Fish and chips aside, Under The Counter detests seafood with a passion that Mrs UTC wishes he would bring to their marriage.
So, he was less than underwhelmed to discover “leading” Spanish wholesaler and importer Mevalco is now offering its UK customers octopus that has been harvested fresh from the Cantabrian Sea.
UTC imagined the octopuses of Cantabria probably weren’t too excited when they heard the news either.
However, the Auld Boy went from apathetic to apoplectic when a colleague suggested that the plural of octopus is octopi. “It’s definitely octopuses, octopodes at a push,” he raged. Something to do with the word coming from Greek, not Latin. No-one else in the office was still awake at this point, so recollection is hazy.
Back with Mevalco, Old Fisherman’s Octopus, as it’s known, differs from other unsuspecting cephalopods plucked from the sea by dint of its unique flavour, which UTC suggested might include just a hint of octopus.
Once harvested, the octopus legs are cut and weighed by hand, presumably by the Old Fisherman. They are immediately frozen for a month before being cooked in their own juices and shipped to the UK.
In packs of eight, Under The Counter assumed.
