Live Fresh Snails

[Whitey Ford]

Chef was pleased that you confirmed that people just saute them shell and all in butter. But all of the recipes we found said to simmer in boullion forever.

Well, we should have tried it both ways.

He simmered them for an hour, but they were pretty rubbery and unappetizing looking. He wrapped them in bacon and broiled them hoping, I guess, that the bacon fat would improve them, but alas...

I'm not squeamish and I usually will eat everything, but these were just kinda gross. But at least we have the cool looking shells---should be able to think up something to do with those.

[Cat Man]

They're not bad raw either, with some dipping butter and salt.

But be careful about one thing.

You've probably noticed smelly pee after eating asparagus?

I had some raw snails at a restaurant in Brussells a couple years back.....I was pissing snail smell for a month!!!

Cat Man

[DC Sunshine]

Originally Posted by Ishbel

DC
I have tried the snail porridge when I ate at the Fat Duck a while back.
In one word: YUK

Ish,

I can quite imagine it would be HB seemed to think it was "all that" and then some. Well, it got our attention if nothing else - maybe that was the intention of the invention.

Daina

[onesipforme]

Wow! I don't know if I could bring myself to cook live snails! I love escargot but handling them while they're alive is a bit much!