Rinse the octupus. Put into a large pan and cover with water.
Cook for about 45 minutes or until it's tender.
Drain in a colander and then rub the skin and suckers off the tentacles.

Octupus salad

Cut into pieces and season with celery, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

broiled shrimps

Wash the shrimps

broil them ...

Serve them with lemon ...

fried calamari

Cut the calamari into rings and wash them

Then toss them with flour ...

Fry for five / eight minutes

Serve hot ...

Calamari

Pesce Spada (Italian Name)

Pesce Spada

Add some salt and pepper

Broil in the electrical oven ...

You can fix with salamarigghiù sauce or just lemon ...

pesce espada

To make Alice Fish ...

Alice fish are smaller than sardines, but they belong to the same family ....

When I go to Sicily, I usually go to the Pescheria (Fish Market ) and buy fresh fish ...

At the fish market - Sicily ...

These are called Alice fish

And they are smaller than sardines

After washing the fish, take the head and bones off. Soak them in balsamic vinegar, for about half an hour.

After half an hour, you can grill the Alicet in the electrical oven ...

In the mean time, you can prepare the salamarigghiù sauce ...

You need some olive oil, lemon, garlic and parsley ...

Chop some garlic and parsley. Then add some olive oil and lemon ...

This is how it looks ...

And this is how they look when they are done !!!!