Is this an edible variety and the best way of cooking them if it is please.
IS THIS EDIBLE
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lindosfan1
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IS THIS EDIBLE
Saw a load of these loved snails when I went to France (and in the UK)
Is this an edible variety and the best way of cooking them if it is please.
Is this an edible variety and the best way of cooking them if it is please.
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My wife and daughter said the same. However, my son-in-law says he's definitely seen people eating them - in fact he says he's seen them for sale in roadside stalls.
Where's Jaime when you need him? I'm sure he will have tried them.
Where's Jaime when you need him? I'm sure he will have tried them.
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My daughter says that they are edible, not that she would! If I write the rough English tranalation of what she calls them i can just imagine the resulting comments! She says to steam them or boil but does not know for how long. We also have a music video from E-saan where they sing about them and shows them being cooked on a hot plate.Big Boy wrote:My wife and daughter said the same. However, my son-in-law says he's definitely seen people eating them - in fact he says he's seen them for sale in roadside stalls.
Where's Jaime when you need him? I'm sure he will have tried them.
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Only if...
1) I am locked in a third world jail a la Midnight Express or Papillion;
2) I have already eaten my belt, shoes and tried casseroling my boiler suit;
and
3) If theres someone else to have a munch first whilst I watch the effects...
1) I am locked in a third world jail a la Midnight Express or Papillion;
2) I have already eaten my belt, shoes and tried casseroling my boiler suit;
and
3) If theres someone else to have a munch first whilst I watch the effects...
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The snails I’ve seen for sale in markets up in Issan haven’t had that stripy shell the one above has, they’ve just been a plain brown colour. Having said that I’m sure they would eat the thing in the village as I’ve yet to see anything that they won’t eat unless it’s poisonous.
I’ve had small snails cooked in butter in France and they are actually quite pleasant.
I’ve had small snails cooked in butter in France and they are actually quite pleasant.
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I could also have said
No - its a snail
or
No - Im not Bear Grylls
had an interesting one in the bar last week. A young chap walked in with his Thai lass and a placcy bab that kept twitching. I ask whats inside....he pulls out a Horseshoe Crab and asks me what it tastes like.
I reply
Look mate - its crap coloured, lives in the mud here, and looks like a big woodlouse......what di you think it will taste like? He agrees but says his missus says its a delicacy...... I point out that Thais eat bugs and frogs.
He comes back in the next night.
So how was your crab? I ask....
.....Bloody awful he says.....
No - its a snail
or
No - Im not Bear Grylls
had an interesting one in the bar last week. A young chap walked in with his Thai lass and a placcy bab that kept twitching. I ask whats inside....he pulls out a Horseshoe Crab and asks me what it tastes like.
I reply
Look mate - its crap coloured, lives in the mud here, and looks like a big woodlouse......what di you think it will taste like? He agrees but says his missus says its a delicacy...... I point out that Thais eat bugs and frogs.
He comes back in the next night.
So how was your crab? I ask....
.....Bloody awful he says.....
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snails
Might try barbecuing them in a garlic sauce. cos the missus will not let me bring any in the house. Thanks for the advice and humorWoke up this morning breathing that's a good start to the day.