snails
Two things I did this evening I’d never done before:
1. Texted answers to a friend of mine taking part in a pub quiz with George Best.
2. Collected snails from another friend’s garden in preparation for a snail risotto I’m planning on cooking up next week. Normally I’d simply order them online, but Mr Fearnley-Whittingstall informs me that the common garden variety is perfectly acceptable, as long as they’re purged of any impurities first. This is done by feeding them lettuce or carrot for four or fives days, then starving the little fellows for 48 hours prior to execution.
This is already proving to be a harrowing experience, knowing that in just under a week’s time I’m going to have to turn my kitchen into a snail abattoir. They’re beautiful, elegant creatures, but I figure if I’m going to eat meat then I should at least be prepared to face the grim reality of the slaughterhouse floor.
It’s not going to be easy.
read the responses on this at this blog..some of them are pretty funny…..
http://www.blogjam.com/2005/07/26/1314/
hahaha . . . well, I can say that I have never eaten a snail, nor do I plan on it. The thought seems a bit unpleasant to me. But then again, I’m a meat and potato guy.
However, this guy has it right:
“Whatever happened to good, simple “normal” toast and peanut butter?!”