Topic: Edging

[Barnowl]

Does anyone know of an edging/border plant - e.g. box - that slugs don't like to live under?

[star]

No sorry Barnowl, but I would be more than excited to find out anything that slugs dont like 8) :D

[Tee Gee]

that slugs don't like to live under?

I use this phenomena to my advantage!

Because the slugs live in such places this is the only place I put down slug pellets.

The slugs stop for a feed on there way out for their midnight feast and have some more on there return.

Then all I have to do is clear up the pile under the hedge!

This one of the best slug/snail controls I know!!

[Barnowl]

I suppose it would be too much to hope for  :)

[star]

Also did you know for those who don't like pellets (organic or not). If you stab a few (sorry squeemish types) the other slugs will feast on their friends and prefer them to your plants ;)

[GrannieAnnie]

Then there are always 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 sautÈ 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.
I've never had the stomach to tries these  or a slug-hetti recipe but would be interested to know if any of you have :o

[star]

Hahaha........it's a real recipe then?  ;D ;D

I guess we could always do mouse mousse, rat atoullie,welsh, scottish, english or american rabbit on toast ;D ;D ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

if you can eat snails and winkles, why not slugs?

[GrannieAnnie]

if you can eat snails and winkles, why not slugs?

It IS a BIT ironic. We sweat to grow the difficult things to eat but turn our little noses up at something crawling at our feet for free!

[Robert_Brenchley]

You wouldn't have to winkle the buggers out of their shells either. Anyone ever actually bothered to eat their way though a plate of winkles?

[GrannieAnnie]

You wouldn't have to winkle the buggers out of their shells either. Anyone ever actually bothered to eat their way though a plate of winkles?

I have not a clue what winkles are but tonight at a dinner listened to a well traveled business man who makes it a project to taste all the foreign foods he can which have included live snake heart still beating and I think he said snake gall bladder plus the more usual assorted bugs. It made slugs seem rather tame!

[Robert_Brenchley]

They're a small sea snail, which you boil, then get out of their shells with a pin. It's a very fiddly business. Snake is at least a fairly conventional piece of meat.

[springbok]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaOZpKtwBpM&NR=1

How about Gordon Ramseys recipe on cooking our garden snails.

He got his kids to find them, watch and be amazed :D

[Riffster]

I hope I'm being organic ( like ) when I throw 100 or 200 slugs into the stream.  I like to think that something aquatic like them. - am I bothered ?

[Robert_Brenchley]

How big's the stream? Chub and big trout love a nice juicy slug, but it's a fair-sized mouthful.

[antipodes]

This is a complete revolting topic  :-X

Personally I don't get that many slugs but lots of snails... I gather them in a bucket, pour them out on the path and get the kids to stomp on them.

That's organic I guess...

In France some people here put HAIR around plants to stop slugs (like clippings from the hairdresser) - they say it works with rabbits too

nasty slimy things, spew spew spew

ps snails however are very nice baked in that parsley garlic butter but you have to give them detox first - feed them on flour for a few days in a bucket, then starve them until they clean out their intestines. Charming...

[Kea]

I have not a clue what winkles are but tonight at a dinner listened to a well traveled business man who makes it a project to taste all the foreign foods he can which have included live snake heart still beating and I think he said snake gall bladder plus the more usual assorted bugs. It made slugs seem rather tame!
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GrannieAnnie your businessman sounds like my ex-husband he travels all over the place and tries the local dishes quite often in isolated african and South american villiages then tells the boys what he's eaten and they think he's off his head! Last heard he was in New York...I think the foods pretty normal there.