Why are attitudes to meat so complex and personal? I draw the line at cephalopods | Elle Hunt

I eat all sorts of creatures, but I won’t touch octopus – which only exposes my hypocrisy and our complicated relationship with food

‘Finally, some good news,” some of us will be thinking at the prospect of octopus, squid and cuttlefish – those staples of the Mediterranean holiday – soon becoming everyday fare. A study suggests their resilience in warming seas may make them a more sustainable source of protein than our dwindling fish stocks or meat production, with its heavy environmental toll.

If you are looking for climate change’s silver lining, “an emerging new cephalopod gastronomy” may be as good as you are going to get. But as far as I’m concerned, it is more bad news.

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