Old thread on snails here....
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60222&highlight=snails
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60222&highlight=snails
Eating Snails: Yummy-ness at negligible cost
- Thread starter suburban bushwacker
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While yes they are illegal to harvest - I've never seen any big enough to be worth bothering with here.
I'm wondering about the legality of 'capturing' a few and breeding from them? then obviously releasing them.
good source of protien them bugs!
the people (apocalyptic suvival wannabes) who sock up heavily on bottles of water and tinned food don't seem to think of fresh sources of carbs or protien.. a simple snail/woodlice farm and spuds in the garden would help anyones chances right?
would a homemade well work? how deep would it need to be?
the people (apocalyptic suvival wannabes) who sock up heavily on bottles of water and tinned food don't seem to think of fresh sources of carbs or protien.. a simple snail/woodlice farm and spuds in the garden would help anyones chances right?
would a homemade well work? how deep would it need to be?
haha that was a fun read, funny the reactions some people have on the idea of them.
I've boiled them (badly) in the past and they tasted bad, I'm not a fan of sticky/slimey textures so with snails a good fry on the pan with salt and chilli powder makes them better.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_breed_snails << breed your own! haha
Some people give the snails herbs such as Tyme & rosemary during the purging process & flour, instead of bread......also they are sometimes boiled in a sort of broth, by adding carrots, onions, leeks, bay leaves & lots of pepper to the water ( much like whelks) which gives them a flavour of their own. ( for those who don't like garlic or butter)
Cool thread. I've been doing this for years - ever since copying my ex-girlfriend's mum's technique (they're Greek) not dissimilar to Suburbanbushwhacker's method, but without the luxury of white bread. I have patches of agapanthus in the garden that provide a snail fest during wet periods.
Samon
You needed more changes of water when I said 5 to 10 changes I ment it
haha, can't agree more with the changing of the water. when I first boiled one up it just went into hot water and in my gob..but I didn't know how to de-gross them then and that's why it was nasty.
I don't like my mushrooms soggy either, so I fry them untill they dry a bit and that adds a more intense flavour and if I were to eat snails more often I'd do the same (after the boiling and changes of water).
I do have a weak stomache though and at times find some things hard to eat so for me getting rid of soggy, sticky and gooey textures helps alot.
Isn't there a bit of the snail you're not supposed to eat? I thought there was a bit that was supposed to be 'poisonous', although I'm not sure where I've got that idea from... perhaps this is the "brown gooey bit" referred to in the other thread...?
I've never bothered purging winkles. Pick 'em, boil 'em in seawater, eat 'em with a pin - taste good!
My sentiments too, my dad would go into town (5 minute walk
) for a bevvy with his mates each Saturday and bring back duck eggs and, as we called them, Kewins, he'd bring loads back, I'd wolf most of them. Don't fancy my garden snails tho'.Those were the days.
I remember that so well, me and my brother would eat loads of winkles with a toothpick or pin. they are a bit gritty if I remember though and even had super hard slime covers keeping them inside their shell..like plastic lids.
dead mans fingers are the gills of the crabs, so mnay people have incorectly said they are poisonous to eat. they look gross (like most inards of shellfish) but are infact edible.
