Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site tymix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!oliveb!tymix!kanner From: kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner) Newsgroups: net.pets,net.garden,net.cooks Subject: Re: raising snails Message-ID: <563@tymix.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 12:36:20 EST Article-I.D.: tymix.563 Posted: Fri Nov 1 12:36:20 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 06:31:43 EST References: <5410@amdcad.UUCP> <2161@amdahl.UUCP> <2604@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner) Organization: Tymnet Inc., Cupertino CA Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.pets:1260 net.garden:819 net.cooks:5281 Summary: The discussion of snail species and questions as to the edibility of the common (California) garden snail makes me wonder where all of you were during the years I was exposed to the following legend: The legend has it that some frenchman, around the turn of the century, or perhaps earlier, imported a couple dozen live snails of the edible variety from France in order to breed them for food. Unfortunately, a few escaped. Being a foreign variety, they had no natural enemies here and took over the west coast and are now the common California garden snail. Please don't flame me if this is total BS. I can't even remember the source of the legend any more. -- Herb Kanner Tymnet, Inc. ...!hplabs!oliveb!tymix!kanner