In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:50:37 -0500, Katra
> > wrote:
>
> > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Seriously, I'd pay you to mail me a dozen or so...
> >
> > I have an unused 15 gallon aquarium out in the greenhouse. I could make
> > a wood and screen cover for it and experiment with breeding a few just
> > for home use.
> >
> > Let me know? This variety is not found around here. We have only some
> > very small ones that are not suitable for cooking.
> >
> > K.
> Okay!!! You figure out how to ship live snails and I'll
> send them to you COD. Sound fair? I have a very healthy
> crop of snails waiting for you.
>
>
>
> Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Just pack them in a cardboard box with some crumpled newspaper, by
overnight express mail. :-)
I have a PO box, so exposure to the summer heat should be minimal.

Overnight shipping is about $15.00, and I'd pay for the snails as well!
<lol>

Do you take paypal?

E-mail me: Katra at Centurytel dot net.

Thanks!

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In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:46:53 -0500, Katra
> > wrote:
>
>
> > Heh! So you have an organic business in your yard, free startup! <lol>
> >
> That's the long and short of it... no poison (from my yard)
> is in their system. However, I would "clean" them out with
> a diet of cornmeal and lettuce anyway. It could be an
> entrepreneurial kids dream.
>
> > 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...
> >
> When my children were small enough to go for it, I put a
> bounty on snails. I gave them sandpails to put their
> "picked" snails in at 5¢ per head. Of course, we put the
> snails into an aqurarium - outside - where they gourged on
> cornmeal and lettuce... Hey, it wasn't my fault that the
> rain drowned them. Mother Nature did it and o'golly,
> geewhiz... they weren't under anythng that kept the rain
> out.

Oh well! <snicker>

Mom and dad just used straight cornmeal. No lettuce.

>
> > 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. :-)
> >
> I understand completely!
>
> I can't make anything with canned esgargot and be able to
> eat it. I know what I make is good, but the gross out
> factor is too pervasive for me to actually eat them.... BUT,
> if someone ELSE makes esgargot - I'll go for seconds.
>
> LOL
>

Funny, the thing that changed my gross out attitude towards snails was a
zoology course in college. :-) Snails are land molluscs, so no different
than eating clams or oysters, or so I tell myself! <lol>

So far, I've only eaten them at restaraunts... and enjoyed them very
much. :-) But there is a WORLD of difference between canned vs. fresh
snails.

About the same as mushrooms. :-)

BTW, I'm attempting to grow some Oyster mushrooms out in one of the
greenhouses... We are on week 3 now and I've got some mycelia with no
contamination yet. Wish me luck!!!!!

K.

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In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:55:40 -0500, Katra
> > wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > sf > wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 11:19:20 -0500, Katra
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Now that I've found a source for cheap greenhouses,
> > >
> > > How cheap is cheap and what's their website? There are
> > > others here (like me) who would like an inexpensive
> > > greenhouse... but not for raising snails.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > $270.00 for an 8' x 8' "portable" greenhouse.
> > They are not nearly as flimsy as they look in the picture.
> > The two that I have up have already weathered one very bad storm with
> > high winds with no damage. :-)
> >
> > I'm VERY pleased with them!
> >
> > Here is the website:
> >
> > http://www.propools.com/cgi-bin/Soft.../greenhouses/d
> > reamhouse.htm?E+scstore
> >
> Ugh... that line wrapped - try http://tinyurl.com/2ss4f

Sorry. :-) I do normally use tinyURL's. ;-)
I was tired and did not think about it. <sigh>

>
> You made me look.... here's a similar site
> http://www.littlegreenhouse.com/eazy.shtml

Yay! Same price too! My site had free shipping. Did this one?

>
> > They go up in about 30 minutes, including the inside poles. They are
> > really just a glorified tent, but they DO have a 3 year warantee! They
> > stake down with 12 18" stakes and have extra stakes and ropes for
> > tiedowns if you feel you need them.
> >
> I like the looks of their StarterHouse!

Too small!!!!! :-)
With the shelving I put in, I have about 64 square feet of growing
space, plus some extra on the floor. I put my Jeruselem artichokes
directely into the ground inside of the greenhouse to protect them from
rodents.

>
> > They are wonderful. I'm finally able to do some stuff I've never been
> > able to do before as far as propagation goes, and have bought a few
> > tropical plants that I've always wanted and not been able to keep
> > before. There is noplace suitable inside my home for tropical plants. :-(
> >
> Greenhouses are wonderful things! When I was young, my
> mother was an orchid fanatic.

Cool! :-) Orchids are SO pretty! I'm considering getting at least one of
them next time they appear in the stores.

> We lived in Michigan at the
> time and my dad built an 8 x 10 greenhouse for her which
> opened off the kitchen. He built the foundation and put up
> an aluminum frame (I was a kid and don't know what metal it
> really was) with glass walls and a crank ventilation system
> which impressed me no end.

Sounds marvelous! I just knew we'd never get around to erecting a solid
one, so these were a good, quick compromise. They have a 3 year warantee
too.

>
> <sigh> I'm still dreaming of a greenhouse or solarium
> addition to my own home.

All in good time...
So, are you considering trying one of these?

K.

>
>
> Practice safe eating - always use condiments

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In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 02:29:37 -0500, Katra
> > wrote:
>
> > Hey this is neat! :-)
> > I'm filing this recipe...
>
> Snail stuffed mushrooms are very good, serve on rounds of
> baguett if you want to go over the top.

Perfect! Very French! <lol>

> >
> > I actually have some escargot dishes, heavy porcelain with large divots
> > in them, 6 to a dish. The most delicious escargot I ever had was up in
> > Sedona Arizona at a little Swiss restaraunt. He served them in the
> > Escargot dishes (no shells) with herbed garlic butter in a light bed of
> > whipped eggwhites.
> >
> I'm very particular about how escargot are served. I don't
> like "burgundy" style.... and egg whites sound gross.
> Sorry.

Oh they were cooked... :-)
I was just not up to trying to spell "merangue" last night.
Still not sure if that is how it's spelled? <lol>

>
> > They were tender, not tough as they were fresh. Canned ones tend to be
> > kinda rubbery. Overcooked.
>
> Hmm. I suppose that's true... but canned is the usual way
> they come and you're not going to find me cooking and
> picking snails out of their shells just to serve up as an
> appetiser, babe.

<lmao> Too true! ;-D
Just that the ones in Sedona, that were cooked fresh, were better than
the ones that I had had in California (at the hotel I was staying at for
a training seminar in Valencia) and those had been canned.

They were still good, just not quite as tender.

K.

>
>
> Practice safe eating - always use condiments

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