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My edible week: should we eat octopus?

My edible week: should we eat octopus?

There's a glut, but should we really eat a creature that knows how to play with Lego?

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Jul 05, 2025
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My inbox is awash with octopus. Press releases from restaurant PRs are urging me to try the latest grilled tentacle, octopus pan con tomate or cephalopod carpaccio. For a country that generally draws the line at fishy things unless they’re battered or crumbed, the UK’s current octopus fixation is, in a way, unexpected. But there’s a reason for it.

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