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-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Simpson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, September 18, 1999 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: freeze-dried snails


>I had a similar thing happen with a large whelk.  I put it on an any hill
>and they wouldn't touch it!  Being discouraged, I threw it in the Lake in
>front of our house when the water was high...having no idea it would stay
>there.  Three months later, the water level dropped and there was my whelk
>(looking sorta ridiculous seeing a knobbed whelk sitting on the shore of a
>fresh water lake)
>
>There was not one ounce of anything left in it!  I never thought of this
>method of cleaning shells.  But I'll remember it in the future.  Don't know
>if fish or turtles got the meat--probably little fish.
>
>Carol
>-----Original Message-----
>From: G Thomas Watters <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 11:02 AM
>Subject: freeze-dried snails
>
>
>>I recently defrosted a large bag of snails from the beer refrigerator in
>>the garage. They (the snails, not the beer) have been in there for 14
years
>>and are quite freeze-dried. I placed them outside to "soften" but they are
>>so desiccated that they are still mummified after a month of 90+
>>temperatures and near 100% humidity. Ants, flies, chipmunks, even the
>>raccoons won't touch them. I hesitate to "reconstitute" them in water as I
>>fear they will turn into a putrifying mess. Has anyone any experience with
>>this situation? We're talking big snails - Busycon, Strombus, etc.
>>
>>
>>*****************************************
>> G Thomas Watters
>> Ohio Biological Survey &
>> Aquatic Ecology Laboratory
>> Ohio State University
>> 1315 Kinnear Road
>> Columbus, OH 43212 USA
>> v: 614-292-6170  f: 614-292-0181
>>******************************************
>>
>>"The world is my oyster except for months with an 'R' in them" - Firesign
>>Theater
>>
>>"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he
>>has to buy a license" - GTW