That mating behavior was such accepted science that in 1982, when Panamanian marine biologist Arcadio Rodaniche reported finding an octopus that mated beak to beak and cohabited between sex acts ...

Source them online or from an Asian supermarket. Clean and rinse the octopus in cold water and remove the beak (you can get your fishmonger to prepare it for you). For the spice paste, peel and ...