Polpetielli alla Luciana

In introducing the section on octopus in her book La Cucina Napoletana Signora Caròla warns her readers to be sure to buy the true octopus, the one with a double row of suckers along each tentacle, i.e. those on pp. 213–14, and not to be satisfied with the inferior ‘sinisco’ (diminutive ‘sinischiello’) which is the local name for the kinds with a single row of suckers.

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