got...Snail's....ESGARGOT?

[yortbogey]

Say I'm looking for a Snail breeder that can provide live fresh snails { Helix Aspersa Maxima } in bulk for breeding.....I'm starting up a local ESCARGOT delivery bizniz.....just need snails to breed with........
and start my bin's.......

any body? got a source for snails?????????????

 

[SeaMaiden]

You could contact my folks in SoCal, but they ripped out all the English ivy years ago. That's where we would collect our escargot, only the biggest! Honestly, if it were me, I would just start scouting older neighborhoods where there's plenty of plant cover that keeps things moist. Too many neighborhoods like that in SoCal to even know for sure, but one thing I do know is that the English ivy that grows so lushly is the best place to find the biggest snails.

You read my exchange with h.h. about garden snails, or what? I sorely wish we could get them to grow up here.

Nom nom nom nom nom nom...

 

[greenluv707]

sounds crazy yort but very intresting. never knew folks breed them like that.are snails expensive?and whats the taste on them?

 

[SeaMaiden]

If they're raised well in captivity, or cleaned out well if you're using wild-caught snails (2 weeks on cornmeal and fresh, clean water) then the flavor is reminiscent of beef tongue.

 

[supermanlives]

i will save ya some.LOL

 

[greenluv707]

sounds bomb. are we talkin about the ones in the back yard?lol

 

[SeaMaiden]

Depends on the backyard. Most garden snails that people poison were actually brought from Europe as a readily available and easily caught food source (snail herding, yeah!). They found the North American continent much to their liking so they're found pretty much across the US. But not on my land (Cali's Sierra Nevada). Not a single 'regular' garden snail to be found here. Yeah, sure, banana slugs and other very pretty, but inedible, snails, but not my favorite garden snail.

My first escargot was eaten at a restaurant when I was a toddler, I barely remember it. The next time I remember eating it was when my dad had all three of us girls go outside early several mornings in a row to collect snails from the ivy, only the biggest ones. They all went into the Habitrails where he had set up jar lids with cornmeal (to clean them out) and water. They were left in the Habitrails for two weeks, then one day he comes home with a shit-ton of garlic, parsley, mushrooms and good butter. We feasted that evening.

 

[yortbogey]

YUM....indeed...thats the idea.....BUt I'd rather just buy a big bag of slimey's....
besides its way to cold now....and dry hear for the abundance I will need.......

 

[greenluv707]

too cold for them up in thoes mountians,gotta come down to the vally floor where im at. thoes graden verity ones are all over the place over here.i was woundering, they eat my angel trumpet and i was woundering if i ate them would it be like feedin them mushrooms to eat off of instrad of the corn meal? the angel trumpet is a holusgentic plant that you make a tea out of the flowers.

 

[SeaMaiden]

I don't know, I don't know a thing about angel trumpet.

 

[greenluv707]

i see,lol ill leave thoes alone. neven knew you could eat thoes bastards.lol

 

[Bobby Stainless]

I LOVE ESCARGOT!

Love that shit.

Good Luck with the new biz!

 

[SeaMaiden]

Me, too!

i see,lol ill leave thoes alone. neven knew you could eat thoes bastards.lol

The only reason they exist in North America is because they were brought here. And what else could be easier to catch that's not only so tasty, but NOT crunchy on the outside (sorry, no ants, grasshoppers or crickets for me), probably has good protein, and doesn't need cleaning outside the feeding and preparation?

Preparation consists of putting the live snails into a pot of water that's at a good, rolling boil. They come right out of the shells, and then they're ready to be paired/prepared however. I've only ever had them a couple of ways, and what's pictured above looks delicious.

 

[Duplicate]

I wish I loved escargot. Same with fish. If snails and fish tasted as good as filet mignon (to me, of course) I'd be fishing and snail hunting all day long heh.

 

[supermanlives]

theres also a growing market for the eggs. cured like caviar. supposed to be good stuff. might be worth looking into

 

[Kcar]

I wish I loved escargot. Same with fish. If snails and fish tasted as good as filet mignon (to me, of course) I'd be fishing and snail hunting all day long heh.

Try California Halibut...

 

[supermanlives]

the non fishy fish you prob would like. cod,halibut,swordfish ect

 

[Duplicate]

hahah I've tried it all. Strangely, the one fish that I could bring myself to take more than one bite of was seared ahi.

 

[Bobby Stainless]

Monkfish is really good too.