Blasfemo
07-06-2010, 10:38 PM
Hey all
First real post yay
So my question is how many of you have ever tried snails? and what methods of preparation did you used?
Were i am there are several gourmets options on how to eat big brown snails (Helix pomatia) but i try to catch and cook the white little ones, the first challenge i was faced was how to get rid of the slime they release.
I have used 3 different ways to do this
1) put them in a container with a piece of hard bread and a little flour on the bottom, in a 5 to 10 days time they will be clean and ready to prepare.
2) if you have salt at your disposal and little water you might want to get them in a container with some water and salt and this will speed the process also but this might take some time and might also kill some of the snail before they get in the water.
3) if you have vinegar or other acid, lemon for example, you might wash the the snails with some acid and several waters and they will progressively lose the slime but it will take some time and a lot of water to get them at a edible point.
Now second challenge was how to prepare them, boiling is the way i went so far normally with one onion,, oregano and salt in a slow fire. They will slowly some out and you can use a needle or a toothpick to get them out of the shell.
Also doing all this is a survival or limited situation might be tricky, several problems arise, depending on how prepared you are. Any ideas how to improvise in that case?
First real post yay
So my question is how many of you have ever tried snails? and what methods of preparation did you used?
Were i am there are several gourmets options on how to eat big brown snails (Helix pomatia) but i try to catch and cook the white little ones, the first challenge i was faced was how to get rid of the slime they release.
I have used 3 different ways to do this
1) put them in a container with a piece of hard bread and a little flour on the bottom, in a 5 to 10 days time they will be clean and ready to prepare.
2) if you have salt at your disposal and little water you might want to get them in a container with some water and salt and this will speed the process also but this might take some time and might also kill some of the snail before they get in the water.
3) if you have vinegar or other acid, lemon for example, you might wash the the snails with some acid and several waters and they will progressively lose the slime but it will take some time and a lot of water to get them at a edible point.
Now second challenge was how to prepare them, boiling is the way i went so far normally with one onion,, oregano and salt in a slow fire. They will slowly some out and you can use a needle or a toothpick to get them out of the shell.
Also doing all this is a survival or limited situation might be tricky, several problems arise, depending on how prepared you are. Any ideas how to improvise in that case?