Escargot: Why snails are a popular specialty in France

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  • @brentvalentine
    @brentvalentine ปีที่แล้ว +459

    I've eaten them here in Canada a few times. They were always served with garlic butter and they are very tasty.

    • @khaelamensha3624
      @khaelamensha3624 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I wish I can eat them, in France the traditional recipe is with butter garlic and parsley

    • @TemplarX2
      @TemplarX2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm interested in trying this one day as well as frog legs.

    • @nashcrowford147
      @nashcrowford147 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So?

    • @julienstephan8027
      @julienstephan8027 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TemplarX2 What a excelent idea !!!......

    • @KonradvonHotzendorf
      @KonradvonHotzendorf ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's how we🇿🇦 commonly serve them too
      Pretty much available everywhere
      If the Price is right they are tasty

  • @selvingreen3585
    @selvingreen3585 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    In India we have many adivasis (indigenous tribes) who cook dried snails and make food/daal out of it. I'd visited my Santhal side of family in far rural areas of Jharkhand, they gave me to try "Rokoi" i.e. small dried snails (shells not included), made into a daal-like dish.
    Believe me it was one of the tastiest things I'd ever eaten. You couldn't tell that the soup/daal-like thing had snails, because texture is rubbery, colour is deep green and shape is like miniature vertically crushed cans.
    Snails are available in rainy seasons and in rural areas, so folks catch, dry and sell them during that season. They're sold in rural markets "Hatia"s. I think they keep good for more than 1 year. When need for special occasion arises, only a few spoons of Rokoi a very good meal.

    • @DWFood
      @DWFood  ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Very interesting. Thank you for sharing!

    • @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket
      @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket ปีที่แล้ว

      Sick, nasty, gross.

    • @Ccc47373
      @Ccc47373 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Here in the North Eastern region of India, snails are eaten in many states(Assam, Nagaland, Manipur etc.). In Assam, the people of Bodo tribe has a very tasty recipe of snails cooked with black gram.
      Please make a video on various indigenous food of North East India. @DWFOOD

    • @luchewigg168
      @luchewigg168 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m gonna have nightmares about the snails in the mixer

    • @menon_ji4984
      @menon_ji4984 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chattisgarh rural areas too. Infact many tribals eat it as delicacy

  • @jamesc8563
    @jamesc8563 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    I tried escargot at a café in Paris a few blocks away from the Eiffel Tower. Enough butter, garlic, white wine, and herbs and anything will be delicious, but the snails do have their own delicate and pleasant flavor that still comes through. Kind of like a milder mussel with a little bit of mild mushroom. Nothing strong, but without being bland either. The texture was good as well. I can definitely see why they’re popular in France, and kinda wonder why they never really took off elsewhere in the West.

    • @bocahdongo7769
      @bocahdongo7769 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It's insanely common here in SEA
      And yes, tons of escargot imported from here

    • @pierren___
      @pierren___ ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Antifrench propaganda aka anglosphere

    • @boredgamer7841
      @boredgamer7841 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Because it doesn't matter how much fanfare you give it, or how fancy-schmancy you serve and present it, a snail is a snail and not dignifying to eat.
      Snails and bugs and the like is what starving north koreans eat out of necessity, just to survive.

    • @pierren___
      @pierren___ ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@boredgamer7841 every food is disgusting, until you cook it well.

    • @boredgamer7841
      @boredgamer7841 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@pierren___ You can tell yourself this lie all you want.

  • @justchillokay7138
    @justchillokay7138 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I have eaten plenty of them when I was little back in the Philippines, cooked in creamy coconut milk with garlic and chilli 😉 it was delicious!

  • @latibass
    @latibass ปีที่แล้ว +477

    Why not? They taste clean and delicious. I eat shellfish anyway, so I see no difference.

    • @Captainperfection
      @Captainperfection ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Are you on drugs? Snails are a thousand miles away from seafood they are totally different.

    • @void.reality
      @void.reality ปีที่แล้ว +151

      @@Captainperfection Heard of sea snails? Clams, mussels, sea snails, land snails. They're all molluscs. Definitely not a thousands miles away when they're all part of the same phylum. And all delicious.

