Dear All;-
        Wassa matter all you people out there eatin' snails an stuff? Caint ya
get no decent American food like Pizza or Chop Suey? Come on people. Don't yer
want Dunkin Donuts to stay in business? Gees!
    Q Man


Ellen Bulger wrote:

> I admit I do prefer to collect gastropod shells (though I do adore those
> Venus species with the heavy concentric sculpture, you just HAVE to touch
> them.).
>
> But, at mealtime, I have a heavy bias towards bivalves. Yes, I've had
> delicious snail conch, but I'm always a little amazed that they are good and
> suspect the tastiness depends largely on the sauce or garlic butter. But
> bivalves are best with minimal adornment; steamer clams and muscles in their
> own broth, raw oysters with a squeeze of lemon juice.
>
> Sadly, because of pollution, I don't risk eating shellfish very often these
> days.