Me too..
Actually looks pretty dang good to honest...that's how they get me! I'd try that though...start the process over again
They are like little warm, garlicky rubber bands. It's an acquired taste.
Palate is a BIG word.
If they're cooked properly, they're not chewy. They're like seafood, overcook it and it's rubber.
On a trip back to Nawlins, I ate so many raw oysters, I got seafood poisoning and my eyes swelled to the point of being closed. I still love the little things but I do wander about the first person to learn that was edible. You open one of those up and don't know what it is, you putting that in your mouth?
That's what I wonder about lobster. Who's the first person to look at that and decide, "That looks pretty tasty!"? At least someone probably saw an otter break open a clam or something and eat it, but what eats lobsters?
That's why it's a good idea to soak mollusks in water with cornmeal sprinkled in it. That allows them to purge. Same thing as putting crawfish in very salty water, has the purging effect.
It's a snail. At what point does someone say "that looks appealing or even sounds remotely tasty" lolThe best part is the garlic butter and puff pastry they are baked in. I used to order them, peel off pastry, throw snails away then dip pastry in the butter. Problem solved
Somebody has to be the first like discovering the difference between a mushroom and a toadstool.
The first time I ate escargot was at a dinner party with friends. One of us asked the waiter where they got their snails. Well, the guy had a sense of humor. He pointed over his shoulder and said "Oh, we just get them off our dumpster."
