Kitchen Garden Forum

Where have all the slugs gone this year? I cannot believe I still have perfect carrots in the ground in December completely slug free. Was it the dry summer I wonder? and does that mean we are in for an onslaught of them next year? Either way for now I am one happy bunny.

Beryl.

Think they are all in my garden Beryl.

We may be able to make a fortune selling them to Holland and Barratt along with the snails as they are selling a new skin product "Organic Snail Gel" which apparently supports skin repair, moisture repairing, soothing and anti-aging.

Yes I was given a sachet of this as a free gift this week. I haven't brought myself to use it yet. Suppose we could cut out the middle man and just catch a few snails and rub them on our faces.

[color=#40FF80] Suppose we could cut out the middle man and just catch a few snails and rub them on our faces[/color]

Oh blimey! Now I won't be able to sleep without that picture appearing in my brain cell!

I saw that advertised Plumpudding - urgh - no thank you.

Beryl.

A long dry spell certainly sends the slugs somewhere but as soon as we have a damp spell they all reappear pretty soon.
I suspect they are far more cunning than we think. As soon as they sense a dry spell they must pitch up somewhere damp ready to emerge again as soon as suitable (for them) conditions return. Like rabbits we just have to learn to live with them and hopefully keep things under control.

John

But I'm sure they wouldn't be as tasty as rabbits in a pie.

Rabbit Stew for me Fred - delicious.

Beryl.

I posted this tasty recipe a couple of years ago. I don't know if anyone tried it (but we have lost a fair few regular forum posters since then ).

Slug Fritters

Ingredients

10 freshly slaughtered slugs cleaned of all outer mucous
1/2 cup of cornmeal
1/2 cup of high protein flour
3 eggs
2 egg yolks
1/4 cup of heavy cream
4 tbs. Of butter
4tsp.of sour cream

Instructions

First chop the slugs into fine mince, then beat the eggs and egg yolks with the heavy cream together. Sift the dry ingredients and then cut 2 tbs of butter into that mixture. Add the egg and cream mixture to the dry ingredients and whip with a whisk vigorously for one to two minutes. Melt one tbs of butter in a sauté pan and pure the batter into 2 1/2 inch cakes in two batches. Serve warm with a dollop of sour cream.
Yields 4 servings.

Pass the bucket.....

And as for putting them on your face it's bad enough getting a bit of snail slime on your fingers and you can't get it off...yuk!!! It just goes to show that if you make something trendy, package it nicely then you can sell people anything.

MW

Motherwoman wrote:Pass the bucket.....

And as for putting them on your face it's bad enough getting a bit of snail slime on your fingers and you can't get it off...yuk!!! It just goes to show that if you make something trendy, package it nicely then you can sell people anything.

MW

My two dogs mean I have to bag & bin pounds of waste each day, if I packaged it well and started rumours on Facebook about its beneficial effects, do you think there are women out there who are both desperate enough about holding back the "ravages of time" and credulous enough to buy this sort of crap?

Go for it Peter! And if you need extra supplies....

You could market it as Faecepak

That's a crap name for a product

Have to admit it is bad, so bad it stinks!

didn't see many slugs or snails last year,hope they are gone to visit somewhere else.