Zep 0 #1 December 3, 2011 It's as if mother nature has opened up her larder. Today on the menu we have, Wild boar stew. Venison cassarole. Jugged Hare. wild rabbit. Pheasant. Partridge. Snails. All my herbs are from the woods. Wild mushrooms are going crazy and screeming "pick me. pick me", The chilli's are now dried and ready for use. And for the more exotic tastes latter I'll probably do a few dishes of feral cat mixed in with squirrel. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #2 December 3, 2011 Well, I can see that YOU will be having no food problems when anarchy rules the world! I'm just having a problem with "snails". Thanks for making me gag. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #3 December 3, 2011 Thats one of the things I don't understand, People will quite happily munch on raw oysters, eat mussels cockels and winkels but turn thier nose up at snails. I love eating snails. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #4 December 3, 2011 Quote Thats one of the things I don't understand, People will quite happily munch on raw oysters, eat mussels cockels and winkels but turn thier nose up at snails. I love eating snails. I've never tried them. But I would - I'll try almost anything once. And the rest of your menu sounds phenomenal. I just tried wild boar for the first time recently (in sausage form) and it was good. Time to find a source for more of it. Probably the same shop where I got the sausage can get it for me - they're a new shop in the old butcher stop style - they can tell you in detail how all their meat is sourced and they spend the time to find high quality stuff. Too rare in the U.S. these days."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #5 December 3, 2011 Snails are delicious. Can you send me a care package, Zep??? Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #6 December 3, 2011 Snails are the ideal vehicle for melted garlic butter and parsley...Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #7 December 3, 2011 Quote Snails are the ideal vehicle for melted garlic butter and parsley... I'll bet an ordinary soup spoon can hold more butter, garlic, and parsley, and it has the advantage of not involving snails."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #8 December 3, 2011 Quote Snails are the ideal vehicle for melted garlic butter and parsley... So's bread and it doesn't look like snot (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marinus 0 #9 December 3, 2011 The garlic and parsley are good to hide the taste, and the butter is ideal to get the nasty rubbery things down quickly and without chewing. I tried them, and they aren't my favourite. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #10 December 3, 2011 Heathens. All of yous.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abedy 0 #11 December 4, 2011 Quote And for the more exotic tastes latter I'll probably do a few dishes of feral cat mixed in with squirrel. You might ask the fellows referred to in this article on how to prepare them Since it is in German, the content in a nutshell: Hygiene inspectors found a fox - already prepared for cooking - in a Vietnamese "Asia" fastfood diner. The couple running the diner claimed it was solely intended for private consumption. The consumption of foxes is prohibited in Germany. One reason for this is they may carry rabies or trichinae. The premises were closed on the spot. P.S.: Wild squirrels are cute to look at but might carry rabies or parasites as well.The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #12 December 4, 2011 He he, the feral cat was a joke, No rabies in this corner of Europe. All game products that I cook first have to be tested for Trichinosis. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abedy 0 #13 December 4, 2011 Quote He he, the feral cat was a joke, No rabies in this corner of Europe. All game products that I cook first have to be tested for Trichinosis. Well, that's sort of reassuring as we're going to Mallorca for or "Between-the-years" holiday We like dining in "native" (read: non-touristy) restaurants (with menus only in Mallorquin) in small villages P.S.: Rabies is also almost eradicated in Germany but the emphasis lies on "almost". You never know. Did you also had vaccination programmes (with the vaccine in baits) for foxes? Was done here in the 1990s. Remember I almost choked due to laughing when I read an article with the headline "Oral vaccination of foxes" (Schluckimpfung der Füchse) in the newspaper.The sky is not the limit. The ground is. The Society of Skydiving Ducks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marinus 0 #14 December 4, 2011 At least I tried it, didn't I? Now we should all unite and bash Shropshire for having an opinion about snails without even trying them.Cooked snails are a lot of things but slimy isn't one of those things. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #15 December 4, 2011 "I'll have a slice with not so much rat in it." Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #16 December 4, 2011 Quote At least I tried it, didn't I? Now we should all unite and bash Shropshire for having an opinion about snails without even trying them.Cooked snails are a lot of things but slimy isn't one of those things. I'm with Shropshire on this. I grew up in So. Cal, and snails are garden pests, not haute cuisine. lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #17 December 4, 2011 Quote Quote At least I tried it, didn't I? Now we should all unite and bash Shropshire for having an opinion about snails without even trying them.Cooked snails are a lot of things but slimy isn't one of those things. I'm with Shropshire on this. I grew up in So. Cal, and snails are garden pests, not haute cuisine. Unless you get them from the upper branches of the bush (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #18 December 4, 2011 That's the thing you yanks and brits dont get... Escargots are not haute cuisine. They are a normal, day to day food (not saying people eat them everyday, but they are not something "special" in France). But, never mind.. More for us... Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #19 December 4, 2011 They just don't like chasing their food dawn, I guess (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