    • @arturotorres2281
      @arturotorres2281 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​Oh, another one who thinks he's got a brain ​@@Captainperfection

    • @swordre5805
      @swordre5805 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      ​@@void.realityand cricket are the land prawn 😂

    • @metaforcesaber
      @metaforcesaber ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Except what he said was smart and he used science to prove his point. You just made up some analogy that he didn't say.

  • @Alaskan-Armadillo
    @Alaskan-Armadillo ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Of all things the first time I had escargot was in Berlin at a Prussian restaurant called Marjellchen. They tasted great! I loved them! They were like a grassy crustacean! The name for the act of eating snails falls underneath the category of science called entomophagy and has a long history in the America's dating back to pre-columbian times.

    • @СолнечныйПарус-р7щ
      @СолнечныйПарус-р7щ ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe this process of eating is called malacophagy?? After all, mollusks are not insects.🧐😕

    • @JGB_Wentworth
      @JGB_Wentworth ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That’s disgusting

    • @Alaskan-Armadillo
      @Alaskan-Armadillo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ It's weird because they are mollusks yes but they fall under the category of entemophagy.

    • @Alaskan-Armadillo
      @Alaskan-Armadillo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@JGB_Wentworth It's a pity you feel that way.

  • @codfusilli5879
    @codfusilli5879 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    In the Philippines we eat the Golden Apple Snail we call "Kuhol". Stewed in coconut milk, garlic, onion and spices.

    • @kenet71
      @kenet71 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We eat pares! 🇵🇭

    • @inisipisTV
      @inisipisTV ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tasty and spicy.😊

    • @__Hanasei__Levinus__
      @__Hanasei__Levinus__ ปีที่แล้ว

      God now im hungry, PAHINGI!

    • @male20yearsold
      @male20yearsold 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      oh again pretty similar language😂, in Indonesia it's caled just "Kol", so far as i know it can be found many in the rice fields,

    • @Non-k2x5l
      @Non-k2x5l 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But isn't that water snail though? Thatt feels more like shell fish than snail in terms of perception 😅😂

  • @varoonnone7159
    @varoonnone7159 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    What I like about the snails, their gummy texture and the garlic butter. They go well so much

    • @T2MARA
      @T2MARA ปีที่แล้ว

      I've always imagined that they would taste similar to shrimp but "gummy texture" doesn't sound appetizing to me. I'm not that adventurous so escargot, among other things, will have to remain a mystery for me.

    • @PermenBoba-dq3jb
      @PermenBoba-dq3jb ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@T2MARAthe one i ate taste like a chicken + mushroom, it's mushy, earthy

    • @JGB_Wentworth
      @JGB_Wentworth ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “Gummy texture” 🤮

    • @T2MARA
      @T2MARA ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PermenBoba-dq3jb "Mushy " is still a no for me. I'm one of those people where texture matters. But, maybe I'll have to try just to say I did it....but just a nibble. 😆

    • @PermenBoba-dq3jb
      @PermenBoba-dq3jb ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@T2MARA the one i ate always remind me of chicken that's too "juicy" that's it felt like undercooked but it's not chicken 😂
      you should, i think you will get used it, just think of it as mushroom lmao

  • @seb0rn739
    @seb0rn739 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Once when I visited Paris, I wanted to try snails. I ordered a small portion so that if I didn't like it I wouldn't waste so much money (they are quite expensive at restaurants). I should have ordered a big portion because I loved it.

  • @NomenNescio99
    @NomenNescio99 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I live in Thailand, no one here would consider it the least bit strange to eat snails.
    Most cooked on BBQ without butter around here, although I prefer the Frenchy version with parsley butter and some salt.

    • @TeamCGS2005
      @TeamCGS2005 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well that goes without saying. Don't they eat rats in Thailand?

    • @richbrook101
      @richbrook101 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@TeamCGS2005 What does that have anything to do with which version of the snail dish being better?

    • @TeamCGS2005
      @TeamCGS2005 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@richbrook101 Hi Rich. I was just pointing out that from a nation that eats rat, it's not surprising that no one in Thailand would consider eating snails the least bit strange. That is all.

    • @ingridl3259
      @ingridl3259 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yea, was about to say, S.E Asian countries have so many different types and ways of eating snail's so it isn't at all odd to the region.

