3: Gardening Diaries ...

[alp]

Think the rain has stopped. Going to have lunch and go out and conquer the treeline!

 

[Leeski]

Anyone any idea what these eggs are thinking snails ? There about the size of a small pea !

 

[Logan]

View attachment 43215 Anyone any idea what these eggs are thinking snails ? There about the size of a small pea !

They look like snail eggs.

 

[Leeski]

They look like snail eggs.

Snail Cavia for our evening meal lol

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Have potted on some Bellis perennis and checked over some Primula seedings.....they will go out into the borders next month along with the Wallflowers.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Have also potted up some strawberry runners.....and have plenty more to do!

 

[MaryMary]

Generally I prepare courgettes (zucchini) by giving it away. Two people can absorb only so much squash!

Even if that means you throw it in an open car window, and go about your business!!

Anybody knows what to use to help the sink drain water. Son said that the sink has been totally blocked by fats.

From now on, line a strainer with paper towels or even newspaper, and pour the grease in it. Let it cool a bit, then throw it in the trash. When you have a minute, Google "fatbergs."

 

[Upsy Daisy]

We save my Actimel bottles and cool the fat/oil slightly before pouring it in to them. Nothing goes down our drains except water....not even coffee grounds or tea leaves

 

[MaryMary]

Snail Cavia for our evening meal lol

Garden snails ARE escargot.

Click this link.
This. Means. War!

 

[Leeski]

Garden snails ARE escargot.

Click this link.
This. Means. War!

Traditional served cooked in garlic butter really nice but wouldn’t eat the ones in my garden I know where they have been lol
Next doors dog likes my garden snails I think or at least I hope so been chucking them over the fence to him last two years

 

[Leeski]

Traditional served cooked in garlic butter really nice but wouldn’t eat the ones in my garden I know where they have been lol
Next doors dog likes my garden snails I think or at least I hope so been chucking them over the fence to him last two years

 

[MaryMary]

Traditional served cooked in garlic butter really nice but wouldn’t eat the ones in my garden I know where they have been lol

You're supposed to purge them for two weeks, in case they have eaten anything toxic.

Here is a recipe for your Snail Caviar!!

https://wsimag.com/food-and-wine/13296-the-roman-snail

Now we come back to Rome, where the snails are still bred, to reconnect with our past, our traditions, the essence of an ancient world that belongs to us. A territory that being the same mentioned in ancient texts, makes particular the land, incomparable the climate, and consequently unique the production of snails, here the speciality of the roman snail or 'la lumara romana' how is called in the place and also of something quite new for the world of modern cuisine 'the snail caviar' or 'snail eggs' or 'pearls of Aphrodite', in many different ways in which it is defined, but that also was known in the past and especially in the period of ancient Rome.

The snail caviar is a food suitable for most refined tables, its texture and its size makes it a gastronomic delight. The exquisite and delicate taste make it an excellent culinary delicacy. Now is known all over the world, but is born on fields where is still bred with the ancient formula of the roman snail. That makes its tasting a unique sensory experience still being used, from the kitchen of a high standard developed in the best restaurants and by the best cooks, until to the home hearth where you use the dish for a special occasion or for someone special. Snails, the roman snails and snails caviar, a poor dish, a dish old, today becomes a rich dish, a plate modern, diversified in the Italian cuisine, diversified in the French cuisine, but still tasty and nutritious as it once was. Wherever you go and ask a dish of snails or caviar snails, remember that everything was born 2000 years ago, near Rome, in your past, so taste what you eat and reconnect with your past.

Buon appetito what else!

Secret Recipe of Gourmet Italiano
Roman snails (‘Ciumacata’) with snails caviar
Ingredients for 4 people:
500g/17.63oz Snails
500g/17.63oz Peeled tomatoes
50g/1.76oz Snails Caviar
5 Anchovies
Olive oil
Mint
Chilli
2 cloves of garlic
salt
pepper

Preparation:
Fry garlic and oil, and, as soon as the garlic is golden, remove and add the anchovies, tomatoes made into pieces, mint, salt, pepper and chilli. When the sauce has thickened, add the snails clean (before cooking) and simmer for at least an hour, adding water if necessary. Before serving add caviar snails on the inlet of the shell on taste.

 

[alp]

Snail Cavia for our evening meal lol

Sounds yummy probably to the French. Once I was serving on a till and this small tub flashed up £100 or more! I couldn't believe my eyes. That was years ago. That was the supermarket Princess Diana went to queue up! Shame I missed her.

Could slugs or snails. Blast the critters!

They look like snail eggs.

Slugs' or snails'!

 

[alp]

Have potted on some Bellis perennis and checked over some Primula seedings.....they will go out into the borders next month along with the Wallflowers.View attachment 43218 View attachment 43219

Nice job! No wonder I have nothing to show in my gardens. All these great planners and grands projets!

 

[alp]

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Do you hate him?