♫ Put your head on my shoulder ♪, hold me in your arms ♪.... ♫ Octopus ♪! Specially dressed by Paul Anka (turn the player on to get the real feeling). Could a potatO ask for more? A love story of hugs and hOt desire! The ultimate embrace... lOve is in this dish!This is my entry for O Foods. Please read hereunder for information. I first heard about this Event at the Leftover Queen and have seen lots of recipes already in the blogosphere starting with O or ending with the same vowel. If you feel like joining us, please hurry, today is the last day.
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of Gina DePalma, author of Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen and Executive Pastry Chef of Babbo Ristorante in NYC, who was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Sara of Ms Adventures in Italy, Jenn of The Leftover Queen, and Michelle of Bleeding Espresso are asking you to donate to the:
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and then, out of the goodness of your hearts and to be eligible for the OFoods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Contest, please do the following:
Post a recipe to your blog using a food that starts or ends with the letter O (e.g., oatmeal, orange, okra, octopus, olive, onion, potato, tomato) and include this entire text box in the post;
OR
If you’re not into the recipe thing, simply post this entire text box in a post on your blog to help spread the word about the event and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
AND
Then send your post url [along with a photo (100 x 100) if you’ve made a recipe] to ofoods[at]gmail[dot]com by 11:59 pm (Italy time) on September 30, 2008.
We will post a roundup and announce prize winners on October 3.
Prizes:
1 Recipe Prize for best “O food” concoction: $50 gift certificate to Amazon;
1 Awareness Prize for only publicizing event: Copy of Dolce Italiano cookbook.
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From the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund:
* Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancers in the United States and is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women; a woman’s lifetime risk of ovarian cancer is 1 in 67.
* The American Cancer Society estimates that 21,650 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the U.S. in 2008 and about 15,520 women will die from the disease.
* The symptoms of ovarian cancer are often vague and subtle, making it difficult to diagnose.
* There is no effective screening test for ovarian cancer but there are tests which can detect ovarian cancer when patients are at high risk or have early symptoms.
* In spite of this patients are usually diagnosed in advanced stages and only 45% survive longer than five years. Only 19% of cases are caught before the cancer has spread beyond the ovary to the pelvic region.
* When ovarian cancer is detected and treated early on, the five-year survival rate is greater than 92%.
* In spite of this patients are usually diagnosed in advanced stages and only 45% survive longer than five years. Only 19% of cases are caught before the cancer has spread beyond the ovary to the pelvic region.
* When ovarian cancer is detected and treated early on, the five-year survival rate is greater than 92%.
Please donate to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and help spread the word!
I'm also sending the recipe to Elly from Elly says Opa! and her musically perfect event: Eat to the Beat. This time I must be the last one, sorry about that!, hope to be there earlier the next time :D.
I'm also sending the recipe to Elly from Elly says Opa! and her musically perfect event: Eat to the Beat. This time I must be the last one, sorry about that!, hope to be there earlier the next time :D.
Elly asks us to write a little story about the connection between the dish and the song and in my particular case...
* The sight of an octopus head doesn't remind me of Paul Anka.
* I have never been eating this dish while Paul Anka's song was playing in the stereo...
* It's only that while I prepared the dish for the picture and saw the head of the octopus laying over the potatoes... the song came to my mind!!!
Ingredients for 4 servings: 8 octopuses (about 18 cmts each), 2 big red onions, 2 garlic cloves, 1 glass of water, 1 glass of dry white wine, 4 medium potatoes, some olive oil, some salt, black ground pepper and 4 romesco tablespoons.
- If you freeze the octopuses before cooking them, they will be more tender!
- Defreeze. Take a casserole and put the octopuses in, cover with the water and wine. Boil until it reduces completely.
- Chop the onion in small dices and add to the casserole, turn heat to the lowest and let it sweat with a bit of olive oil.
- When the onion starts getting some golden colour, add the peeled and minced garlic and when fragant, add the potatoes (peeled, cleaned and cut).
- Cover with water and cook at low heat until potatoes become tender. Taste and add salt and pepper to fit your taste. Add the romesco, cook for 30 seconds while shaking the casserole in order to avoid breaking the potatoes and it's done!
Serve it hOt baby!
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