You know, it's funny ... I always hear people say things like:
"I love shark. Tastes just like chicken!"
"I love snake. Tastes just like chicken!"
"I love (fill-in-the-blank-oddball-meat). Tastes just like chicken!"
I've always wondered ... why go to all that trouble if it tastes 'just like chicken?' ;-) :)
I think the main trouble is, most of us aren't used to eating snake, shark, or whatever, and if we were to eat it all the time, it would start to taste like itself. :') I found that to be the case with various fruits which first came to my attention when I was in my early 20s -- they tasted like a cross between a this fruit or a that fruit, because I'd never had 'em before. The first time (so far, only time) I tasted octopus it did remind me of chicken, but definitely wasn't chicken. :')
[and the punchline is...]
Octopus definitely doesn't suck.
[rimshot!]