Today on the menu...

atara has learned that I like unconventional foods, but she will often put her foot down when I try to accommodate some of my more outlandish tastes when we are out shopping together. You only want to buy that because you know it grosses me out! For some reason though, that changes completely when she is out shopping by herself. Far from shunning the unusual, she will make a beeline to the most outlandish, disgusting-sounding food products she can find on display and grab one thinking, I'll bet plonq would like this in his lunch.

To be honest, I think that she is just testing my limits; she has this morbid fascination with finding the threshold of my gag factor.

Look what I bought for you dear, it's curried goat cheese with pineapple, capers and anchovies and a crushed anise crust!

I am sure that she will be disappointed to learn that the tub of baby octopuses in an oil & vinegar base isn't half bad. There is a bit much in the package for one sitting (I ate about half and put the rest in the refrigerator here), but I've had much worse nosh in my lifetime. I only wish that I'd thought to bring a camera.