So we're BOTH smurfy

Last month Matt and I had an argument about why Gargamel was always after the Smurfs. I distinctly remember episodes when he wanted to turn them into gold, while Matt swore that Gargamel actually wanted to eat the Smurfs. As it turns out, we are both correct:

From Wikipedia: Gargamel is the evil old wizard (though with very limited powers) whose main goal is to destroy the Smurfs . . . Sometimes he wants to eat them, while other times he wants to use them to make gold (according to an old magic spell), and other times still he has even more bizarre uses for them.