How To Fillet An Octopus

I know some of you 

read some of my very first

posts. One of them was 

about the kids'

favorite meal

when they visit 

Nana's house.

That was 

BEFORE I KNEW

that pictures were

important when blogging.

Their favorite meal

is

Octopus On The Rocks.

Now,

for those of you that 

aren't familiar with

preparing octopus for 

children here is what 

you must do.

Go to the store

where you will find

the octipi in tube form

in the meat case.

Some may call them

weiners or hot dogs.

When you get home,

gently unwrap them 

and lay them out to fillet.

Then, you fix some

macaroni and cheese.

They really like it if it 

looks like a Mickey Mouse head.

He has that 

OH-NO-I-AM-GOING-TO-BE-EATEN 

look- don't you think?

Next place mac and cheese

(or the rocks as I like to call them)

center stage on a 

Princess plate. 

Surround with broccoli or spinach

(seaweed)

and top with 

ONE OCTOPUS

Oh-I forgot to take a picture

of him with his ketchup eyes

and mouth drawn on.  Sorry.

Dish up three plates

and serve outside in

the fresh air.

One plate for Lulu

and one for Ria & one for 

SweetCheeks.

As you can see,

SweetCheeks has her

Octopus in a 

strangle hold...

the better to eat him.

Ummm..MOST Wisconsinites

 DO use forks when

dining on octopus.

As we are eating,

SweetCheeks notices a

sailboat going by

and wonders if

THEHY, too, are having

Ocotpus On The Rocks

for lunch.

Hmmm...Maybe so but

I'm betting 

THEY THINK they are

just plain old hot dogs.