Dan wrote on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:55:08 -0400:

DL> James Silverton wrote:
??>> Dan wrote on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:35:44 -0400:
??>>
??>>>> Hello, All!
??>>>>
??>>>> I picked up a book by Masahara Morimotu (owner of
??>>>> restaurants in NYC and Philadelphia) in Borders today .
??>>>> He gave directions for preparing octopus for sashimi.
??>>>> This involves rubbing with rock salt to get rid of the
??>>>> slime that coats it, beating to tenderize
??>>>> ("traditionally with a large diakon"!), and simmering in
??>>>> dashi for 1 1/2 hours! It's not raw fish!
??>>
DL>>> No, tako is par-boiled sushi.
??>>
??>> Well boiled, I'd say!

DL> Should only be par-boiled..

If something is only par-boiled after an hour and a half, I hate
to think how much jaw exercise I'd get eating it raw! :-)


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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