Eating Garden Snails

[Rollin]

Has anyone done this? My garden is full of huge snails at the moment. I have never eaten snails before but maybe willing to give it a try if they taste good.

[Shaw Tarse]

Can't remember who did, but there's a thread about it on PH

[Wheelrepairit]

Hugh fernly wotshisname has, along with slugs.

[Pete Franklin]

yeah you need to purge them first- several days in a clean box with just lettuce leafs and then another couple of days starving them- otherwise they will be gritty and full of crud. pretty close to the ones you get in france then- dont overcook them....

[Mobile Chicane]

Here you go:

http://moremeanthangreenblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/...

[davido140]

on one hand I'm thinking, what a great idea I must give this a go.. I've had snails in france a couple of times before and IIRC they werent bad.

on the other, I'm thinking, at the purging etc....

[Bonefish Blues]

There's a thread going about feeding hedgehogs...

[Mobile Chicane]

davido140 said:

on one hand I'm thinking, what a great idea I must give this a go.. I've had snails in france a couple of times before and IIRC they werent bad.

on the other, I'm thinking, at the purging etc....

It's fine. There isn't that much mess, but I do clean them out every day. Obviously one hates doing the 'dastardly deed' - or at least I do - but they're going to a better place.

I have a feeling the French snails you get grilled in garlic butter must be farmed, since the wild ones are notably chewier and have a more earthy flavour. Personally I prefer these stewed, though I don't see why you couldn't cook them long and low in the shell, and then grill them at the end.

[davido140]

how do you dispatch them?

[Odie]

davido140 said:

how do you dispatch them?

im guessing by cooking them

[Mobile Chicane]

Throw them into boiling water. 'Full' instructions are in the link I posted.

[davido140]

Mobile Chicane said:

Throw them into boiling water. 'Full' instructions are in the link I posted.

Sorry, havent read it yet! will have a proper read this evening and me and my son will have to do some snail collecting on the weekend!

[Shaw Tarse]

Tried a PH search, couldn't find the link But has definatly been done on here.
Included pics & advice on purging the snails to get rid of toxicity.