Manufactory – Wiener Schnecken aus dem Hause Gugumuck

FARM 2 TABLE

Andreas Gugumuck — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:29:22 +0000

We study old cookbooks to learn how to make food like in the old days and discover alternative means of sustenance — combining traditional foods with new scientific research. We have over 66 different varieties of plants in our Future Garden at the Gugumuck Farm and use all sorts of heirloom and rare plant varieties to plan our menus.

Chef Jürgen Winter serves up a monthly changing 7-course meal with seasonal ingredients in our open show kitchen 3 times a month.

Vienna Escargots, an alternative to meat — from Slow Food, to Wild Food, and all the way to Future Food.

Our bistro seats about 28 guests and is only open three Fridays a month. We therefore strongly recommend making a timely reservation. We have a chef’s table with 8-10 seats and 5 tables each with 4 places.

Andreas Gugumuck will be there personally to accompany you through all seven exceptional courses in this friendly atmosphere.

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CARING FOR OUR NATURAL RESOURCES RESPECTFULLY

Andreas Gugumuck — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:26:00 +0000

The Future Farm concept is based on the idea of sustainable development. A key criterion of this is the careful and effective use of our limited natural resources. In recent years, the idea of eating insects has become more common in the public eye. There are numerous economic and ecological reasons for raising and eating insects (entomophagy). The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN has published a very interesting study on “Edible Insects”.

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BRINGING TRADITION AND INNOVATION TOGETHER

Andreas Gugumuck — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:23:55 +0000

With dedication and a pioneering spirit, we produce a great variety of specialty products from and with escargots. We comb through old and new cookbooks to create our products, inspired by the latest culinary trends. We interpret traditional recipes in new ways, for example, our Vienna Escargot Potato Goulash, Vienna Escargot Ragout, and Vienna Escargots in Balsamic Onions. Produced to perfection by hand, our array of products is continually expanding.

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EVERYBODY HELPS WITH SHELLING

Andreas Gugumuck — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:22:24 +0000

Processing vineyard snails is a time-consuming process that must be done by hand. After being harvested from the field, the mollusks sleep for several days while their intestinal tract empties. Then they are blanched in boiling water for ten minutes. With a slender fork, the snail is drawn out of its shell and the liver and intestines are removed.

The delicate muscle tissue is degummed in water and salt and then simmered to perfection for several hours in a delicious vegetable broth. This is the best way for the escargots absorb the full flavors of any further ingredients, herbs, and spices. Our escargots are sold fully ready for your recipe — whether they are fresh in broth, frozen, or a snail specialty from our web shop.

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FROM BREEDING TO PROCESSING

Andreas Gugumuck — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:21:00 +0000

The immediate proximity of our farm and manufactory is a great plus for the quality and sustainability of our products. The Vienna Escargot Manufactory is the first business in Austria to be certified to process snails according to EU guidelines. Our modern production spaces fulfill each and every one of the strict requirements and hygiene guidelines.

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EACH STEP IS MADE BY HAND

Andreas Gugumuck — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:08:53 +0000

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DELIVERY & CATERING

Andreas Gugumuck — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:03:23 +0000

Our efficient logistics deliver to the restaurants of Vienna one to two times a week.

For exclusive and sustainable food events and catering services, “Farm-2-Snail Trail”, we chose a food truck with a combustion engine and a homemade trailer built without using aluminum or metal sheeting. The trailer currently exists as a 1:10 model made of clay formed by hand into the shape of a snail shell.

And — naturally — this will be pulled down the road by a sustainable hybrid vehicle.

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A MANUFACTORY MADE OF WOOD

Andreas Gugumuck — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:01:50 +0000

Minimizing impacts to our ecology is one of our fundamental precepts. This belief can be seen in how we built the manufactory and do business.
Our production building was constructed using a wood frame method (including the insulation and façade). Wood is a renewable resource that symbolizes tradition and sustainability and is also a very high performing material. During construction, we made sure that no materials containing harmful substances such as PVC, HFKW, SF6, PUR, solvents, or biocides were used.

The interior walls were brushed with lime several times, or applied with the Venetian stucco technique. The floors are made of green rock meal and cement, and upstairs the floor is spruce planks waxed with natural oils.

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ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AGRICULTURE AND BIODIVERSITY

Andreas Gugumuck — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:00:44 +0000

Vineyard snails are under special conservation in Austria and may not be collected when found wild in nature. At the Gugumuck Farm, we raise the varieties Helix Aspersa Maxima, Helix Aspersa Müller, and Helix Pomatia.

New urban agriculture concepts can provide significant relief to the environment. On the Gugumuck Farm, we are pioneers of escargot farming. Unlike conventional meat production, snails can be produced using very few resources. Since there is no need for concentrated feed mash and no manure is produced, there is also less ozone, less water is used, and the farming area is smaller, all making escargot farming an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional meat production. Snails need 85% less feed than cattle to produce 1 kilogram of meat.

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Ecological innovation and sustainable food supply management

Andreas Gugumuck — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:59:12 +0000

Our food supply system is characterized by complex relationships between different areas. This includes the agricultural production of food as well as its processing, packaging, transport, and sale, and goes all the way to eating and disposing of the waste.

We are dedicated to developing practicable food concepts that are highly compatible with the environment and can carry us into the future. We see continual improvements to our development process as an integral part of our business concept and culture.

Andreas Gugumuck is a partner in the Eco-Innovation Qualification Seminar of the FH Vienna, which educates about application-oriented approaches to the topic of “Assessment and Improvement of Product and Process Sustainability”.

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