I've not been very good about visiting blogs this last week. Sorry about that and will try to catch up soon.
In the meantime, did you know that in Victorian times farmers would water down milk and then whisk snail slime in it to make it thicker?
It seems it's still used today in certain skin care products as it's antibacterial and antifungal. It also has hydrating qualities.
Tempting as it sounds I think I'll give it a miss.
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Mmmm, snail slime, yummy.
I don't think that Victorian fraud was farmers. There was a lot of food fraud perpetrated by wholesalers, adding sawdust to flour, etc. Usually it was to increase volume, and profit. At great expense to the consumer who thought they were buying the real thing.
I just found a snail in the garden, Debra. I looked at it, thought, decided better.
It was a fact I heard in the Radio 4 quiz The Unbelievable Truth, Boud, but you're probably right that it wasn't the farmers who were the perpetrators
I have heard of the benefits of snail slime - for skin. I don't think I want it in my oatmeal.
Tip: Washing-up liquid will kill off slugs and snails by de-sliming them.
The last thing I want in my milk is snail slime. EWWWW
Many things don't bear close examination . . .
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