Who Want Some Snail For Lunch
By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
Philippines
September 22, 2017 2:26am CST
We call this as "leddeg"- a freshwater snail that people usually gather this season. This our native type of snail and its edible. We like more this specie than the golden one. Darker in color but sweeter in taste.
Usually we cook by adding some vegetables like string beans and white turnip fruits. Its a sour taste with lots of unripe tamarind fruit. Its really a sweet meal for us and we really like it.
When we eat this, we often call as lips to lips because you need to slurp the flesh inside.
Photo is mine
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10 responses
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
22 Sep 17
OH! Snails are delicious. Fried snails with pepper and peppermint leaves are often served as a traditional dish in Mid-Autumn Festival and bedtime snacks!
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
22 Sep 17
You know I really want to try this fried snails, what is the ingredients for this and would I do it.
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
23 Sep 17
@ilocosboy er....exactly... i dont know. But I could show you few days later. My mom will do it on Mid-Autumn.
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
22 Sep 17
I think that's what we call " kuhol ". there are plenty of that in the ricefields.
They are destructive to ricefield owners.
Actually, I have experienced helping in taking those Kuhol from the ricefield also their eggs...
We can take sacks of them.. and the people already lost appetite in eating them because they are too many...
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@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
27 Sep 17
@ilocosboy oh yeah.... the ones that we gather from the ricefields have pink eggs and big in size...
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
22 Sep 17
Maybe what you are referring to is the "golden kuhol" which has beautiful pink eggs. This dont usually thribe in ricefield but in shallow rivers, lakes and ricefields without rice plants. The tail of this snall is longer and the size is smaller than those golden.
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@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
22 Sep 17
@kepweng ..
Nope! I get the chance to taste that only when I visit some relatives in the province of Philippines and had a lot of it..And I really miss it so much! 
Nope! I get the chance to taste that only when I visit some relatives in the province of Philippines and had a lot of it..And I really miss it so much! @ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
22 Sep 17
He he, beware of high cholesterol from stomach.
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@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
23 Sep 17
This is a favorite of mine although eating it can be a bit of tedious to a newbie. I want my dish extra spicy with chili pepper.
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Better to prepare this dish when i go and visit you!
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
23 Sep 17
Oh wow, now I have someone who like this food
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
23 Sep 17
@allen0187 there's season for this snail my friend, usually during the start of rice season
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Sep 17
In before the disgusted Non Asian, Non French people....
I actually co0llect garden snails. Feed them carrots for a week to get rid of toxins and cook them.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
7 Oct 17
@ilocosboy I just cooked some garden snails. I had some of them in coconut milk while others are baked in butter like the french do.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
22 Sep 17
Yeah I believe so, we love it.
After gathering we usually let them crawl in the pan for half to one day to clean their stomach.
@Letranknight2015 (51490)
• Philippines
22 Sep 17
No thank you, I can have the sitaw instead
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
22 Sep 17
in our parents hometown the snails they eat are smaller and cooked in coconut milk.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
22 Sep 17
Oh that is my first suggestion, these snails cooked in coconut milk, but of course when at kitchen the chef has the rule, and my wife rules the kitchen at that time.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
22 Sep 17
I had never had this..escargot? I believe that is the other name for it.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
22 Sep 17
@ilocosboy I see ilocosboy..thank you for educating me to this certain species native to the Filipino.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
22 Sep 17
I search it in internet and I believe its escargot but with different specie. If you notice the tail of "leddeg" is longer and the color is darker. Now I know its not only us Filipino are having this in the table.
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@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
25 Sep 17
No, I still could not eat a snail. It is amazing what the rest of the world eats. In some places Termites are a delicacy, but I could not eat those either. With snails it possibly is my aversion to shellfish as the texture might be the same. You can keep the snails!
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Sep 17
Well, consider this as an exotic food and some just love exotic, that includes me
@AkoPinay (11544)
• Philippines
23 Sep 17
@ilocosboy maybe if you cook it in coconut milk super hot & spicy
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
22 Sep 17
Oh that photo you posted is what we call "marumpi", our fishermen gather them in the beach.
You tasted the golden specie, maybe you will love this more.
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