slugs (was Re: [HPforGrownups] In or out?)

[Jen Faulkner]

On Tue, 29 May 2001 naama_gat at hotmail.com wrote:

> The curse simply fills the stomach with slugs (hence, "eat slugs,
> Malfoy"), which are then vomited because slugs are not digestible (or
> are they? My dog, at least, who eats EVERYTHING, won't touch them).

Actually... I highly suspect that slugs *are* digestible; they're a
relative of snails and mollusks, I think.  Eating (infected) raw slugs
can cause several gastrointestinal disorders (that can be quite
serious), but provided you cook the slugs properly, they should be
edible.  I'm pretty sure they're not poisonous.  Who knows, maybe
they've even got some nutritional value.

I don't recommend it though.  Blecch.  Ewwww.

--jen, who has never tried snails, let alone slugs *g*

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