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[the_siobhan]

This picture is from one of our pig roasts. We have hundreds of snails in our backyard.



So my question is; does anybody know if they are edible?

(I know they eat really well. Mostly because they eat all my plants.)

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[lilactime.livejournal.com]

There appears to be a variety of sites that will tell you what land snails are edible, but you've first got to identify the species, as none that I came across had images, just the proper latin names.

I don't see why they wouldn't be, though.

peektures

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

They look exactly like this;



It could be a stock shot of a different species, but from what I could dig up they look a lot like some of the various Helix species - all of which appear to be edible.

And they're an invasive species. It's almost like it's my duty to eat them!

Re: peektures

[http://users.livejournal.com/cincinnatus_c_/]

Looks pretty much like Helix aspersa. Uncle Wikipedia says you can grind them up into a skin cream to cure your wrinkles, scars, dry skin, and acne!

I'm pretty sure there were no such snails around when I was a kid. Then, all of a sudden, one year, stripey snails everywhere.

Re: peektures

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I did stumble across a site that was selling skin cream made out of snail slime.

Don't think I'm quite that much of a hippie!