    • @magical11
      @magical11 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@TeamCGS2005 I mean, Americans eat trash from restaurants like Mcdonalds. And yet won't eat a perfectly good snail, so who knows.

  • @arifsetiawan9095
    @arifsetiawan9095 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I have never eaten garden snail before.
    However, here in Indonesia, some people ate freshwater snail. We called them "kraca" or "tutut".
    It's considered as a local delicacy and it's rare now.

    • @bobbymartin7455
      @bobbymartin7455 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe your gov should step up to help make conversation efforts

    • @bobbymartin7455
      @bobbymartin7455 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They obviously are being driven to extinction

    • @arifsetiawan9095
      @arifsetiawan9095 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bobbymartin7455 nah, it's still there. Back in 90s or early 2000s, livestock such as chicken, goat, and beef were expensive so people looked for any substitution for meat. One of them was freshwater snail. It was so cheap.
      And now, economy condition is getting better and people can afford meat in their table (especially chicken). Freshwater snails are left behind. They're still there but rarely people caught and cooked them.

    • @skyworm8006
      @skyworm8006 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@arifsetiawan9095 I'm sure snails in France have the same origin, poverty food, but managed to become popular and would be more expensive than chicken.

    • @lapinmalin8626
      @lapinmalin8626 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In France we also eat periwinkles

  • @sidoniemanyfoba1654
    @sidoniemanyfoba1654 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    We call them kongo meat in Cameroon, mostly in the littoral and surrounding regions. Out of their shell, thoroughly cleaned of the slime, boiled or grilled on a skewer, often heavily spiced. DELICIOUS 😋.

  • @Didibotts
    @Didibotts ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've been saying this since this channel had

  • @santolify
    @santolify ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Paired that with a crusty french bread and dry red wine... YUM!

  • @Hin_Håle
    @Hin_Håle ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I recently bought a piece of land in swedish Sörmland. There are so many snails there! As soon as I move there, I'm planning on harvesting a few times every autumn and having a feast. 😋

    • @viniciusmagnoni6492
      @viniciusmagnoni6492 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Aren't some snails toxic? Just a question. I like Escargot.

  • @beadybaby
    @beadybaby ปีที่แล้ว +22

    When I was a kid, my dad fished and shellfished. We learned too. We used to pick and eat periwinkles, which were like tiny escargot. We had to use a sewing pin to dig the meat out because they were so tiny. I've had escargot, which are similar but a lot bigger. We mostly fished and dug bigger shellfish but beggars can't be choosers!

    • @JonathanWrightZA
      @JonathanWrightZA ปีที่แล้ว

      I've eaten the giant periwinkle/alikreukel before. Was not a fan 😅

    • @geradkavanagh8240
      @geradkavanagh8240 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Used to occasionally collect , cook and eat periwinkles. Tried snails a few times both restaurant and local migrant family cooked. I prefer periwinkles to snails because of the added saltiness and 'ocean' flavour. I'm from Australia

  • @johnreynolds5407
    @johnreynolds5407 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Delicious. People eat clams and oysters but are bothered by snails? Her's look marvelous.

    • @zitronentee
      @zitronentee ปีที่แล้ว

      Because for some people, eating pests is weird

    • @theotheleo6830
      @theotheleo6830 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zitronentee But that's the best way to get rid of them.

    • @zitronentee
      @zitronentee ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theotheleo6830 Undeniable. But most people are afraid that pests bring disease, just like most people don't eat rats.

    • @CampingforCool41
      @CampingforCool41 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Snails have cute faces and excrete slime which is why many people find it gross. I could probably try them chopped up into something else but it would be hard to eat whole.

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They are so super delicious

  • @TheRealKlinky
    @TheRealKlinky ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ive eaten them both in france & here in Zimbabwe - absolutely delicious with garlic butter❤👍

  • @Mo-ys4yq
    @Mo-ys4yq ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’ve always loved escargot in any recipe. I’m vry hungry from then, now! France had the most variety of escargot recipes. I wish I lived there!

    • @DoraExploring-ls5vf
      @DoraExploring-ls5vf ปีที่แล้ว

      No body asked you.

    • @Hansen892i6
      @Hansen892i6 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DoraExploring-ls5vfwhat’s your problem?

