Word: octopus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Some of the rotating dishes include bacalhau, a codfish stew with potatoes, onions, garlic, green pepper and spices, smothered in olive oil and vinegar; polvo, an octopus dish with potatoes, onions, and red and white wine; and alcatra, which includes big chunks of beef, pepper corns, smoked bacon, onions, tomatoes, and red wine, placed in a clay pot and baked for three hours...
...Wacky Wallwacker Octopus...
Alexandra C. Budabin '00, Emma C. Cheuse '99 and Evelyn H. Sung '00 received Stewart's Octopus Award--purple octopus hats--for reaching out to students not on the council...
...more interesting ones are completely vegetarian; many contain cheese or seafood as well as meat. The table tried four: a special of pork tenderloin on a bed of white beans, garbanzos, and sauted mushrooms; scallops and squid with a puff pastry shell in squid-ink sauce; baby octopus vinaigrette and an enlightened burrito filled with shrimp, lobster, and spinach in red pepper sauce...
...beans, and the tiny scallops and shrimps in squid ink were fresh and perfectly cooked. The pastry on top was fluffy and tasted vaguely sweet, like vanilla. In both cases, the sauce adhered so perfectly to the meal that the plates looked clean enough to be reused. The baby octopus was tender, but needed more fresh tomato and onion chunks to liven it up, as well as a bit more red wine vinegar for tang. The canelon, as the fourth tapa was called, was subtle and delicious. Surrounding wrapping dough was tender without being soggy and overflowed with fresh seafood...