test with pics

[blacknbluedog]

This is a tako (octopus) that I recently smoked. The hole in the head is where the beak was.




I forgot to take the "after" pics. I was too eager to eat it. It turned out ok but not great.


The indignity that a dog suffers at the hands of children

Thanks for the advice from glued2it, richtee, and low&slow.
Brian

 

[blackhawk19]

Wow, that's a first here

 

[mossymo]

Blackhawk19
That is exactly what I was thinking !!!

blacknbluedog
Smoked octopuss huh..... Now that you got our attention, tell us more. If I walk up to the meat counter and ask for octopuss I do think the meat market manager will laugh me out of the store !!!

 

[cowgirl]

Wow! That's a big octopus!

Cute dog too!

 

[walking dude]

d88de looks away...........

 

[richtee]

Huh... yer welcome, BTW. Never had smoked Octo. Plenty of fried tho, and baked. Interesting.

Poor dog...LOL!

 

[smokin' joe]

Um...ok...WOW...I think. Aloha!!!

 

[glued2it]

looks like your getting the hang of it!

 

[minn.bill]

think i'm with the dude on this one,i was hungry but hm.

 

[twomill]

I guess when it falls off the bone it is done.

 

[pigcicles]

Looks like something straight out of area 51. Had octopuss one time and wasn't impressed. Maybe it just wasn't done right.

 

[smokin for life]

The only time I ever had octopuss is out of those little Goya cans and at Sushi Bars. I never seen one that big. When you smoke it, is it still kinda rubbery?

 

[blacknbluedog]

The meat is not rubbery but firm. Its softer than beef jerky but its almost like dried meat. The kind of tako used in sushi bars is a different type so I can't say if the texture would be any different if prepared this way. Next time I will try and post pics of the finished product. But only if I can retain some self control and not immediately pig out on it. I also had to cut off the ends of the legs because the were getting downright crispy. Its really not gross looking after cooking and slicing. And I don't think there should have been that hole where I removed the beak. But it was my first one done solo. There is also a really good post on smoked tako at the Virtual Webber Bullet website.
Thanks
Brian

 

[brentman0110]

Smoke Puss. Hmm? What type of smoke agent did ya use...Plankton...LOL