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22-05-2020, 01:25 PM
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For some time I've been toying with the idea of trying snails. I'm aware of the purging process involved before actually cooking them and I'm thinking of going out for a forage in the near future.

I think this is pretty much a case of mind over matter and just summoning up the courage to give it a go.
Anybody tried them....tasty?
Don't do it, our snails are not the edible variety you get in France. Personally I loath them, on a par with oysters, winkles & cockles.
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22-05-2020, 02:12 PM
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In rural France they eat garden snails. You collect them and feed them on herbs for a few days. This purges them.
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22-05-2020, 03:01 PM
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Re: Snails

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Don't do it, our snails are not the edible variety you get in France. Personally I loath them, on a par with oysters, winkles & cockles.
cockles and mussels alive alive oh
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22-05-2020, 03:04 PM
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Re: Snails

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Don't do it, our snails are not the edible variety you get in France. Personally I loath them, on a par with oysters, winkles & cockles.
Raw oysters on the half shell. Yum


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22-05-2020, 03:07 PM
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Re: Snails

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Raw oysters on the half shell. Yum
Oh, puke. Give me vongole veraci in olio and alio any day of the week.
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22-05-2020, 06:07 PM
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Re: Snails

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Raw oysters on the half shell. Yum
I tried these once. Because you had to swallow them whole and not chew them, it all seemed a bit pointless to me! All I could taste was the vinegarette you had to douse them in, and the sea!
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22-05-2020, 06:15 PM
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Re: Snails

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Don't do it, our snails are not the edible variety you get in France. Personally I loath them, on a par with oysters, winkles & cockles.
Its too late Tiffany, a bit of a bee in the bonnet as they say...although I wouldn't touch marine molluscs with a barge pole unless I was completely and utterly convinced they were safe, especially filter feeders. I bet they'll be having a banquet this weekend on the south coast if you get my drift.
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22-05-2020, 06:53 PM
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Re: Snails

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cockles and mussels alive alive oh
Muscles as well, they taste dire. I do like Scollops though, weird aren't I.
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22-05-2020, 06:54 PM
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Re: Snails

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raw oysters on the half shell. Yum
yuck!
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I don't like any shell fish so I definitely wouldn't eat a snail
 
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