Octopus and cork

[boudin noir]

What is the experience of those cooking octopus as to the "cork effect" in tenderizing octopus? My experience is that it makes no difference. For those that feel it does is there a difference in using a fresh cork as opposed to an old cork?

[dcarch]

If a cork has chemical in it that can tenderize octopus, imagine what that can do to wine.

dcarch

[nickrey]

It will spoil at least 10% of the bottles. Or maybe that's just cork and it does nothing to octopus.

[cegadede]

What is the experience of those cooking octopus as to the "cork effect" in tenderizing octopus? My experience is that it makes no difference. For those that feel it does is there a difference in using a fresh cork as opposed to an old cork?

Cork doesn't have any effect on octopus. It's just a cooking legend without any factual basis.

[Shelby]

During a recent episode of Chef Roble and Co. on Bravo they sous vide an octopus and put 2 or 3 corks in the sealed bag. *shrug*

Edited July 26, 2013 by Shelby (log)

[Mjx]

This was discussed previously, in a Q& A session with Harold McGee: Corked Octopus.

[dcarch]

It's a myth perpetrated by cork makers. You can't reuse octopus flavored cork for wine. :-)

If it works on octopus, why not on beef?

dcarch