# Edibility of slugs v.s. escargot (Mollusks=Yum!)

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 7, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edibility-of-slugs-v-s-escargot-mollusks-yum/466815 "2008-10-07T06:14:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![HearseSalad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@HearseSalad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HearseSalad)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edibility-of-slugs-v-s-escargot-mollusks-yum/466815/1 "2008-10-07T06:14:01Z")

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I have had escargot with garlic butter and found it divine not counting the prohibitive cost. When I was living in the ever-damp state of Oregon a few years back I came upon the idea of slugs as a cheap, (and perhaps) tasty substitute to the tasty french dish (they are both mollusks, right?). Well, today with the power of the internet, I have found no reliable information on the ediblity of slugs. I have read many stories on how they can make your tongue go numb, or they will just kill you outright, but nothing documented. So, I ask the might of the straight dope forums to help me find a answer, before I stir-fry one of the little guys eating my tomato plants.

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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edibility-of-slugs-v-s-escargot-mollusks-yum/466815/2 "2008-10-07T06:25:34Z")

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[Some people seem to think they’re edible](http://rickshawunschooling.blogspot.com/2007/10/wild-food-killing-our-own-meat.html).

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**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edibility-of-slugs-v-s-escargot-mollusks-yum/466815/3 "2008-10-07T07:27:30Z")

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> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#):
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> [Some people seem to think they’re edible](http://rickshawunschooling.blogspot.com/2007/10/wild-food-killing-our-own-meat.html).

Yikes. There’s a few too many slime removal steps required to even sound remotely appetizing. And, deep fried and breaded? Of course he thinks they taste good.

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**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edibility-of-slugs-v-s-escargot-mollusks-yum/466815/4 "2008-10-07T08:59:12Z")

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My girlfriend had slug lasagna one time when she was living in the south of italy. I have no idea if this is a local specialty or she was staying with a very eccentric family. They are, apparently, very very very chewy.