Over in Normandy I saw them in bags in the supermarket freezer. I know they're supposed to be a delicacy but I could never try them..........
2007-10-17 10:16:46 · 62 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
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2007-10-17 10:32:22 · update #1
They're ok. Had them in garlic butter.
My moto..... Try eating any food at least once.
I must admit though I found jelly fish and mopame worm pretty disgusting.
2007-10-17 10:24:30 · answer #1 · answered by Copper 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Oh, that is so sweet of you.
Actually, yes. I love snail salad. I have also eaten escargo (French for snails.) I have never cooked them myself but the escargot were made with a garlic butter sauce and were absolutely delicious. In restaurants they serve them in the shell with this little gadget that is supposed to hold the snail in place while you remove the meat. Tricky little things, since they have a spring mechanism that will act like a catapult if you don't hold it right.
2007-10-17 12:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by CarolSandyToes1 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've never seen them in the unprepared state you described! But, I have eaten escargot many times. Indeed, it is a delicacy. The taste is nothing but a delicious butter/garlic sauce. And, the texture is either like that of a mushroom or maybe very tender pieces of meat. You should really try them, sometime. You just might like em!
2007-10-17 10:36:18 · answer #3 · answered by judson783 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We was served snails whilst on holiday in Barbados.Me and my mate just looked at each other,waited for the waitress to leave then slung the snails over the restaurant balcony.Her face was a picture when she came for the plates.We wonder did she think we had ate the snails shells and all.She asked how the meal was and we could barely contain ourselves whilst saying delicious thank you.
2007-10-17 10:33:35 · answer #4 · answered by Niamh 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
we live in france so snails are on the menu quite a lot i however don't like them, but my 4 year old loves them when we go for a meal she just asks for a plate of escargot!!
2007-10-17 11:12:21 · answer #5 · answered by mamousoux 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
okay snails wen u eat them do not taste like snails they are so deeply concentrated in garlic that u wouldnt be able to tell they r snail also wen they r served to u they do not keep the slime on the snail meat
2007-10-17 11:25:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I mean my family also culture eat snails!! Well to us it's not snails, same thing if i showed it to u, i mean it's a shell lik a snail but a bigger size! I mean i don't eat snails! Cause the thing we eat, it looks like snail but ain't snail! Hope u know what i mean!
2007-10-17 10:31:36 · answer #7 · answered by Aman's gurl 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hi Duke
I tried them in Paris, they're not bad, but not to be repeated... a little like Mussels but not as tasty.
Take a chance !!
2007-10-17 10:29:55 · answer #8 · answered by kforh 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I've eaten them, fresh snails in a hot pepper sauce, and they were lovely, a bit like mussels.
2007-10-17 10:26:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have tried a number of foodstuff I considered strange, but just because someone calls an organic life form "food" does not make is so. My answer is... NO
2007-10-17 10:20:49 · answer #10 · answered by Promised Attitude 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