Free food in Northern Cyprus

Alig8aBytes


Joined: 27/09/2010
Posts: 83

Message Posted:
15/03/2011 19:56

Yeh - this place is crawling with them !



If you can catch them .



" Helix Aspersa "



Available throughout the Mediterranean - called " Centurion's Food " since Roman Times.



http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article6381462.ece



ENJOY !!!

Vidal


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 867

Message Posted:
15/03/2011 20:23

Oh yuk! Each to their own, but I just could'nt.



Does anybody like snail...and could you eat slug?

judyr


Joined: 07/07/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
15/03/2011 20:33

Yum - love them but only ever had the cultivated ones, a bit like live mussels and cockles etc... they need to be fed on meal/four to clear the grit from their intestines .. but dressed in galic, parsley and oil, grilled - such an indulgence!

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
16/03/2011 09:33

Can't say I've seen them "in the wild". Seen plenty in old broken fridges in Cypriots gardens. Where/when do we catch them?

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
16/03/2011 09:44

Escargot "Petit Gris" Cooked in Garlic Butter with French Bread ....Collect Early Morning.... Delicious

BoTanica


Joined: 22/12/2009
Posts: 714

Message Posted:
16/03/2011 11:52

Gordon ramsay got his children to collect some from their garden, he then cooked them and the children ate them!! Never tried them myself and don't think I will.........

yenibob


Joined: 13/10/2010
Posts: 1203

Message Posted:
16/03/2011 12:08

I have had them a few times (slow learner), but the fact you have to hide the taste with garlic, tells you all you need to know.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
16/03/2011 12:37

Yenibob...you can eat them without Garlic, but they taste like whelks without the sea saltiness,the Garlic adds to the flavour........Try them again they are really good

suehowlittle


Joined: 31/10/2010
Posts: 1202

Message Posted:
16/03/2011 16:04

yukkkkkkkiiiiiii!!!!! If thats all you can find to eat perhaps you should fiind some greens

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
16/03/2011 16:09

A bit too "chewy" for me, but I have tried them, much prefer mussels

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
16/03/2011 16:11

msg 9, if you don't fancy snails try these........."cuisses de grenouilles"..... yummy

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
16/03/2011 18:53

They are a Cypriot delicasy,picked from rocks.

And the ones not tried them.....................you haven't a clue what you are missing.My mum used to cook them for us in cus cus/bulgur and yougart on the side in their shells and give us niddles to put hole through bottom and suck from the top.Have since tried other ways of them being cooked,specialy in french restaurants in London and decided that my mum's way of cooking them is no longer my favorite.



ps.The ones know me and my mum:I'll never forgive you if you tell her.