RE: [CH] Escargot w/Chiles
Bloechl, Sharen Rund (sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com)
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 12:13:55 -0700
> > It is also interesting to note that the suppliers I found will not ship
> the
> > Decollates to anywhere in California north of the Tehachapi Mountains.
> > Does anyone know "the rest of the story"?
>
> They will not ship to Northern California, north of the Tehachapi,
> because,
> as I recall, it is illegal to import decollete snails into any part of
> California outside the several counties south of the Tehachapi.
>
> --- Brent
>
Don't know the "rest" of the story on decollete snails, but as an
agricultdural state, CA is pretty touchy on a number of things passing
over/through its borders - it, as well as Arizona, have border inspections
to keep most vegetation out [due to the possibility of infestations, etc
should hit the crops. . .]
there's a lot of people in the northern part of the state especially who
really don't like those buggers (or any member of thier family for that
matter - there's an old story going 'round that [monied] people used to
_love_ escargot, oysters, etc, consequently, most restaurant or dining place
of ilk had these available for any one who could afford them - many French
restaurants "grew"/harvested their own - then the quake of '06 came and the
little buggers got loose AND they make mulltiplying rabbits look like
amateurs when it comes to procreation - we have them all over the place! -
as if that's not bad enough, UCSC [U of CA at Santa Cruz] has the Banana
Slug as its school mascot!
Sharen Rund Bloechl
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