{"id":15735,"date":"2018-02-09T07:21:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T07:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=15735"},"modified":"2018-02-09T07:21:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T07:21:27","slug":"grilled-octopus-boiled-potatoes-sorrel-tomatocannellini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food.hoggardwagner.org\/?p=15735","title":{"rendered":"grilled octopus; boiled potatoes, sorrel; tomato\/cannellini"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There’s no way can I properly describe this meal. To begin, there’s the\u00a0miracle\u00a0that I am even able to obtain octopus on a coast so rich in seafood but where\u00a0this cephalopod mollusk\u00a0is\u00a0not found, and then actually cook it to the point of our shared satisfaction; these things already exceed my talent for\u00a0expressing an appreciation\u00a0of\u00a0the superb dinner\u00a0we enjoyed last night.<\/p>\n

I have no idea why, unless it was for\u00a0its perceived oddness, but for decades, even before I had ever actually tasted\u00a0it, octopus had been my culinary ‘grail’. I went on to enjoy it many times, including in meals I prepared myself; this dinner more than succeeded in confirming and continuing my\u00a0devotion<\/em>.<\/p>\n

My\u00a0choice of vegetables was actually barely a choice. I thought potatoes would make sense, but I didn’t have enough of one variety for a side, so I combined 2 kinds.\u00a0 I had no green vegetable other than some large Brussels sprouts, which didn’t seem right. I did have some tomatoes sitting on the windowsill, which felt like a natural. Then I thought of the little bowl of cannellini beans and their juices that remained from a can I had opened for an earlier meal, but including 3 vegetables seemed like it would be a little excessive until I thought of combining tomatoes and beans; it was getting pretty late now, so I rushed to the laptop and almost immediately found this recipe<\/a>, which turned out to be perfect.<\/p>\n