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valcane



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 08 3:45 pm    Post subject: Eating garden snails Reply with quote
    

How to make ordinary garden snails (Helix aspersa ) safe to eat eg. making sure they don't have toxins in their gut.

How to cook them so they don't get too tough.

How to disguise their appearance, I don't fancy them looking too much like the real thing.

 
gil
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 08 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hi there and welcome, valcane

I'm sure there was a thread somewhere about preparing snails for eating.
Have you used the Search facility yet ?
Might be in Foraging section, or Recipes, Preserving, Homebrewing

 
Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 08 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

These are a couple of old threads that might be useful.

https://forum.downsizer.net/about12945.html
https://forum.downsizer.net/about3621.html

 
Silas



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 08 4:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Eating garden snails Reply with quote
    

valcane wrote:
How to make ordinary garden snails (Helix aspersa ) safe to eat eg. making sure they don't have toxins in their gut.

How to cook them so they don't get too tough.

How to disguise their appearance, I don't fancy them looking too much like the real thing.


I just hope I never ever get that hungry.

 
Oriole



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 09 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

For more on eating garden snails go to
https://eatinggardensnails.blogspot.com/
This follows up a short piece on the One Show on 31st March 09, and in Wales on Sunday.

 
Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 09 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Welcome Oriole, so that was you on the One Show. I don't tend to watch it that often but saw the piece about snails and was very interested in your recipes.

I'll have another go at them this year and try some of your recipes to see if I can find something I enjoy. I think I've under cooked them in the past so the cooking for an hour in a good stock sounds like just what I need to do.

 
Marches



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 11 11:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'll leave them to the Romans and French.

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 11 11:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

yum

extra yum with the dpack grab ,feed ,clean and cook method

 
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