Your Dreams Coming True In The Kitchen

Served With  A Mixture Of  Mashed Carrots And Potatoes. Served As Cold Cuts With Just Salad B asically veal is not healthy eating although it is supposed to be tender . The older the animal the healthier. But every once in a while when a piece like this one is found, it is worth while cooking with a special wine sauce and caramelised onions. Pasta, or mashed potatoes can be used on the side....

I guess we are trying to continue our special eating habits by putting a bit of "sex" in it. By that I mean, chicken livers/hearts with ouzo. Braise till all the alcohol is out. Leeks and carrots with rice....veggies with rice. Cheating?? maybe not. So here we go.

T his is the first time I ever eat (and cook) baby octopus. In my opinion fishermen must not fish octopus (octopi or octopuses choose which ever is correct) when it is so small. It becomes even smaller when it is cooked.  Octopus should be left to grow to be at least 2 to 3 kg. This is the perfect size to use for this recipe or dry it in the sun then grill it for ouzo meze, or to braise it in wine or vinegar. Whole Octopus Being Dried Under The Warm Sun Of Greece. Courtesy of Google. Octopus Tentacles Being Dried In The Sun. Courtesy Of Google It is so beautiful to have lunch at a seaside taverna wearing your bathing suit, where a typical Greek mother is frying fresh sardines, the husband charcoal grilling the octopus tentacles, the daughter preparing a nice Horiatiki Salata (Greek salad) with Feta, and the son serving tables the food, the retsina (Greek resinated wine) or Greek Fix, Mythos beer.