La Pulpería

First of all, I don't know what to say about the events at V. Tech. Obviously we are all wounded, so my prayers go out to the victims, their families, and us all - that we face this tragedy and deal with the inevitable issues that arise with wisdom, not ignorance and hate.

And now a post about octopus - I found these photos in my archives tonight and thought I'd share:

Of all the foods I ate in España, one of the ones I can't get over (mostly because I can't find it here) is the pulpo. I've been talking about this forever. If I remember right, the big pot on the right is used for boiling the pulpo whole and after a certain amount of time (maybe 45 min?) it is transferred to the one on the left.

Then the whole pulpo is taken out and a leg is cut off and sliced (or cut with scissors?) into discs and placed onto a small wooden plate/disc (pictured). The pulpo discs are surrounded by a circle of potatoes and all is sprinkled with salt, paprika, and olive oil, then served.














I took this picture after me and my compañera already ate some. I forget what the other dish was. The funny thing is that this La Pulpería was located in the middle of Spain.
















That's not coastline to the west, that's Portugal! Hmm. They really care about their seafood I guess!