663587 Fri Oct 30 13:21:46 -0700 2009 6 12 Boston Area 0 5143660 I headed way over to East Cambridge this afternoon and was rewarded with fresh Octopus (it was cleaned on site) and blue tip Oysters from CO. Is fresh octopus as rare as I was lead to believe? Fri Oct 30 13:21:46 -0700 2009 228793 bornagainitalian 1 5143828 Not sure of the answer, but I did have fresh octopus at Erbaluce the other night, so it is available to some....those were flown in from Sicily I believe. Yummmm Fri Oct 30 14:29:40 -0700 2009 5143660 25417 Zatan 1 5143965 I saw fresh BABY octo once there. Fri Oct 30 15:36:59 -0700 2009 5143660 10169 StriperGuy 2 5144053 yes, it was "baby" .....not tiny, about the size of my hand (toddler? ahem, sorry). Served whole, just cleaned. Fri Oct 30 16:24:28 -0700 2009 5143965 25417 Zatan 3 5144084 Gosh I think you just invented a term because they were in fact about the size of my hand. Toddler-sized octo indeed. I have seen ity bitty baby octo at japanese restos and at Jo Jo taipei locally. But I think they came already prepared... Fri Oct 30 16:37:12 -0700 2009 5144053 10169 StriperGuy 1 5159857 We've moved the discussion on how to prepare Octopus to the Home Cooking board at http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/665075 Thu Nov 05 19:24:43 -0800 2009 5143660 2 The Chowhound Team