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

[Sheryll Townsend]

--- meckelburg at foni.net wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...>
> wrote:
> > Jen F wrote:
> > 
> > > 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.  
> > 
> > In wine, with plenty of garlic.  ::smacks lips::
> 
> in Oil, with Herbs and, yes really plenty, Garlic
> too... they taste 
> great!!
>   
> > > --jen, who has never tried snails, let alone
> slugs *g*
> > 
> > The only time I've eaten something that tasted
> good but that I just 
> > could not enjoy because of the =thought= of what I
> was eating was 
> > when I had escargot.  I've never ordered them
> again.
> 
> I think, they are really the reason, why I taste
> things other people 
> call eatable, before refusing just by the thought!!
> i tasted them 
> first when I was 10. My Grandfather ordered some in
> a restaurant, 
> asked me to taste. When I said I love them, he told
> me what they were.
> I was too proud to just say I won't eat them! I
> still love them!

I love them too! Definitely with lots of garlic. And
not overcooked, otherwise it's like chewing little
bits of rubber. My daughter first tried them when she
was 5 and was thereafter offended when she didn't get
them as a appetizer along with the grown-ups.
> 
> But I was on a holiday in Tunesia, where they served
> brain!! I *did* 
> taste a spoonfull. YUCK!! Never again!!
> 
> Mecki!

Brains - now that's something I've never had the
opportunity to try. Why never again? Did they taste
terrible or problem of texture (which is why some
people I know won't eat liver)?

BTW, was it Scott who wanted another food discussion?
Scott, where are you?

Sheryll

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"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

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