Hopefully before and after

I got the phone call today - the prawn man is catching octopuses (pi?) and so off we went to Loch nam Madadh.
"How many do you want?" he said producing a box of them. "Er..... here is a bag", I replied. 21 octopuses later and negotation over the price completed  - "It's a by-ctach, I don't want them", we headed off for a brief bit of excercise up North.
Back home and what to do with them?
Two recipes completed and one lot frozen. An enjoyable octopus stew for supper.