Shrimp pot marauder!

[Cabezon]

If you put a lobster in a jar, in a tank with an octopus, the octopus will quickly "learn" how to unscrew the lid. This is outside of natural animal behavior.

Even more remarkable, if an untrained octopus in a neighboring tank observes a trained octopus unscrewing the lid of a glass jar to extract a crab, the untrained octopus will immediately copy that behavior when offered the same opportunity. An octopus can learn by observing the actions of another individual.
Steve

 

[Otter]

In the Vancouver, B.C. aquarium, crabs were disappearing from a tank. Staff finally found the reason, when they put a closed circuit TV in the area overnight. An octopus in a nearby tank was climbing out of its tank, crawling across the floor, then into the crab tank, eating crab, then returning to its tank before dawn.

 

[Brute]

I used to soak in teriyaki after cleaning and scrubbing them with Hawaiian salt...slice individual tentacles...then grill.

"how do you make an octopus laugh?"..."ten tickles"...

I think I like them better than shrimp...

 

[SilverFly]

Watching My Octopus Teacher kinda ruined eating octopus for me. Still think it's delicious, so I'll probably get over it at some point.

 

[Brute]

Watching My Octopus Teacher kinda ruined eating octopus for me. Still think it's delicious, so I'll probably get over it at some point.

My wife won't eat it because of that movie too...

 

[Zak]

Watching My Octopus Teacher kinda ruined eating octopus for me. Still think it's delicious, so I'll probably get over it at some point.

That was a really great movie!

 

[albula]

Went to my youngest's destination wedding at a fancy Mexican resort with incredible restaurants. This was the best meal of the week.

 

[ThatGuyRyRy]

Watching My Octopus Teacher kinda ruined eating octopus for me. Still think it's delicious, so I'll probably get over it at some point.

This is why it's off the menu for my wife

 

[ThatGuyRyRy]

We let ours go on the beach where the kids could watch it swim away and change colors. I never did see it ink.

 

[Northern]

Why do I feel like this is about to become a "Recipes for Octopus" thread?

 

[RCF]

Why do I feel like this is about to become a "Recipes for Octopus" thread?

Because you just asked for it!

 

[Brute]

Why do I feel like this is about to become a "Recipes for Octopus" thread?

Well, we were waiting for the "recipes for spot shrimp"...

 

[RCF]

Well, we were waiting for the "recipes for spot shrimp"...

and calamari aka squid...

 

[Northern]

Well, we were waiting for the "recipes for spot shrimp"...

I don't eat those, either! (Although I'm reasonably sure I'm smarter than a prawn)
My husband, however, is preparing them tonight for guests - sautéed with some spices and served with a parm risotto and grilled cabbage steaks. I will be having entrée #2; fresh caught, grilled ling cod

 

[Brute]

I don't eat those, either! (Although I'm reasonably sure I'm smarter than a prawn)
My husband, however, is preparing them tonight for guests - sautéed with some spices and served with a parm risotto and grilled cabbage steaks. I will be having entrée #2; fresh caught, grilled ling cod

Now we’re talking…

 

[ThatGuyRyRy]

Well, we were waiting for the "recipes for spot shrimp"...

Gambas al plancha

Brush with olive oil, paprika, salt and garlic. Grill until just opaque.

Saute some garlic and some butter and toss the shrimp after cooked. Serve with a side of rice and a slice of sourdough bread.

 

[ThatGuyRyRy]

Big ones like this whole.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

Some people like to eat them alive. After swallowing a live octopus it sometimes ends up a very bad night for the customer.

 

[Nick Clayton]

As much as I love to eat lingcod, fresh spot prawns might be my absolute favorite PNW seafood.

 

[Northern]

It was blue ling - tasted just like regular as far as I could tell! (cooked fresh for dinner; this is the extra fillet I threw in the freezer)