Garden Snail
By Bathgate
- 14 Jun, 2017
- 4 likes
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Well captured my nan owned businesses in Bristol years ago one was a cafe by the docks she would send my mum as a kid out to collect them off the walls around Bristol nan would cook and sell them to the French sailors for a penny each.
Lol Waddy the French think they are tastie.
14 Jun, 2017
Looks so innocent too!
14 Jun, 2017
LOL I have no intentions of eating them, I'm Irish.
15 Jun, 2017
I think the ones the french eat are a different variety. I've tasted them on more than one occasion...with garlic butter and crusty bread, yummy!
15 Jun, 2017
Neither have I Bathgate ??
15 Jun, 2017
Don't know what you're missing 3d ☺
15 Jun, 2017
They are the same Waddy you just have to ensure they have nt eaten slug pellets or foxglove .
http://www.them-apples.co.uk/2012/07/how-to-catch-clean-and-cook-garden-snails/
15 Jun, 2017
Well, well, well...who knows what we might be having for tea next week?!
15 Jun, 2017
Lol make sure you keep them for a month or two first and feed them your self to make sure .
15 Jun, 2017
Lol! My OH is going to think I've completely lost my marbles if I start keeping and feeding snails!!
15 Jun, 2017
They make good money if you feed them up and sell them to the French your OH would nt think your mad then if he got a new car out of it now would he lol
15 Jun, 2017
That might take an awful lot of snails lol!!
15 Jun, 2017
Lol I suppose it would a bloke on the tv once discovered the value of them so started breeding them and selling them to the French.
15 Jun, 2017
I don't think I'm likely to live long enough to make enough for a Series 3 Land Rover, because that's what he'd want!
16 Jun, 2017
I would buy him one this one lol
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/263019897055?clk_rvr_id=1233768577285&vectorid=229508&lgeo=1&item=263019897055&rmvSB=true
16 Jun, 2017
I think only the real thing would do lol!
17 Jun, 2017
Some people you just can't please ?
17 Jun, 2017
I know...tell me about it lol!
18 Jun, 2017
:o))
19 Jun, 2017
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Ahh! hope you've no tasty plants near by.
14 Jun, 2017