  • @debbrueggemann3762
    @debbrueggemann3762 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    LOVE escargots! Make ‘em myself. When I lived in San Diego, I’d catch them in the wild and feed them corn meal for a few weeks. Delicious

    • @wyattchiordi5132
      @wyattchiordi5132 ปีที่แล้ว

      You just would catch regular old snails? Any identification tips? What species would you go after

  • @rebeccavl97
    @rebeccavl97 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    They are fantastic! I had them in France a few times.

  • @greenhat7618
    @greenhat7618 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    They are delicious, if you have the chance to have them at a place that prepares them properly definitely give it a try

    • @BxBxProductions
      @BxBxProductions ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ew snails are bugs and no amount of cope will make it taste as good as cattle

    • @greenhat7618
      @greenhat7618 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@BxBxProductions they are completely different things and I’ve never said they are better than cattle, some people might not like it but I think a lot will so I’m just saying it’s worth a try

    • @BxBxProductions
      @BxBxProductions ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@greenhat7618 imagine paying $30 at a restaurant for 3 pieces of snail that's massive cope

    • @bocahdongo7769
      @bocahdongo7769 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@BxBxProductions at least in Asia you can pay it for.... 1-2$

    • @Luka1180
      @Luka1180 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@BxBxProductionsWhite American spotted

  • @anameglass1607
    @anameglass1607 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Medieval french people consider snail and frog as fish, they eat those when they abstain from meat. Just like their ancestor, modern french just consider it as delicacy .

    • @varoonnone7159
      @varoonnone7159 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They also considered barnacle geese as fish and ate it for Lent

    • @anameglass1607
      @anameglass1607 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And beaver. Ah human, using creativity to overcome strict rules.@@varoonnone7159

    • @inisipisTV
      @inisipisTV ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@varoonnone7159- If they’re tasty, why not.😊

  • @davidlambert6171
    @davidlambert6171 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In the Philippines we also eat snails called Kuhol. It’s cooked with coconut milk with other vegetable and spices. We don’t use fork to eat it. We skewer it with a toothpick.

  • @rdvqc
    @rdvqc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Back in the 1970's there used to be a restaurant in Montreal in the lower levels of Place Ville Marie called l'Escargot that served 16 varieties. We still miss it!

  • @GabrielMartinezValois
    @GabrielMartinezValois หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes! Escargot is one of my French favorite dishes! My late mother who was from French ancestry used to cook at home since I was a kid. She used to fry them with fine chopped garlic, fine chopped parsley and butter with a few of olive oil, just a hint. Here in Mexico City it was a little bit difficult to get fresh snails, but not impossible. They are delicious and if you paired them with white wine you'll feel in the Paradise!

  • @timogul
    @timogul ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I had some at Disney once, they were quite tasty. I don't know if they would be worth luxury prices on a regular basis, but they are good food.

  • @MrAlexman3
    @MrAlexman3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    After seeing how they're prepared, I'm definitely going to try escargot 🐌

  • @Ninanotlina
    @Ninanotlina ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love escargot for its medicinal value. Really tasty with rich butter and garlic 😋

  • @notsharingwithyoutube
    @notsharingwithyoutube ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love Escargot. I live in the USA, and I've eaten it my whole life.

  • @AhTechus
    @AhTechus 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Really admire your efforts and creativity

  • @saulchapnick1566
    @saulchapnick1566 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I took French for six years during the 70s, saw a wonderful film on how they make escargot and made it on my bucket list to indulge in the dish when I visit France.
    That wasn’t until 1996. I ordered escargot and gagged as it was on the fork approaching my mouth. The thought of eating a snail was revolting. Took a pause, a deep breath and tried it again. Heavenly.
    Ordered it once in the United States. Did not taste the same. Was warned that snails in America did not taste the same.
    Have not ordered it since. The memories of the few times I had it in Paris will remain.

  • @willydihar2418
    @willydihar2418 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Absolutely! Southeast Asians also have snail recipes; a little less elegant than the French but still something to try ;-)

  • @fuzzyechoes
    @fuzzyechoes ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Filipinos cook it in coconut milk. It's one of my favourite dishes, ginataang kuhol.

    • @RonualdoBatusin
      @RonualdoBatusin ปีที่แล้ว

      Never tried that though, but maybe in some parts of the Philippines, but in Cebu haven’t seen anyone doing it. Would be interesting to try though.

