far all you brave people!

Please also see the food section http://www.carvoeiro.com/food
Post Reply
bifas 1st darling!
CVO Master
CVO Master
Posts: 762
Joined: Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:35 pm

far all you brave people!

Post by bifas 1st darling! »

1 bag of snails from Modelo fish counter washed under cold running water. place in pan and just cover with cold water, on a VERY low heat, heat until all snails have come out of their shells and are dead, ahhhhh :cry: Strain. Heat until boiling 1,5 Lts water with 1 chicken stock cube, 4 cloves of crushed garlic, 6 sprigs of oregano or a hand full of leaves, a tblsp of olive oil, a couple of handfulls of rock salt. Add snails and cook for a further 10 mins. serve with bread and butter and lots of beer. Oh, and cocktail sticks or needles to get the snails out. 8) 8)



The big ones can be done the same way :wink:
e-richard
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 3031
Joined: Fri Jan 10, 2003 4:18 pm
Location: Surrey and Carvoeiro
Contact:

Post by e-richard »

Droool. I'm coming round for dinner !

Where do the snails come from ? Are they local ?
Canada
CVO Master
CVO Master
Posts: 1384
Joined: Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:04 pm
Location: Picton Ontario, Canada

Post by Canada »

It has taken them 50 years to come from France, e-richard
Bruce Wallis
CVO Oracle
CVO Oracle
Posts: 5505
Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:35 am
Location: Wroxham, Norfolk/ Vale de Centiannes

Post by Bruce Wallis »

Well....YOU try swimming the Atlantic :lol:
e-richard
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 3031
Joined: Fri Jan 10, 2003 4:18 pm
Location: Surrey and Carvoeiro
Contact:

Post by e-richard »

Bruce Wallis wrote:Well....YOU try swimming the Atlantic :lol:
You talking about the Atlantic that separates France from Portugal ? :?
Bruce Wallis
CVO Oracle
CVO Oracle
Posts: 5505
Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:35 am
Location: Wroxham, Norfolk/ Vale de Centiannes

Post by Bruce Wallis »

No.......culturally, that is even wider....it's called Spain
:wink:
bifas 1st darling!
CVO Master
CVO Master
Posts: 762
Joined: Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:35 pm

Post by bifas 1st darling! »

well, I get them from Modelo in Lagoa, that's pretty local :wink:
blue
CVO Legend
CVO Legend
Posts: 3131
Joined: Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:26 pm
Location: Nr Algoz

Post by blue »

The locals pick them off the plants along the verges & anywhere there's vegetation, you must have seen them out there with their plastic carrier bags. The Portuguese bars often sell them 'Caracóis' & serve them in little dishes.
bifas 1st darling!
CVO Master
CVO Master
Posts: 762
Joined: Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:35 pm

Post by bifas 1st darling! »

If you pick them from the palnts you must keep them for about a week, sometimes longer, in a box or one of those string bags like the ones potatoes come in. This gets rid of any toxins, mustn't leave them for too long though or they'll become too thin (not nice a thin snail :shock: ) or die.
Helen
CVO Senior
CVO Senior
Posts: 267
Joined: Fri Jul 04, 2003 2:18 pm
Location: Isle of Mull/Caramujeira

Post by Helen »

When my mother-in-law gets snails from the garden she'll often keep them in a box for a few days, then my 3 year old boy spots them and 'saves them' by setting them free back in the garden!
Post Reply