Squirmy!

Tonight, four of us went for dinner at a local seafood restuarant where they serve the delicacy that is live octopus. Along with seventeen side dishes, there was a dish of chopped up octopus, all squirming around in a grey, writhing tangle. I must admit to feeling slight trepidation about trying this! It was a test of my increased chop-stick dexterity. Now the food not only moved but actively resisted being picked up by suckering on to the dish! Once I managed to pick a bit up and get it into my mouth I chomped on it thoroughly: I had no desire to have it stick to my throat halfway down. Chewing it was a bit odd because I could feel it sticking to my tongue like a row of poppers. The taste was as underwhelming as all octopus is. I must be lacking some taste-buds, because I can never taste much when eating octopus or squid. It's just an inoffensive rubbery texture.