Garden snails: the eating thereof

[Cheesypoof]

To be fair, i HAVE tried snails before, but just not for me. I wont knock others who want to eat them, i love mussels... do as you please...

 

[Onket]

That's better.

 

[tufty79]

gross thread

i'm putting it on ignore - makes me squeam every time I see it

 

[gentlegreen]

Spoiler: sacrilege !

Mollusc relocation on the way to work ...



I thought they would get plenty of scraps here.
It dawned on me that places like this might not be such a good place for harvesting them...

 

[Onket]

Why not?

 

[Onket]

Any news, Fez909?

 

[Fez909]

Any news, Fez909?

Next time it rains I'm going out with a bag. I have a bike now and I know a spot fairly close where there Will be loads.

I had about a million outside my front door last time it rained but there's cat Shit everywhere near me and I dunno if they'd be safe to eat, so I left them.

One juicy fella was millimetres from my front door when I opened it and he just looked up at me like a puppy. He was so cute I couldn't take him, but he looked clean as fuck. I bet he would taste ace.

 

[twentythreedom]

There's loads of snails around atm. Every time i see them i think of you, fez (srsly!) and what a sicko you are

 

[twentythreedom]

there's cat Shit everywhere near me and I dunno if they'd be safe to eat, so I left them.

DO NOT EAT CAT POO ffs

 

[Onket]

Next time it rains I'm going out with a bag. I have a bike now and I know a spot fairly close where there Will be loads.

I had about a million outside my front door last time it rained but there's cat Shit everywhere near me and I dunno if they'd be safe to eat, so I left them.

One juicy fella was millimetres from my front door when I opened it and he just looked up at me like a puppy. He was so cute I couldn't take him, but he looked clean as fuck. I bet he would taste ace.

What you putting them in while you feed & then purge them?

 

[dessiato]

This video has an interesting recipe, and it talks about how to purge the British garden snail. It's by Ramsey, but he doesn't swear in it which is suspicious IMO.

 

[Onket]

Really need to start putting them in a container.

 

[Epona]

I've eaten snails and enjoyed them, but knowing that cats and dogs can catch heartworm from slugs and snails found in UK gardens has put me right off the idea of foraging.

Interestingly, a large number of snails that are eaten on the continent, are actually farmed in Scotland and exported. It's like clams, they're not that popular here in the UK either (and can be difficult to find when you do want some), but are a large export.

 

[kittyP]

This video has an interesting recipe, and it talks about how to purge the British garden snail. It's by Ramsey, but he doesn't swear in it which is suspicious IMO.

He does swear. He said fucking. ETA: Several times

Onket how's this going?

 

[Onket]

I've been taking them to the park and releasing them. And the slugs.

 

[Fez909]

I bought a fishbowl to keep mine in, but never got a lid for it.

The fishbowl is full of rainwater by the front door and it's got red algae or something growing in it. Look absolutely disgusting.

 

[nogojones]

Have you tried the red algae yet?

 

[Fez909]

Have you tried the red algae yet?

I'd rather eat snails

 

[antimata]

even the blackbirds arnt that fussed garlic or not.

heaps of scraping the slime off on the deck.

too much bofa for me at the present time.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

DO NOT EAT CAT POO ffs

Exactly - there no way of telling what filth free-range snails have been chomping on, so just not worth the risk. Toxoplasmosis sounds an unpleasant little critter.

 

[Onket]

That's why you keep them for a bit, feeding them edible stuff, and then purge them isn't it?

 

[kittyP]

I've been taking them to the park and releasing them. And the slugs.

So you are not going to eat them any more?

 

[Onket]

It doesn't look like it's going to be this year.

 

[Fez909]

It doesn't look like it's going to be this year.

They'll be at their plumpest now...Autumn snail harvest!

 

[Onket]

It's slim pickings in my garden these days due to my hard work earlier in the summer.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Hi Fred,

I have been collecting today!

 

[Bruce47]

Hi snail people - Are onket and 909 still around?

 

[dilute micro]

here is gordon doing it at home

He paid 5 pence a piece and then claimed he got them for nothing.

 

[Fez909]

Hi snail people - Are onket and 909 still around?

Hello

Have you any snail-eating news? I've still got my fishbowl from last year collecting algae by the front door. One day I'll wash it out and fill it with snails.

One day...

 

[Bruce47]

I hear the snails singing in the brush outside, and it is a siren song.