…But they make great salads
OK…if nothing else this has to win for “Best Picture I’ve Ever Taken of Food” Oh…man I get hungry all over again looking at that.
This is a Cuban Salad that I found on www.epicurious.com . It was so simple it’s almost embarrassing! First I cut up different colored bell peppers, and sliced up some Mayan Sweet onions. I dumped 4 cans of drained Garbanzo Beans in a bowl, next 3 cans of Goya Octopus in garlic sauce, added the onions and peppers, and a little rice wine vinegar. I seasoned with some red pepper flakes, coarse salt, and freshly ground pepper, then I squeezed a half a lime over it, and garnished with slices of the other half of the lime. This has to be mixed up periodically to keep the juices from settling on the bottom, and is best if made the night before.
I brought this to Bible Study a few weeks before this blog started, and I was disappointed that I didn’t get a picture. My “re-make” came when they asked us to bring a dish to pass to work for our pot-luck.
This salad is not for people who are afraid that their seafood will actually taste like seafood. Canned octopus has a very pleasant taste that flavors the whole salad, but is not for the “fishy sissy”. The salad looks wonderful when it’s served. It’s colorful, and it has many textures that make it not only delicious, but very fun to present to those who are not afraid of new tastes.
For the most part I got pretty good reactions to the salad. One person didn’t realize that there was octopus in the salad, and didn’t appreciate the surprise too well, but I got many compliments. Although I love the taste of this salad, to me it is all about the textures that it combines. Between the starchy garbanzo beans, the crisp onions and peppers, and the chewy octopus, this salad is one of my favorite recipes of questionable taste.
If you tried it I’d like to hear what you thought…
OK…if nothing else this has to win for “Best Picture I’ve Ever Taken of Food” Oh…man I get hungry all over again looking at that.
This is a Cuban Salad that I found on www.epicurious.com . It was so simple it’s almost embarrassing! First I cut up different colored bell peppers, and sliced up some Mayan Sweet onions. I dumped 4 cans of drained Garbanzo Beans in a bowl, next 3 cans of Goya Octopus in garlic sauce, added the onions and peppers, and a little rice wine vinegar. I seasoned with some red pepper flakes, coarse salt, and freshly ground pepper, then I squeezed a half a lime over it, and garnished with slices of the other half of the lime. This has to be mixed up periodically to keep the juices from settling on the bottom, and is best if made the night before.
I brought this to Bible Study a few weeks before this blog started, and I was disappointed that I didn’t get a picture. My “re-make” came when they asked us to bring a dish to pass to work for our pot-luck.
This salad is not for people who are afraid that their seafood will actually taste like seafood. Canned octopus has a very pleasant taste that flavors the whole salad, but is not for the “fishy sissy”. The salad looks wonderful when it’s served. It’s colorful, and it has many textures that make it not only delicious, but very fun to present to those who are not afraid of new tastes.
For the most part I got pretty good reactions to the salad. One person didn’t realize that there was octopus in the salad, and didn’t appreciate the surprise too well, but I got many compliments. Although I love the taste of this salad, to me it is all about the textures that it combines. Between the starchy garbanzo beans, the crisp onions and peppers, and the chewy octopus, this salad is one of my favorite recipes of questionable taste.
If you tried it I’d like to hear what you thought…
7 comments:
I've never had Octopus. Your chewy description reminds me of the Menudo I ate in Laredo. I don't know. I just couldn't get past the chewy cow stomach then.
Menudo was last night's snack, and will be next post! Octopus is far better than tripe...no contest!
You are crazy! I would like to hear about any foods you have made that are from different countries...
Isn't Menudo a boy band from the 80s?
Anyway, I will be trying this salad minus the octopus.
Which I'm sure was not the point at all.
I bet it tastes even better with calamari...yum!
Shannon, this salad actually looks pretty good, but some of the other experiments you have tried with your Bible study group... my goodness! I never knew you were this type of foodie. Interesting. Do your kids eat this stuff? (I am a fishy sissy and many other kinds of sissy when it comes to food.)
Rachel Bond
Hmmm..Your blog has certainly caught my interest. Wait till I show it to Matt! He'll want to come to your Bible study for sure. If you know anything about Matt...well, he'll offer to go and catch the octopus for you. Tell him you want to cook something with alligator meat and oh man, he'll be right on it! He is going alligator hunting in June. I have to say though, this is the only thing that you've posted that looks half way ok. Minus the octopus, that is.
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