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Snails from the garden , could you?

(19 Posts)
numberplease Mon 09-Jul-12 18:07:20

I know that snails are really only slugs with shells, but I do quite like looking at them, especially at the patterns on their shells, and I try to protect them, but the cat had one last week, treated it like a little football. Hate slugs though, YUCK!!

bikergran Mon 09-Jul-12 13:29:44

My daughter once accidently washed a snail down the grate!! she rescued it! smile and put it some where else in her yard, she swore blind that the same snail was there the next season so she put a " T " on its shell names it Terrence! it was still there all year....but has now dissapeared. (shes moving house in approx 2/3 weeks and was going to re locate him at her new place in the park at the end of the street smile

tanith Sun 08-Jul-12 22:23:20

Slugs YUK!! nasty things , I catch them in the early morning and take them over to the golf course thats a minutes walk away and let them go, I don't actually find many anymore I guess I've just about cleared them.

Anagram Sun 08-Jul-12 20:49:56

I read an article about getting rid of slugs from your garden recently - the conclusion was that the best method was to go out at night and catch them, BUT the writer of the article recommended cutting their heads off with gardening scissors!! shock
Much as I dislike slugs, I just couldn't do that.
(Welcome back, Bags, BTW smile)

greenmossgiel Sun 08-Jul-12 20:47:05

I have a 'thing' about slugs - I shudder when I see one, though I have no problem with snails, in fact I love watching them. Found a slug-trail on the bedspread the other morning when I made the bed....then discovered a large slug in a fold of it shock. It must have attached itself to Daisy the Cat's long fur and fallen off when she jumped on to the bed during the night shockshock. DH had to dispose of it - slug, not the cat! confused

Bags Sun 08-Jul-12 20:08:56

biker, ariadne, grin

bikergran Sun 08-Jul-12 19:48:18

I have about 100 in my re cycle bin! if you send me large brown paper envelope with stamp I will gladly send them off to you grin shock

Ariadne Sun 08-Jul-12 19:35:25

Think I'll just stick with the champagne cocktails! wine

Bags Sun 08-Jul-12 19:32:29

Snails cooked in garlic butter and served with a champagne cocktail are delicious. You have to feed them a milk diet for a while though to make them nice to eat, according to DH, so I wouldn't recommend just frying up ones from the garden, at least not without a little research first.

Aah... champagne cocktails and garlicky snails.... romantic nostalgiatastic wink

Greatnan Sun 08-Jul-12 19:27:10

I used to eat escargots often in France, until I realised they were really just slugs with shells. I found they mainly tasted a bit earthy, like mushrooms, but mainly of garlic butter.

Anagram Sun 08-Jul-12 19:14:08

hmm
Well, perhaps if I fall on hard times......

tanith Sun 08-Jul-12 19:12:49

Anagram the lady in question said that they were low in fat high in protein and free. She keeps them and feeds them lettuce and bread crumbs to clean the gut then purges them.. she also collects weeds and nettles to eat ..

nanaej Sun 08-Jul-12 19:08:19

My nephew ate a slug when a baby! SiL saw him chewing and fished the skin of the slug out of his mouth! Better with garlic butter I expect! Not my favourite item on the menu!

jeni Sun 08-Jul-12 19:01:40

Never tried them .i have eaten snails though. Quite nice. Taste a little like ox liver to my thinking!

whenim64 Sun 08-Jul-12 19:01:17

Ugh! My grandson used to pop snails in his mouth when he was a toddler - we would hear the shell knocking against his teeth!! grin

Anagram Sun 08-Jul-12 18:58:33

I can't understand why anyone would want to eat them! Are there any health benefits? What about slugs? confused

tanith Sun 08-Jul-12 18:57:57

Yes I was just reading about the purging , it gets rid of the grit in their gut too.. still not sure I could , I always get the eeby jeebies when I see them boiling crab or lobster.

jeni Sun 08-Jul-12 18:56:22

I might try! You have to purge them first to get rid of any toxins.
I have loads of the blighters. Will have to get Gary collecting.
I MIGHT even be able to catch some myself as long as they don't get spooked and run!

tanith Sun 08-Jul-12 18:53:06

I'm sure lots of members have eaten Escargot at home and abroad I was just reading an article about a lady in Anglesey that collects and cooks snails she's collected from her garden she serves them with salad.
I'm wondering if anyone has or would consider collecting and cooking snails from the garden and how they cook or serve them. I must admit I can't get past how they look so have never tried them myself I did try frogs legs once but again the look of them didn't help me to enjoy them..