# Just when you thought neighbors couldn't think of new ways to be annoying... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594 "2014-09-05T16:57:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594/21 "2014-09-07T10:10:51Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Forget it. Snails from yards are unfit to eat. Only in the sense that snails, in general, are unfit to eat. The most commonly seen ‘big’ snails in UK gardens are the second-favourite culinary species for the French. I’ve eaten snails from my garden. [http://www.atomicshrimp.com/st/content/snails](http://www.atomicshrimp.com/st/content/snails) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594/22 "2014-09-07T10:14:44Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > The kinds in our garden in Wales go too hard and rubbery when you cook them, and they taste of soil. We wanted to try when we were kids, after we had had escargot in France. You have to purge them, then add whatever flavour you want them to taste of - usually garlic and butter - land snails don’t naturally have much of a flavour. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594/23 "2014-09-07T10:16:20Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > If I were Dave Barry, no doubt I would point out that “Snail Flingers” and “Slug Hurlers” would both be excellent names for rock bands. One or the other of those would be a tribute band, surely… ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594/24 "2014-09-07T10:17:21Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I’ve eaten snails from my garden. Considering your screen name, I am not surprised. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594/25 "2014-09-07T10:52:05Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > You have to purge them, then add whatever flavour you want them to taste of - usually garlic and butter - land snails don’t naturally have much of a flavour. Yeah, but it only really works with the Burgundy snails, the escargot kind, right? Because I know my mum knows how to prepare those, and she did that with the little ones we had in the garden, and they just didn’t taste nice. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594/26 "2014-09-07T13:31:00Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > Yeah, but it only really works with the Burgundy snails, the escargot kind, right? Because I know my mum knows how to prepare those, and she did that with the little ones we had in the garden, and they just didn’t taste nice. The common UK garden snail is known to the French as ‘petit gris’ (little grey). It’s the second best edible land snail in their estimation. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594/27 "2014-09-07T13:47:10Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > The common UK garden snail is known to the French as ‘petit gris’ (little grey). It’s the second best edible land snail in their estimation. Hahaha, must not have been the ones we had! 😃 But you have seriously convinced me to look those up and give it another try! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594/28 "2014-09-07T14:07:18Z")
The snails that invaded my garden here in Jakarta make an unearthly wailing sound while dying. It’s not for the faint of heart. But as payback time for the desecration of my basil and sweet potatoes, it’s pretty satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594/29 "2014-09-07T15:41:12Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > The snails that invaded my garden here in Jakarta make an unearthly wailing sound while dying. It’s not for the faint of heart. But as payback time for the desecration of my basil and sweet potatoes, it’s pretty satisfying. Hmmmm…invertebrates making sounds…that’s a new one on me. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594/30 "2014-09-07T17:18:21Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > Hahaha, must not have been the ones we had! 😃 But you have seriously convinced me to look those up and give it another try! Just be sure to cook them really thoroughly - snails are the intermediate host for lungworms. Medium rare snails are off the menu ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2014, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594/31 "2014-09-08T10:28:07Z")
> [@gracer](#): > > I collect mine in a bucket of soapy water, my family lovingly calls it “slug bucket of death” and other terms of endearment. Occasionally, I have forgotten to pour the contents into the river and left the bucket standing. Empty it the following day, and it stinks in a way that curdles the soul. > > Now my neighbours are pretty heinous people, but they have not yet merited the slug bucket of death being emptied onto them. But the day they cross that line… I will be waiting. With my bucket. > > I would very much like to recommend this to my fellow gardeners who are currently all clearly amateur slug-to-neighbour-flingers. I myself would save it for the yummy mummies who block our driveway during the school run every morning…hmm, you don’t live near Hampshire, do you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-you-thought-neighbors-couldnt-think-of-new-ways-to-be-annoying/697594.md?page=1)