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The hullabaloo upstairs about turtle has me thinking about snails. The French are big on them, I hear. anyone eat them, snails, not the French that is?

Broiled in garlic butter, they are good eats.

No, but if I could find some fresh ones I sure would try them.

I brought up snail, I have read the snails are kept for a few days to learn if they have ingested pesticide. Some die, those are not shipped to France.

I went to a fancy work party and they had them(along with an open bar) and I thought they were delicious. I don't know what kind of snails they used but I have tons of them in my yard and have thought about eating them.

I'm not sure about snails myself. Some research should tell how to do it all.

A turtle was mugged by a snail. When interviewed by the police, he was of little help in describing his attacker, claiming, "It all happened so fast!".

What is that drum thing after a bad joke?

Seems like you have to purge them for a while before you eat them.

They eat a lot of garbage.

I know a fellow who eats a lot of fresh water clams and mussels. He catches them and tosses them in a bucket of clean water. Throws in a handful of rolled oats.

After a few cycles of clean water and rolled oats he deems them okay to eat.

I think snails are the same type of deal. Maybe pesticide and herbicide free vegetables or something for a while.

S

I seem to recall that corn meal was used to "purge" them?

Ate em 1 time on a cruise, they were amazing....

After you get over the idea - they are incredibly delicious.

Escargot,very delicious

We have bought the Roland brand canned escargot snails many times and made them at home. My wife has the escargot dishes and we bake them in garlic butter with havarti cheese melted over the top. Serve with some toast points for mopping up the garlic butter. Delicious!!

Sounds perfect, I love 'em! With a glass(or two, or three) of red wine, it's a meal in itself.

Jeff

That's how we do it except we use shaved parmesan instead of havarti. They are incredible.

Pretty near every thing is delicious bathed in butter and garlic.

Ya, gut !

Since slugs are related to snails I'm thinking they will be the next menu topic.

Indeed, and escargot is about as good a use for butter and garlic



Haven't had it in years, but if it's on the menu I'll order it.

I would like to try them,

But given a choice,

I'll have the Ribeye.

I am surprised that no one has posted how they love them after being in the smoker for a week.

It is hit, and miss on the 'fire Jim. I picture this place as a few hundred monkeys on typewriters.

I would think that anyone who spent a week in the smoker would be past caring.

John, have you given consideration to thinking Inside the "box', just now, and then? Just curious??

In my younger days, I existed entirely within "the box". In my dotage, I have given in to whimsy and allow my thoughts to run free with wild abandon. My family long ago gave up having any concern.

Tried one once at a French restaurant. All I remember is they were chewy and tasted like garlic. If you have to cover the taste with a lot of garlic, you have to wonder what they really taste like.

My wife is not your adventurous eater. She will pick at things like fresh mussels in a garlic/cream/white wine sauce. Snails (escargot) is a rare treat here like sushi.

We eat escargot every new years. Somehow became tradition.

Advice- Buy canned snails from france, not asia. They need to be boiled and soaked in their steeping liquid for 12-24 hours to remove chewiness. We use white wine or vermouth and lots of fresh herbs. Bring to boil, pull off heat and leave them in their liquid on stove top for 12-24 hours. Then in escargot dish with lots of butter and in 450 degree oven until butter starts popping.

Garlic butter, momma's homemade baguettes and snails. 1700 calories of pure delight.

I don't order in restaurants because I've never had them as good as we prepare them.

Also, despite it's "haute" status, its quite cheap to prepare.

some really good ideas here. if i ever get to the point of wanting to eat snails i'll refer back to this thread for encouragement and positive re-inforcement.

back home, down on dusty, red dirt road, the old folks had some folklore or natural healing recipes for corns on one's feet & toes. they said to take a fresh snail out of it's shell, and rub it all over the corn. (i guess that leaves out some snails that don't have shells?). anyways, they swore it works. and i've never heard a doctor disagree with them. so, there it is. snails are good for food, and for medicinal purposes.