Escargo?

brianlux

It's C's and my Part one of our ninth wedding anniversary (we got married two days in a row) and so tonight just to have something "special", we're going to start dinner with escargot (for me, the first time ever). I'm generally into simple fare and the less meat the better but, really, can you call snails meat?

jw234911

Slime

oceaninmyeyes

We had a large pet snail once. He was very interesting, and somewhat disgusting. He loved to eat lettuce and lived for 3 and 1/2 years. Not eating them. :roll:

brianlux

oceaninmyeyes wrote:

We had a large pet snail once. He was very interesting, and somewhat disgusting. He loved to eat lettuce and lived for 3 and 1/2 years. Not eating them. :roll:

No worries- me neither. We wanted take out and they said escargo gets rubbery if you don't eat it right away. There are a handful of very happy snails out there who will live another day.

gimmesometruth27

Escargo.
My car go,
One sixty
Swiftly....


The snails were lucky. Biggie wasn't.

oceaninmyeyes

brianlux wrote:

oceaninmyeyes wrote:

We had a large pet snail once. He was very interesting, and somewhat disgusting. He loved to eat lettuce and lived for 3 and 1/2 years. Not eating them. :roll:

No worries- me neither. We wanted take out and they said escargo gets rubbery if you don't eat it right away. There are a handful of very happy snails out there who will live another day.

You are probably better off. I had some rubbery calamari once -- it was like eating a box of rubber thumbs.

mookeywrench

I've had it...

The thing is (when I had it), escargot is soaked in butter to the point that it's flavorless except the butter, and the snail itself is about the size of a fingernail. You hardly notice that you're eating it.

If anyone brags that they ate snail, it should have to be the size of the African Snail:

http://planetoddity.com/the-african-gia ... -on-earth/

JWPearl

I dont know why but something compels me to try them. Will head off to try some soon and let you know what there like

brianlux

mookeywrench wrote:

I've had it...

The thing is (when I had it), escargot is soaked in butter to the point that it's flavorless except the butter, and the snail itself is about the size of a fingernail. You hardly notice that you're eating it.

If anyone brags that they ate snail, it should have to be the size of the African Snail:

http://planetoddity.com/the-african-gia ... -on-earth/

:shock: I could not eat that!

brianlux

JWPearl wrote:

I dont know why but something compels me to try them. Will head off to try some soon and let you know what there like

Yes, let us know, brave soul!

oceaninmyeyes

brianlux wrote:

mookeywrench wrote:

I've had it...

The thing is (when I had it), escargot is soaked in butter to the point that it's flavorless except the butter, and the snail itself is about the size of a fingernail. You hardly notice that you're eating it.

If anyone brags that they ate snail, it should have to be the size of the African Snail:

http://planetoddity.com/the-african-gia ... -on-earth/

:shock: I could not eat that!

Jerry, our pet snail was about the size of the small one in the second pic in the link above. I don't even think I could keep one of those giant ones as a pet. They'd eat you out of house and home. :roll:

CH156378

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

Escargo.
My car go,
One sixty
Swiftly....


The snails were lucky. Biggie wasn't.

JonnyPistachio

I had these once.

Once.

hedonist

mookeywrench wrote:

I've had it...

The thing is (when I had it), escargot is soaked in butter to the point that it's flavorless except the butter, and the snail itself is about the size of a fingernail. You hardly notice that you're eating it.

If anyone brags that they ate snail, it should have to be the size of the African Snail:

http://planetoddity.com/the-african-gia ... -on-earth/

Don't forget the garlic! At least, that's how I ate them - the one and only time (first and second bites were sizzling hot and TASTY. Third bite, not so much, and by then the couple glasses of wine and realization of what I was eating and how fucked up the texture was thoroughly hit me :oops: )

I'm like that with food though; if I think I can stomach it, I'll try anything. It's how I discovered my love of sushi, and my disdain for brains.

brianlux

hedonist wrote:

mookeywrench wrote:

I've had it...

The thing is (when I had it), escargot is soaked in butter to the point that it's flavorless except the butter, and the snail itself is about the size of a fingernail. You hardly notice that you're eating it.

If anyone brags that they ate snail, it should have to be the size of the African Snail:

http://planetoddity.com/the-african-gia ... -on-earth/

Don't forget the garlic! At least, that's how I ate them - the one and only time (first and second bites were sizzling hot and TASTY. Third bite, not so much, and by then the couple glasses of wine and realization of what I was eating and how fucked up the texture was thoroughly hit me :oops: )

I'm like that with food though; if I think I can stomach it, I'll try anything. It's how I discovered my love of sushi, and my disdain for brains.

Speaking of weird foods, when I was in the 8th grade a friend brought a bag of deep fried grasshoppers that he brought back from a family trip to Alaska. He offered me one and I passed but he kept bugging me about how great they were and what a chicken I was to not try one. I finally relent and badly cringed as I shoved this disgusting completely intact fried insect into my mouth... and chewed... and swallowed... and begged for more. They were incredibly delicious!

JonnyPistachio

brianlux wrote:

hedonist wrote:

mookeywrench wrote:

I've had it...

The thing is (when I had it), escargot is soaked in butter to the point that it's flavorless except the butter, and the snail itself is about the size of a fingernail. You hardly notice that you're eating it.

If anyone brags that they ate snail, it should have to be the size of the African Snail:

http://planetoddity.com/the-african-gia ... -on-earth/

Don't forget the garlic! At least, that's how I ate them - the one and only time (first and second bites were sizzling hot and TASTY. Third bite, not so much, and by then the couple glasses of wine and realization of what I was eating and how fucked up the texture was thoroughly hit me :oops: )

I'm like that with food though; if I think I can stomach it, I'll try anything. It's how I discovered my love of sushi, and my disdain for brains.

Speaking of weird foods, when I was in the 8th grade a friend brought a bag of deep fried grasshoppers that he brought back from a family trip to Alaska. He offered me one and I passed but he kept bugging me about how great they were and what a chicken I was to not try one. I finally relent and badly cringed as I shoved this disgusting completely intact fried insect into my mouth... and chewed... and swallowed... and begged for more. They were incredibly delicious!

:shock: I like how he kept... "bugging you." :P

brianlux

JonnyPistachio wrote:

brianlux wrote:

hedonist wrote:

Don't forget the garlic! At least, that's how I ate them - the one and only time (first and second bites were sizzling hot and TASTY. Third bite, not so much, and by then the couple glasses of wine and realization of what I was eating and how fucked up the texture was thoroughly hit me :oops: )

I'm like that with food though; if I think I can stomach it, I'll try anything. It's how I discovered my love of sushi, and my disdain for brains.

Speaking of weird foods, when I was in the 8th grade a friend brought a bag of deep fried grasshoppers that he brought back from a family trip to Alaska. He offered me one and I passed but he kept bugging me about how great they were and what a chicken I was to not try one. I finally relent and badly cringed as I shoved this disgusting completely intact fried insect into my mouth... and chewed... and swallowed... and begged for more. They were incredibly delicious!

:shock: I like how he kept... "bugging you." :P

Ah! I missed my own pun!

RKCNDY

I had it...once.

There is a reason I only had it once.