SC - snails-edible

[D. Clay-Disparti]

I live in Florida...which parts of Florida would have seen the African Snails
introduced?  If they are around here we will try to help with the
eradication....and at the same time put my abundant supply of garlic to good
use!  Omigod!  Snails and red sauce over pasta!!  My husband's birthday is coming
up and will he be surprised!  We don't have any deli's...Italian, Jewish,
none...none.  So snails alive, alive oh would be so good.

Isabella

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/29/99 9:01:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> cnevin at caci.co.uk writes:
>
> << Can I go out into my (nonexistent) English garden and pick up snails to be
>  'milked'?
>  Or is that going to result in food poisoning?
>
>  Al Vostro e al Servizio del Sogno >>
>
> The species mentioned as edible in Unmentionable Cuisine are:
>
> Helix salomonica
> H. prasinata
> H. aspera (the familiar escargot)
> Achatina fulica (Giant African Snail)
>
> Helix species should ideally be collected when the are hibernating.
>
> Giant African Snails (which are also found in Florida and Hawaii as
> introduced pests) should always be purged with lettuce or other greens for a
> couple of days or better yet given no food to remove the remnants of toxic
> plants.
>
> I suspect that probably other species are equally edible but I have not
> researched this topic further.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Ras
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