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My spouse has objected to eating octopus (and cousins) in the house, so I am removing one at a time through the stack with no intention of restocking. Open to arguments against, but I do appreciate the tug of the heartstrings.

That said, woah, this tin was delicious and I would eat again. I cut them into coins and added to a med salad with marinated mozzarella pearls, cherry tomatoes, sunflower seeds, olive mix, and dressed the greens in the tin ragout. The toast was definitely needed because while the calamari had a bit of a bite like a sausage, everything was still pretty soft.

I paid a local boutique $14 for these 4 in the tin.

I’ve been waiting to try these until I could get some crusty bread to pair. This baguette topped with cream cheese plus homemade pickled red onion & jammy steamed egg was exactly what I was holding out for. The fish was perfect, and I think the herbs really set this can apart from others. Would definitely buy again. Note to self: sop up all the extra oil, herbs, and deen bits with extra bread for full effect.

Recently I read that iron gets absorbed better with vitamin C, so to round everything out I had a navel orange for dessert.

Out of my go-to affordable tins, so I decided to try these silver label Ramón Peña Sardines in Olive Oil ($10) to top my lunch salad today. They were so freaking perfect & delicious, I think I tasted a belly, like that extra fatty part, which I don’t think I’ve ever noticed in a sardine before.

One had a few small scales, but they were soft and not a problem. Actually makes me feel more grounded eating the meal with the scales and bones and fins and whatnot.

Not pictured are the pain perdu croutons I made to add crunch and soak up some of the can’s oil I used as the dressing.