Escargot

[OnMyWay]

18 minutes ago, robert k said:

I think I have heard frog called "mountain chicken" in the Philippines.

I have those in the yard too.  Big ones.  Maybe I should open a French resto?

[robert k]

Just now, OnMyWay said:

I have those in the yard too.  Big ones.  Maybe I should open a French resto?

Frogs or toads? I doubt the toads can be made edible or there wouldn't be any.

[OnMyWay]

1 minute ago, robert k said:

Frogs or toads?

I don't know.  They hop around and croak real loud.  Probably toads.

[Dave Hounddriver]

27 minutes ago, OnMyWay said:

 They hop around and croak real loud.  Probably toads

http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/general/frogtoad.html

That site tells the main differences but to me, I character the frogs as living mainly in water and the toads as living in cool damp places on land.

[OnMyWay]

Just now, Dave Hounddriver said:

toads as living in cool damp places on land.

I got da toads.  I'll probably get warts in all the wrong places.

[chris49]

15 hours ago, robert k said:

Frogs or toads? I doubt the toads can be made edible or there wouldn't be any.

They are highly poisonous the local toads.

We do get frogs sometimes. Nowhere near as good as the frogs legs in USA. Fried to make them crunchy, I found them mostly skin and bones. Not highly regarded here, we get them only rarely. But they are out there every night.

[chris49]

Big rain then the field flooded. They guys were picking up the snails by the handful. As pictured above, clean as a whistle, but the shells irregular, all different shapes. Coming in by the tub full, but not everyone likes them. The guys here know how to cook them, so I will rely on that. Close my eyes to the dirty bits and assume that everything is neutralized during cooking. Lucky to have saved a bit of wine, red not white, so watch this space.

Bad luck I had a massive bowl of guacamole and we also have mongo beans cooking.

Tomorrow lunch...Filipino Snails a la Francais with la buerre and garlic. Butter and garlic.

[Steve GCC]

Escargot cooked well, cant beat it.......nom nom nom!

I remember having Pampanga crickets once at a restaurant in Manilla........also very tasty, cooked with chilli and crunchy but very good - 

[Kevin Wong]

On 8/13/2016 at 5:16 PM, OnMyWay said:

Has anyone found a resto where they serve fresh local Escargot?  I have so many big ones around here I thought maybe we could start a wholesale business.

Do you still have some? Also would you know the species of the snail?

[OnMyWay]

4 hours ago, Kevin Wong said:

Do you still have some? Also would you know the species of the snail?

There are plenty around and no, I don't know the species.