# Octopus farming: They're that good to eat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585 "2022-04-09T17:34:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585/81 "2022-04-13T23:57:14Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I’m of the Mr. “I hate meeses to pieces” Jinx camp so I’m going with Octopeeses. When a well-known candy company comes out with chocolate-covered octopus nuggets, will they be called Reese’s Octopeeses? Only in they are sold in eight-packs. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585/82 "2022-04-14T00:43:59Z")
Technically squid rather than octopus, but may I present [katsu ika odori-don](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsu_ika_odori-don), or “dancing squid” [Here’s what it looks like in action](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxQmOR_QLfQ) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585/83 "2022-04-14T04:19:05Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > There shall be lion meat tonight I’ve eaten lion. I was a token amount and I couldn’t tell you what it tastes like but it’s been checked off the list. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585/84 "2022-04-14T12:14:10Z")
I think octopuseses would be great farmers – they’d get four times the work done! But if they’re not careful, they could wind up in combat: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nIwrgAnx6Q8/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHeA4AC6AKKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAmyxRzjLBUivnFDbGJXwL_gdT0pw "O Fortuna Misheard Lyrics") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIwrgAnx6Q8) ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585/85 "2022-04-14T12:43:58Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Here’s what it looks like in action Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585/86 "2022-04-17T06:54:01Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Technically squid rather than octopus, but may I present [katsu ika odori-don](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsu_ika_odori-don), or “dancing squid” > > [Here’s what it looks like in action](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxQmOR_QLfQ) 😳😳 :: shudder :: MARIA WILL HAVE HER REVENGE! ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585/87 "2022-04-18T05:51:21Z")
I’ve got a takoyaki pan and some frozen octopus in the freezer. It’s surprisingly difficult to get a hold of. There was a Mexican market about 20 years ago that always had it in it’s carneceria cabinet, but not lately. I’ll try to report back when I make it. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585/88 "2022-04-18T08:25:15Z")
They may be smart, but their lack of fire making skills makes it unlikely for them to advance to the octopus bronze age. Probably good for us. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585/89 "2022-05-05T20:51:44Z")
Just you wait until they domesticate [bloodworms](https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-how-the-nightmarish-bloodworm-grows-its-fearsome-metallic-fangs?utm_source=DamnInteresting) with their copper fangs. Bronze will not be far away. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585/90 "2022-05-05T23:11:57Z")
> [@Didi44](#): > > WARNING. People have choked to death when eating live octopus whole small ones or tentacles because they didn’t chew it enough to stop the tentacles from moving. It serves them right for being so cruel to eat an animal _alive_. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585/91 "2022-05-06T06:02:10Z")
Done! > **[Shmoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo)** > > The shmoo (plural: shmoos, also shmoon) is a fictional cartoon creature created by Al Capp (1909–1979); the character first appeared in the comic strip Li'l Abner on August 31, 1948. The popular character has gone on to influence pop culture, language, geopolitics, human history, and even science. > A shmoo is shaped like a plump bowling pin with stubby legs. It has smooth skin, eyebrows, and sparse whiskers—but no arms, nose, or ears. Its feet are short and round, but dexterous, as the shmoo's co... > **[Ingestion / Dialectics of the Shmoo | Yara Flores](https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/40/flores.php)** > > The Eucharist of utopia > [@El\_DeLuxo](#): > > It serves them right for being so cruel to eat an animal _alive_ . Yeah, you know that is why we have animal cruelty laws. If you are hungry, ya gotta eat, but there is no reason to torture animals for your amusement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/octopus-farming-theyre-that-good-to-eat/962585.md?page=4)