Sunday 24 August 2008

Camera critters: sea snails



These snails seem to be quite cosy stuck onto the rotting wooden post of an unkempt fence at Kalamaki Beach. The owner of the house says that they are edible. They are boiled and extracted out of the shell with a pin, then dipped into an oil-garlic-vinegar dip before they are eaten.

For a completely different perspective of snail meals, click here.

18 comments:

  1. That's very cool I have never seen anything like it before. But I'm not to keen on the whole eating them thing.

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  2. Wow, that could be taken for something out of a gallery - Beach Art. All that old timber, rusty wire and the lovely shells!

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  3. I think I would prefer to look at them than eat them!

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  4. What a cool photo. I like snails but not to eat :-p

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  5. Now that is a different photo for CC..but not sure that I would want to eat them..@:}

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  6. How neat! Sea snails! Great and unusual photos and post! Well done!

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  7. Wow, I've never seen something like that. Very interesting.

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  8. It looks almost like a sculpture.Very neat!

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  9. It's an attractive picture.
    Winkles are eaten like that.

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  10. What a wonderful image. So many of them. I'm a veggie thogu so I'll pas on the bite to eat.

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  11. wow, these are real live snails?? they looks so pretty and decorative!

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  12. As genious Cretan I love fried snails with rosemary(μπουμπουριστά)! Yummy!!!!

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  13. Maria,
    I've never seen such a large collection of snails...wow, and they look a little,well, disgusting to me...

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  14. WOW! I have never seen anything like this before! That is SO cool.

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  15. What an amazing shot! These snails almost look like sea shells!

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  16. They look so pretty on that post it seems a shame to pull them off and eat them .. but with garlic butter and crusty bread I would be tempted! Nice photo!!

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