When I was a kid I was out in the country with my family staying in the rural Midlands and I was told by one of the people we were staying with that the Romans brought garlic to Britain. I still don't know if my leg was being pulled but the bloke who owned the place showed us where the wild garlic grew on his property.
When I was a kid I was out in the country with my family staying in the rural Midlands and I was told by one of the people we were staying with that the Romans brought garlic to Britain. I still don't know if my leg was being pulled but the bloke who owned the place showed us where the wild garlic grew on his property.
They also introduced those bloody great land snails (they used to eat them) and we have them still, in certain parts of Britain.
A study, carried out in the 80's I believe, searched for these snails around the ruins of an old Roman pottery producing site (along Watling Street, near to Elstree), which showed all the signs of being a busy roman "market", and had extensive dwellings nearby.
They found these large land snails, but only for a mile radius. Just shows you how slow they are......2000 years to cover a mile.
Now, snails with garlic sauce...mmmhh!
I suddenly see how a few dishes were invented, Francis: sloppy cooks, or bad eyesight, maybe? :wink:
AngeliqueEast wrote:Ooops, doubles again.
My keyboard was stuttering
Francis
Do you grow your own snails or buy them?
msolga - I have enough them in my garden but the ones I eat, I buy...
Cleaner, more hygienic? Or do they taste better?
None - dont care searching for them, or preparing them...
msolga wrote:Cleaner, more hygienic? Or do they taste better?
No, Francis can never catch them.
Yes, I'd better chat with my London friends, isn't it, Steve?
Well its good excercise.
(How are you Francis...going to Chicago?)
