Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!hplabs!amdahl!ems From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) Newsgroups: net.pets,net.garden,net.cooks Subject: Re: raising snails Message-ID: <2161@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 16:05:56 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.2161 Posted: Mon Oct 28 16:05:56 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 07:09:40 EST References: <5410@amdcad.UUCP> Organization: Circle C Shellfish Ranch, Shores-of-the-Pacific, Ca Lines: 28 Xref: watmath net.pets:1245 net.garden:816 net.cooks:5244 > 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? > Snails reflect the flavor of what they have been eating. The best 'cleansing diet' is one that is bland. Such as corn meal. Also be aware that snails can eat some plants that are poisonous to people. Be especially careful with any snails that have grown up near poisonous plants, as the toxin in them may do you in. Cleans them really well. A week or two should be ok, but get an experts advice first. Also, I stepped on a snail a year or two ago and got one horrible case of 'atheletes foot'. It was a different fungus than the usual and was *VERY* hard to get rid of. Seems that snails can harbor many different and *NASTY* fungi. Be careful with them little buggers. (But eat a few for me, revenge is sweet!) -- E. Michael Smith ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems 'If you can dream it, you can do it' Walt Disney This is the obligatory disclaimer of everything. (Including but not limited to: typos, spelling, diction, logic, and nuclear war)