Escargots in Herbed Cream. Escargot a la Bourguignonne. However, you may find that you like them. Although the consumption of land snails is present in the gastronomy and it is part of the culture of some regions, it is a worrying fact that these animals sometimes carry several parasites, mainly nematodes.
If they are not cleaned or cooked properly, the parasites are capable of affecting the human body and producing fatal conditions. Both handling and cooking of land snails should be extremely careful to avoid any health problems. If you are not sure about its species, its origin or its handling, avoid eating them. The most common type of snail used for eating is the garden species. However, if you have a garden with snails, do not try to catch them and prepare yourself, wild snails can carry a parasite that can cause meningitis among other diseases.
Before cooking snails, chefs put them on fasting for three days only with water and then feed them with flour and water for one week to purify them. After that, they cook them probably as one of the recipes mentioned before.
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Students and teachers are allowed to use this information for school projects and homework. I find empty snail shells in my glass house. I would like to know what is eating them.
View Replies 3. Thanks for a great information, I always underrated snail meat, maybe you just chnaged my mind. View Replies 2. Explore Modern Farmer.
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But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Necessary Necessary. Non Necessary non-necessary. My quarry was the common garden snail , which the locals call the petis-gris, and the larger and rarer Roman snail , or escargot de Bourgogne. Both are edible and big enough for a decent mouthful, though it's illegal to hunt the Romans in England. How can you tell them apart? The Romans are bigger and their shells are a solid wash of light or medium brown.
Garden snails are a bold mixture of dark and light browns. Having consulted dozens of authorities on snail farming, most of whom disagree about almost everything, I do know I will have to clean them, inside and out. What no one stresses enough is that snails crap incessantly. So they need to be sluiced down daily in the run-up to cooking them I end up using a plastic scouring pad on the shells. More importantly, they have to be purged of anything unhealthy they may have eaten, even though you should only collect them from spots that are free from poisonous plants, slug pellets, toxic waste etc.
You therefore need to keep them in an airy box for a week or two, feeding them on veg that's clean and fresh. I opt for a large terracotta flowerpot, topped with wire mesh. There's something heart-rending about the way they strain against the bars.
From now on if I catch a snail eating my lettuce, I eat the snail. Simple, sustainable, effective and delicious! You might find this concept hard to swallow excuse the pun but allow me to explain why this is such a good idea. There are many ways to protect your plants from snails, which range from extremely environmentally unfriendly to slightly environmentally friendlier.
The trouble is, the more sustainable the method, the less effective it seems to be. It pains me to say it, but I have always considered slug pellets to be the only truly effective form of defense against snails.
However, the thought of sprinkling poison all over my delicious organic soil is a little hard to come to terms with. Many gardeners consider beer traps a safe option, but the brewing industry has a substantial impact on the environment and is it humane to drown a snail in alcohol? One of the best ways to control a pest is to introduce a predator and humans are one of the most formidable predators on the planet. Hunting snails keeps their numbers low and less snails means less damage to your plants.
It is never a particularly nice experience when you kill something, but killing snails feels a lot less cruel if you know you are going to cook them afterwards. Furthermore, snails are rich in protein and can be considered good quality, free range, local and organic meat. Why would you not want to eat them and enjoy all that your garden can offer?
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