It's possible that this guy picked up a whole fresh-dead octopus at the fish
store, and probably cooked it whole.
Rick.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Moontanman_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Octopus in Lake Conway, Arkansas!
> In a message dated 12/8/03 8:07:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> mummichog_at_naisp.net writes:
>
> >
> > From what I can see in the picture, it is definitely cooked (or appears
> > very
> > closely to be)!
> > I eat octopus alot, and when cooked/served it always has that
purplish-red
> > color to it. Sounds like a hoax to me...another story for the lake,
except
> > this time someone was smart enough to provide proof (quasi-proof?)!
> >
> That's a pretty big octopus to have been cooked whole isn't it? Aren't
they
> very tough and have to be cut up and tenderized before cooking? Wouldn't
it
> have been limp if it was cooked? I've never seen a cooked octopus but a
very mad
> one looks like that too as does the rubber one on, my computer!
>
> Moon
> "Who died and left you in charge?"
> "Captain Bipto!"
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