In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:59:32 -0500, Katra
> > wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > sf > wrote:
> >
>
> > > You can harvest organic snails from my yard any time.
> >
> > <lol> What variety? :-)
> >
>
> Not sure (no expert has told me), but I think they are
> Helix aspersa Muller.
> http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/g...rden_snail.htm
>
> In any case, their shells are the same as what you get when
> you order escargot in a restaurnat.
>
>

Heh! So you have an organic business in your yard, free startup! <lol>

You are in CA right? When I was about 8 years old, my older sister and I
found an old KFC bucket and on our way home from the park one day, we
picked up as many large snails as we could find. This was in Torrance
CA. I think we caught about 50 of them...

Mom said that they were the edible kind, and put them into an aquarium
with some cornmeal for a few days until they started pooping cornmeal.

Then mom and dad ate them. <G>

I was grossed out at the time, but I enjoy them now. :-)

K.

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