Sunday, 15 April 2018

Summer's a-coming

Never mind your poppies and your chamomile, your cuckoos and your swallows




This is the first sign of summer

An octopus (or part of it) hanging out to dry and a BBQ  all ready to be fired up!

Octopus and ouzo on the verandah



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16 comments:

  1. Maria15 April 2018 at 06:52

    At first glance I thought it was a huge locust...
    I never knew octopus can be
    BBQed. I know they have to get a good beating against the rocks (fisherman do that here) to tenderise and to avoid the ”guminess” of the meat.
    Greetings Maria x

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    1. local alien15 April 2018 at 10:42

      It is a bit tough when it's bbqed but it is sliced quite thinly and my husband and friends consider it the perfect snack with ouzo.

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  2. Sol15 April 2018 at 11:33

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  3. Sol15 April 2018 at 11:34

    I love BBQ octopus, do you freeze it first before drying it and bashing it?

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    1. local alien16 April 2018 at 01:01

      If you freeze it first it does tenderise the octopus, either that or bash it 100 times on the rocks.

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  4. angela15 April 2018 at 18:32

    Oh yummy!
    It’s starting to look very nice in your part of the world
    We are getting colder everyday.
    Today we have sunshine. But a cool wind and there are dark clouds coming.
    Enjoy xx

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    1. local alien16 April 2018 at 01:02

      I hope you don't have a warmer winter. NZ seems to be having one storm after another.

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  5. Cro Magnon15 April 2018 at 20:56

    Fresh Octopus is so expensive here, the nearest I get is tinned!

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    1. local alien16 April 2018 at 01:03

      So much easier to get it in a tin! We can get tinned octopus here too. Never tried it though and probably never will. Not allowed!

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    2. Cro Magnon16 April 2018 at 20:52

      It's OK, but nothing like the real thing.

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  6. Amy15 April 2018 at 21:41

    I had no idea what it was at first glance but glad to know it's Octopus, that's yummy.

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    1. local alien16 April 2018 at 01:04

      The photo wasn't all that clear. I should have mentioned that it was only one of the tentacles!

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  7. northsider 16 April 2018 at 00:56

    Ouzo on the verandah sounds good. Especially with a big dollop of sunshine, Rain and wind here today.

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    1. local alien16 April 2018 at 01:05

      Days have been really warm but not much sunshine getting through. We have a thick cover of red dust from Africa.

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  8. Yael16 April 2018 at 01:22

    I hope the red dust will not come here, a lot of sunshine here.

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    1. local alien17 April 2018 at 01:08

      I'm surprised you dont get any dust. You are much cloer to the Sahara. Must be how the wind blows

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