Edible Slugs
R.Dvark
ONE WOULD GO ABOUT PREPARING SLUGS TO EAT. A FRIEND HAS ROASTED A BIG FAT
BLACK ONE IN AN OPEN FIRE AND SAID HE FOUND IT QUITE BITTER. I AM SURE
THERE MUST BE A WAY OF MARINADING THEM TO PRODUCE A MORE PALETABLE DISH.
PLEASE SEND ANY SUGGESTIONS TO ME AT fay_...@hotmail.com
John Neale Baraclough
First you should keep the collected slugs (about 500gm)in a bucket
for a few days. They should be fed on a mix of milk and honey, for
sweet recipes, or garlic, mixed fresh herbs and milk, for savoury
use.This cleans out the digestive tracts and adds flavour.
Next you should rinse them in a colander under the tap to remove
faeces,small bits of mud or grit.Then salt them thickly, like
de-juicing eggplant.Put a plate over the colander and leave for an
hour.Repeat the rinsing under the tap, removing all salt and slime.
For a quick and easy pudding I make a sweet batter,dip the slugs in
and fry in hot butter til golden.Dredge with sugar and a pinch of
nutmeg, or trickle maple syrup.Eat hot with cream.
If you are out all day at work, leave a casserole of slugs,garlic,
onions and mushrooms with a dash of beer, to cook slowly (bottom oven
of an Aga).
Served with spinach and herb dumplings, this is a meal fit for a prince.
Slugs are an amazing free source of vitamin packed protein. The
French custom of eating snails began during the revolution, in
desperation by the starving aristocrats.Once they overcame their
inhibitions, attention was turned to slugs,which quickly acquired a
reputation as an aphrodisiac.The fleeing and in-hiding aristocrats
wanted to boost the birth of blueblooded babies and *not* encourage
the proletariat: the slug secret was well kept they are still
usually only consumed by the crowned heads of Europe.My own recipes
were handed down the family from a great grand mother who was on
intimate terms with three generations of Romanoff men.She was
renowned for the beauty and softness of her skin (attributed to her
diet) which earned her nickname la petite limace de soie.
Janet
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janet.a...@zetnet.co.uk
Jgissw
>Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 18:46:39 GMT
(Snip recipe for cooking slugs.)
Fascinating!! Amazing!!
Regards
John GW
dean
festival every year called "Slug Fest". One of the features is a slug recipe
contest. I never tried to eat one of the things though. Maybe the Chamber of
Commerce could help you.
"R.Dvark" wrote:
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Neohippie
In article <199811271...@zetnet.co.uk>, John Neale Baraclough
<janet.a...@zetnet.co.uk> writes:
> For a quick and easy pudding I make a sweet batter,dip the slugs in
>and fry in hot butter til golden.Dredge with sugar and a pinch of
>nutmeg, or trickle maple syrup.Eat hot with cream.
You've got to be kidding me.
Next you'll be telling me cockroaches are good to eat.
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John Neale Baraclough
from neoh...@aol.comNOSPAM (Neohippie) contains these words:
> Next you'll be telling me cockroaches are good to eat.
Next you'll be telling me you've never heard of chocolate covered
ants.I haven't tried this with cockroaches but see no reason why it
wouldn't be as yummy.
Janet
Gary Cooper
On 1 Dec 1998, Neohippie wrote:
>
> In article <199811271...@zetnet.co.uk>, John Neale Baraclough
> <janet.a...@zetnet.co.uk> writes:
>
> > For a quick and easy pudding I make a sweet batter,dip the slugs in
> >and fry in hot butter til golden.Dredge with sugar and a pinch of
> >nutmeg, or trickle maple syrup.Eat hot with cream.
>
> You've got to be kidding me.
>
> Next you'll be telling me cockroaches are good to eat.
>
I wondered too if that slug recipe was for real.
On the other hand, at a Vietnamese food store I saw some shrink-wrapped
giant Southeast Asian cockroaches for sale in the frozen foods section. I
kid you not.
Ostensibly, they taste something like shrimp with a hint of soy sauce. I
think I'll take their word for it.
Gary
Greg
calmed down enough to be able to stand up. He is still shaking his head
and running into walls.
Greg
StellrJ
>think I'll take their word for it.
Do I detect a hint of Xenophobia?
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Naturalist-at-Large
Have you looked in Darwin's black box lately?