The Food Thread

Honest question...do you eat the suction cups or are they part of a skin/rind that you peel off before you eat the meat inside?  
It's hard for me to imagine that not being chewy and tough...
I love y'all and I love your contributions here, but you fancy folk push the limits with some of this haute cuisine lol 
I feel like poor people eat "the snout" because they have nothing else, and fancy folk eat it because it's "exotic" and pretend that makes it "gourmet"...snails aren't for eating unless you are desperate lol. Oysters are good protein if you need it, but they aren't anything but slightly salty, slightly fishy lumps of gristle lol

rgambs said:

Honest question...do you eat the suction cups or are they part of a skin/rind that you peel off before you eat the meat inside?  
It's hard for me to imagine that not being chewy and tough...
I love y'all and I love your contributions here, but you fancy folk push the limits with some of this haute cuisine lol 
I feel like poor people eat "the snout" because they have nothing else, and fancy folk eat it because it's "exotic" and pretend that makes it "gourmet"...snails aren't for eating unless you are desperate lol. Oysters are good protein if you need it, but they aren't anything but slightly salty, slightly fishy lumps of gristle lol

Eat it all...
Octopus was on the table for most of our family gatherings. Usually in a cold salad with calamari, shrimp, celery and a lemon and olive oil dressing. It's actually one of my favorite foods. Portugal, Greece, Italy and Spain each have their own way of cooking it, and they're all uniquely great. If cooked correctly it's super tender and not chewy at all.
I toatally went overboard, but earlier in the day I found a pack of mixed variety tomatoes grown locally, so the colors were begging for it.
Taking the poorest pieces and making them delicious is a staple of any good food culture. IMO at least. 
Spaghetti carbonara developed as a dish using pig cheeks.

F Me In The Brain said:

That cheesecake sounds awesome

Octopus the Japanese way is chewy.  I love it....but I also love Natto.  (Fermented soy beans)
My wife retches at the smell/sight of Natto but she loves Tako.  (Octopus....chewy, with cups and all)

When prepared differently, it is not chewy, at all.  I love it that way, as well.

I also eat live sweet shrimp, and then the fried shell.
Do I so this because it is fancy?
Do I do it because I'm a doucher?

I've never thought of that.  Perhaps I am a doucher with my food habits bit I've always appreciated the trying of any food and judgement being passed on the taste...

I retch when my wife and kids eat natto, dried squid, certain types of furikake. Octopus the Japanese way should NOT be chewy, but unfortunately, that is how it is served most places. Amaebi is a delicacy. And we always eat the fried heads.  Not douchey at all.  Have you ever had Shirauo? Probably my favorite bite ever from a sushi chef.

And....in the most basic of basic....a big pour  of raw honey, some butter, and a few pieces of fruit on top of Cream of Wheat is amazing to attack a hangover.
Now eaten, I'm gonna go sit in the hot tub for a while and return to feeling like a human. 

Hot tub was an amazing step....cut my hair, took a shower and then I had a strawberry / banana smoothie.
I feel like a human being again.  Food is wonderful.

Pork butt sounds amazing today....might have to run out and get grab a shoulder.  

Gambs no love for oysters?  Dude they are amazing!  I love all shellfish/seafood.

Get_Right said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Mmm.  Not sure I've had that, but have tried so many things I can't be sure.  Certainly not something I've had a lot.
Our sushi chef was amazing when we lived in CA and went every Friday night....he would buy at the fish market Friday AM with "what can I shock them with" in mind.  
When I go to a good place one of the first things I check is on the engawa supply.  I want it lightly  chopped/salted & not torched.  That is something my dude got me used to eating every week.
Another thing that I love which many sushi eaters thing is gross is ankimo.  Will eat that pretty much any way.
For that matter, liver of fishes is something I tend to really enjoy.

Engawa being the chewy part of Hirame? Yeah not a fan of the monkfish liver although my son loves it. Same with squid guts, my kid loves it.

Yep.
Squid guts - had that before.  I liked it.

Used my newest kitchen gadget this morning to pickle up some red onions for the pantry 👍👍

Not much better than summer sweet corn on the cob.