a rock until it is a pearly gray color and well tenderized was long ago perfected by Greek fishermen.
(Photo: grilled octopus)
Cretan food is simple food, but that does not mean it is bland food.
Tako (Japan): Raw octopus eaten as an entrée
Tamale: A Mexican dish made of chopped meat and pepper, seasoned and wrapped in cornhusks spread with masa.
Cassola (It.): Sardinian seafood stew, usually containing Saint Peter's fish, octopus, and red chili peppers.
Although there are several varieties of Nigirizushi, the most common include tuna, shrimp, shellfish, eel, squid, and octopus. Edomae Zushi Small rice balls usually topped with fish and Wasabi.
Clarky), Brett Clarke (Friendly Pirate Cool Clarky), Sam Moran (Friendly Pirate Dapper Dave), Kristy Talbot (Wags the Dog), Lyn Stuckey (Dorothy the Dinosaur), Ryan De Saulnier (Friendly Pirate Gallant George), Katherine Patrick (Henry the Octopus), ...
Fresh or raw octopus.
Disclaimer. Make sure you have read the full disclaimer located in the overview to this restaurant guide.
Ceviche can include a mixture of saltwater fish, scallops or other shellfish, squid or octopus, and onion, chili, tomato, pepper and/or cilantro, and is often served as an appetizer or light meal.
The night we attended, Chef Lenoardo Curti of Trattoria Grappolo in Santa Ynez was holding court, teaching eager foodies the secrets of making a perfect squid ink risotto, calamari and octopus salads, ...
Cephalopod - A class of mollusks that include octopus and squid. They all share two common characteristics, tentacles and an ink sac.
mollusk, mollusc A class of shellfish: an invertebrate with a soft, unsegmentcd body, with a single or double shell; includes scallops, clams, oysters, mussels, squid, octopus, whelks, and one land-dweller, the snail.
Beef is most often identified with bulgogi, but even pork, chicken, lamb, squid, and octopus can be cooked bulgogi style. Foreigners consider it the national dish of Korea.
"They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach." ...
Cephalopod: Marine creatures whose tentacles and arms are attached directly to their heads; includes squid and octopus.
Clams, oysters, and mussels are examples of bivalves, or mollusks with two shells. Cephalopods, such as octopus and squid, have tentacles that are attached to the head and ink sacs.
characterized by soft invertebrate bodies, and typically covered by a hard outer shell. They are divided into three categories univalves (abalone, conch, and snails), bivalves (clams, oysters, and mussels), and cephalopods (squid and octopus).
Most commonly enjoyed cut in pieces (rings and tentacles) breaded, or battered, and deep-fried, also stuffed, cooked in its ink, cold in a seafood salad paired with octopus and shellfish. In Korea dried squid is a bar snack.
Poc Chuc - A Yucatecan specialty, pork steak is marinated in sour orange juice and achiote, and then grilled.
Pollo - Chicken
Pozole - Soup made of hominy, pork and spices.
Puerco - Pork
Pulpo - Octopus ...
Tako: octopus
Takuwan: pickled daikon or turnip
Tamari: an aged, fermented soy sauce
Tempura: vegetables, meat, or seafood quick-fried in light egg batter
Teppanyaki: style of dining where chefs cook food at your table ...
poulpe: octopus
pourriture noble: noble rot, mold responsible for the honey-like quality of dessert wines such as Sauternes, Botryis cinerea
pousse-café: cordial or brandy served with coffee
poussin: young hen
poutargue de Martigues: fish eggs ...
polipiOctopus. Much larger than squid, they are generally coked long and slow to tenderise them after being pounded with a mallet before cooking. Great in salads with other seafood, or on it's own. polloChicken.
 See also: Cooking, Water, Sauce, Seafood, Fish
  
|
RSS
