Posted on 08/09/2007 1:44:12 PM PDT by Daffynition
French gourmets munched through more than 100,000 snails at a festival in Digoin, east of Paris.
Jacky Pommier said: "We've beaten all our previous records, despite the rain. We had many more people than last year, with lots of holidaymakers from all over France and abroad too. Many enthusiasts would eat five to seven dozen in a single meal."
Chefs used 1,100 pounds of butter, 110 of parsley and 72 of garlic to rustle up the Bourgogne snails according to the traditional French recipe - although the snails came from a farm in Poland.
Can one eat any type of large snail? We’ve had a ton of them here in Texas with all the rain.
French Fishbait.
In the mean time, make sure your will is on file and up to date! ;-P
I do know that the common garden snail in California is the edible kind brought over from France. I would worry about wild snails having eaten nasty garden chemicals, though.
Dunno 'bout restrictions on species, but, to clear their systems, let 'em roam around a bucket with a layer of cornmeal for a week prior.
I DID eat some common (tho' large) garden snails using that tip.
With butter,garlic, Pernod, and parsly (and broiled of course!) I couldn't descern any difference form the $12.50 plate of restaurant escargot'....
They are the very same critter. Now my interest is piqued. I wonder how hard they are to raise?
How do you gut them? I aint eatin’ nuttin that still has poop in them.
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