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Posted at September 27, 2013, 10:55 am:

Is this just a myth? cooking octopus with cork in the water
One source told me that cork has natural enzimes in the wood that brakes down connective tissue. But they also said that cork used in wines are pasteurized killing off anything living that would help with this
Does someone know the truth about this?

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According to McGee, it's a myth.

While I have not tried this yet myself, (I like my octopus raw), I kno...

Here's the link to Harold McGee's comments: http://www.

Time for people to experiement and report back.

One of the best ways I have seen octopus prepared is to simmer it in m...

Frank Bonanno at Luca D'Italia taught me that method.

Well its a myth that octopi is fit for human consumption.

hmm, i've got just the opposite perspective.

I completely agree.

Tough, rubbery octopus and squid haven't been prepared properly.

Well guess I have always caught em in the heinous middle ground.

bigwheel, It is entirely possible you have simply never had octopus t...

I have never had octpus, and never will.

Soak it in buttermilk, then use flour and bread crumbs yummy! Bigwheel...

Well my left wing big brudder from Sunny CA likes Calamari.

C'mon - I live in Oklahoma and even we don't talk the way you write.

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