nessus@nsc.UUCP (Kchula-Rrit) (08/13/85)
[A slug is a snail with an eviction notice.]
After reading the recent slug stories in this group, a curious thought
hit me: How big are these slugs that people talk about? I'll start with
my observations:
St. Paul Park, Minn.(Near St. Paul-Minneapolis) approx 3/8 to 1/2 inch.
They only lived in areas where there was lots of vegetation, such as in the
river valley. The civilized climate helps, I'm sure.
San Jose, Calif. 1 to 3 inches long; they lived EVERYWHERE.
San Leandro, Calif. 1 to 1 1/2 inches long.
Kchula-Rritlandauer@drivax.UUCP (Doug Landauer) (08/16/85)
Kchula-Rrit asks:
> How big are these slugs that people talk about?
In the Santa Cruz mountains (Ben Lomond), slugs are only one
to three inches long.
In Forest Springs (just outside of Boulder Creek), they have banana
slugs. These are six or seven inches long, yellowish, and sort of
triangular-looking.
One of the Szechwan restaurants in Santa Cruz (the Swan) has a
curried eggplant dish where they've cut up the eggplant in six-
inch long triangular strips. The curry turns the strips yellow.
And the consistency! I can't imagine a better way to make a fake
dish of cooked banana slugs. I ordered the dish once. I didn't
eat very much of it.
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-- "(So far!)" --terry@nrcvax.UUCP (Terry Grevstad) (08/16/85)
nessus@nsc.UUCP (Kchula-Rrit) says: > After reading the recent slug stories in this group, a curious thought >hit me: How big are these slugs that people talk about? I'll start with >my observations: > Kchula-Rrit And I'll add my observations: Seattle, Washington: 3 to 5 inchs long (and when they are stretched out and crawling away as fast as they can, make that 5 to 7 inches long) Slugs know how to live right in Seattle! -- \"\t\f1A\h'+1m'\f4\(mo\h'+1m'\f1the\h'+1m'\f4\(es\t\f1\c _______________________________________________________________________ Terry Grevstad Network Research Corporation {sdcsvax,hplabs}!sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!terry ucbvax!calma!nrcvax!terry
dbp@dataio.UUCP (Dave Pellerin) (08/17/85)
> >St. Paul Park, Minn.(Near St. Paul-Minneapolis) approx 3/8 to 1/2 inch. >They only lived in areas where there was lots of vegetation, such as in the >river valley. The civilized climate helps, I'm sure. > >San Jose, Calif. 1 to 3 inches long; they lived EVERYWHERE. > >San Leandro, Calif. 1 to 1 1/2 inches long. > > Kchula-Rrit Wimp slugs, to be sure! Here in the great Pacific Northwest, in the foothills of the cascades, the slugs grow to six inches or more! A few ways to get rid of slugs: Salt - Forget it, it just makes a mess (but fun to watch; "hee hee"). Eggshells - Where am I supposed to get that many shells? My favorite - A bowl of beer (happy hour!!) Fun at parties - Large flashlight and a weed eater on a cool night! - Dave -
asente@Cascade.ARPA (08/20/85)
There is a nearby community which has a yearly banana slug festival. In addition to all the usual events (banana slug races, election of the Banana Slug Queen, and so forth) they hold a cooking contest. The only requirement is that each dish contain at least one banana slug. Most of the dishes are things that disguise the banana slugs as much as possible, like meatloaf with one banana slug mixed in or spaghetti with meat sauce, but the prize winning-entry one year was (fanfare, please)...Banana Slug Cream pie! Imagine yourself in the judges position. You have a pie set in front of you. As you're about to cut a slice, several banana slugs start crawling out through the whipped cream. MMMMMmmmmm. Now THAT's good eating! -paul asente asente@Cascade.ARPA decwrl!Glacier!Cascade!asente Sometimes a banana is just a banana, Anna...