Invasive freshwater snail spreading in Calif.

http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_13900552

Escargot a La Bourguignonne! 

Escargot a La Bourguignonne! 

Yummy, except that escargot is usually land snails and that these New Zealand mudsnails are about 1/8" long.

Invertebrate diversity tends to decrease where New Zealand mudsnails take over which isn't so good for things like trout.

Brian

Let me know if you want the recipe for these snails

Yum, coconut snails.  Do you have a recipe? 

Of course!  This is one of my favorite dish 

Ingredients:

2 to 3 lbs snails, 1tbsp ginger, 1 pc garlic crushed, 1 can coconutmilk, onion, salt, freshly ground black pepper, olive oil, & chilli powder.

Directions:

1.saute onion,garlic,and ginger in a pan
2.add snails after the onion gets caramelized
3.let it cooked in 15 minutes
4.add the coconut oil and let it boil fo another 15 minutes
5.add chilli flavor
6.seasson salt and black ground pepper to taste

Note: make sure that you crack the back of the snail before cooking for easy to sip the meat.