Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: net.pets,net.garden,net.cooks Subject: raising snails Message-ID: <5410@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 16:10:21 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.5410 Posted: Sun Oct 27 16:10:21 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Oct-85 04:02:48 EST Organization: AMDCAD, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.pets:1234 net.garden:810 net.cooks:5215 There seem to be many snails around my house and this year, instead of trying to poison them I am going to collect them and eat them. Any advice on how to do this? I suppose I ought to feed them a known diet for a while to get all the bad stuff out. What is recommended? Can I just feed them lawn clippings? My lawn hasn't had any chemicals applied in months so it is pretty clean. What about things like banana peels, apple cores, carrots, tree leaves, etc? How long do I have to put them on a cleansing diet? And how do you cook them? Just fry them in garlic butter? By the way, I have found the best way to collect the ones that are really stuck is to twist them around and they come right off. Just pulling on them can crack the shell or rip part of the foot off. -- The Miami Police Department's Vice Squad has an annual budget of $1.5M. Each episode of the TV show "Miami Vice" costs $1.6M. Phil Ngai +1 408 749-5720 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com