Can I make escargot out of garden snails? Are there any health risks? Are they generally too small?
They have parasites that'll bore into your muscles. I forget the name.
>>9089792
You have to eat snails that have been raised on a diet of corn meal in a tank. Snails out in the wild have crap and parasites in their system.
It's a possibility.
Though at about a 5% chance it can carry rat lungworm, so if you know there is an infestation of rats in your area, I would say stay away.
Though if cleaned properly and well you are in an area with little to no wild rats, it should be safe to try once at least. Besides Gordon Ramsey can agree to eating garden variety escargo.
>>9089824
So can I try and raise the snails I have now until they make eggs, take the eggs out of the tank, and then grow them in a seperate container on corn meal so I won't die?
>>9089848
> plain water bath
> 2 to 3 day detox, until their shit is clear.
> feed them carrots and cornmeal, 2+ days. Until their shit is orange
> refrigerate until they hibernated (stop any movement
> cook in whichever way you desire
>>9089921
You gotta drain them, it's pretty horrendous but indispensable
>>9089824
gordon ramsy picks snails out of his garden and feeds them to his family, there is a video of it from the f word
>>9090795
he's rich enough to buy a new family when his old one dies from infected snails
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ju7_ZORsZw