How to prepare garden snails for eating

Drain the snails and rinse them with plenty of cool water. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil.

Cover the pan with a double layer of cheesecloth secured around the edge of the pan with rubber bands or tied string.

How to prepare garden snails for eating. This video will show you how to harvest clean cook and eat the snails in your own gardenNB. Its not totally clear from the video but you need to tightl. Use a sharp knife to remove the membrane covering the opening in the shell.

Put the snails in a large pot or pan and fill it with plenty of fresh water. Discard any snails that float to the top. Take two to three snails in your hands at one time and rub them with your fingers.

To prepare the snails to eat and save the shells to eat them in is simple although it takes a few steps. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Cook the snails for about 3 minutes.

Drain the snails and rinse them with plenty of cool water. To prepare the snails to eat and save the shells to eat them in is simple although it takes a few steps. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil.

Cook the snails for about 3 minutes. Drain the snails and rinse them with plenty of cool water. In the Kitchen Add the snails to a pot of boiling water and cook them for several minutes to loosen the flesh from the shells.

Rinse them in cool water and prick out the meat with the tip of a knife. To remove the last of the slime rinse the snails in a bowl of vinegar water 12 cup of vinegar per gallon of water. It might sound like something youd use in the kitchen and it is for many of us but a garlic paste formed from crushed garlic and water is something that a lot of snails detest.

Apply it to your garden with a spray can and youve formed the easiest repellent yet. Introduce predators One effective organic snail control is to introduce or encourage predators. Make your garden friendly to small snakes like the garter snake.

These snakes enjoy eating garden snails as well as other common garden pests. You can also introduce decollate snails to your garden. First and most traumatic bring a pot of well-salted water to a boil place the snails in a strainer smaller than the width of the pot a chinoise if you have one and dunk the snails for about a minute.

Transfer the snails to an ice bath cool them remove the snails from their shells. Put the snails into the roasting pan with a small dish of fresh water about 14 cup yellow cornmeal poured into the corner of the pan and a few sprigs of thyme from the garden. Cover the pan with a double layer of cheesecloth secured around the edge of the pan with rubber bands or tied string.

If you collect them while theyre active not hibernating or aestivating then you need to prepare them. Provide them with a home like a bucket or washing up bowl for about a week see slideshow where you can give them food and water exclude soil and grit and crucially keep them in. They are good escapologists.

The process involves feeding them a strict diet of greens then cornmeal or oatmeal if you choose to harvest and process local common brown garden snails. When feeding your snail pet you can ensure they eat by creating a comfortable environment. Keep the following tips in mind when building the perfect snail terrarium.

Keep them out of direct sunlight Add sticks leaves bark andor plants to mimic their natural habitat. What the snails consume largely depend on where they live and the type of species they are. Some conventional foods that they feed on arefruits vegetables decayed plant parts and algae.

A few species also eat soil and sand for a calcium-rich diet to build a thicker shell. As with people different snails have different tastes and preferences. Take the snails from the shells with a small fork wash them off and then cook.

To cook about a 100 you need a pint of water ¾ pint of cider a large carrot and an onion cut into pieces. Make sure the snails are covered in liquid. Bring to the boil and simmer until tender for about an hour it may take a little longer.