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muneo-sukhoe, blanched octopus. Giant octopus, long arm octopus, and webfoot octopus are common food ingredients in Korean cuisine. In Korea, some small species are sometimes eaten raw as a novelty food. A raw octopus is usually sliced up, seasoned quickly with salt and sesame seeds and eaten while still squirming posthumously.
An octopus (pl.: octopuses or octopodes [a]) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (/ ɒ k ˈ t ɒ p ə d ə /, ok-TOP-ə-də [3]).The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids.
In Korea, San-nakji is the preparation of live octopus that has been cut into small pieces or prepared whole, and served with its arms still squirming. [3] The octopus from which the tentacles are cut is usually dead by the time of serving; however, the animal's highly innervated limbs continue to writhe due to continuing nerve activity. [14]
Common octopus in the Aquarium of Seville, Spain O. vulgaris from the Mediterranean Sea Common octopus, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany Common octopus of Portugal Common octopus near Crete. Octopus vulgaris grows to 25 cm (10 inches) in mantle length with arms up to 1 m (3.3 feet) long. [3]
Foods that provide inhospitable environments for bacteria will be able to last longer. Salt Bacteria doesn't have such a drastic effect because salt is a rock , just like granite doesn't go bad ...
Place the octopus, wine cork, bay leaves, and salt and pepper in a large pot. Cover generously withwater, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, and cook the octopus at a vigorous simmer until ...
During reproduction, the male octopus deposits a spermatophore (or sperm packet) more than 1 m (3.3 ft) long using his hectocotylus (specialized arm) in the female's mantle. The hectocotylus is found on the third arm of male octopuses and occupies the last four inches of the arm. [39] This part of the male arm anatomy contains no suckers.
An octopus at the Kanaloa Octopus Farm in Hawaii. California is now the second state to ban octopus farming, after Washington. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)