    • @inisipisTV
      @inisipisTV ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RonualdoBatusin- It’s a staple on the buffet of Cabalen restaurants. Though they also tend to be seasonal.

    • @RonualdoBatusin
      @RonualdoBatusin ปีที่แล้ว

      @@inisipisTV ohhh okay..cabalen is from pampanga right? Cabalens here in cebu dont have the snail dish or maybe I didn’t get to see it whenever i go there.

  • @Lue_Jonin
    @Lue_Jonin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had garlic snails only once back in 1982 on Guam... Very tasty 👍 💘 🐌

  • @marioalday5966
    @marioalday5966 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    snails are eaten in every Mediterranean country. By the way, these giant shells you see on restaurants are purely ornamental, and sold separately. Actually the shells you buy at the supermarket are empty seashells while the snail that are served inside these shells are ground snails.

  • @Dreamlgider
    @Dreamlgider ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I tried them in in France last year, very tasty indeed.

  • @oasisofpassion
    @oasisofpassion ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I try it many time,, its good taste, usualy restaurant offer snail with garlic , butter and parsley

  • @rahmansantuy
    @rahmansantuy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeah it's tasty.
    In Indonesia, we have "Tutut" basically snail from rice field. usually we make like a soup and then slurp the snail from the shell. Delicious!

  • @faisalshahajat2872
    @faisalshahajat2872 ปีที่แล้ว

    The farmer lady will be a very good teacher! Such adorable and soothing accent! ❤❤🎉 Merry is yours, christ is Us! 🙂🙂

  • @NoteAndroid
    @NoteAndroid 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of my "must" have in Paris is the scargot along with traditional mussels. Add a few pieces of baguette with butter. What a lunch/dinner~!

  • @Hiyaaydi
    @Hiyaaydi ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We usually stew snails gathered from ricefields in coconut milk and yum!

  • @AtmoPrabowo-ew1mp
    @AtmoPrabowo-ew1mp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In Indonesia, we have "tutut" or keong....it's kinda similar to bekicot or escargo although not completely the same. Usually we make it into soup or satay 🤤🤤🤤

  • @turingalan4679
    @turingalan4679 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In the Mediterranean it is common to eat snails, In tunisia we used to eat it in the Spring and it is the best tasting meat you can try but in recent years due to draught it is rare.

  • @friedapplepie1872
    @friedapplepie1872 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've never had French escargot but I grew up in Asia and we eat river/freshwater snails all the time. Yum!

  • @LordBrittish
    @LordBrittish ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lobster also used to be considered “peasant food“. Heck, some people even fed prisoners potatoes before they knew they were nutritious. (when cooked?)

  • @ramonserna8089
    @ramonserna8089 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love snails with butter and garlic

  • @rebeckyc1401
    @rebeckyc1401 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I ordered escargot in a restaurant in Alsace region. The server asked if that’s what I wanted. I nodded yes. Few minutes later they came back out to ask if that’s what I wanted, yes. Half way through the chef pops a look at me to see if I’m eating…I was happily enjoying my escargot 😋

  • @AGhostintheHouse
    @AGhostintheHouse ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to live a few blocks from a restaurant in Zephyrhills Florida that had an escargot appetizer and it was so delicious!

  • @chunkymilk
    @chunkymilk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    that first mf who saw a snail in his garden and decided that’s what he’ll have for lunch: 🗿

  • @STVG71
    @STVG71 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    While I've never had them, I envision them to be something like a steamed clam, oyster or mussel. I'd love the chance of trying them!

    • @bobbiz3085
      @bobbiz3085 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      we eat them a lot in vietnam, yes they're similar to clam or mussel

  • @ericcriteser4001
    @ericcriteser4001 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wrapped in light filo dough and covered in a butter, garlic herb sauce is wonderful.

  • @joebenzz
    @joebenzz ปีที่แล้ว +14

    What makes them "good" is what they put on it like the garlic butter, herbs etc... You can put the same kind of seasoning on steaks or even toasted bread and it will be phenomenal in the same way. I don't really understand why the snails are so popular as food while the tasty side of it isn't even the snail itself.

    • @shaunseah757
      @shaunseah757 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Texture

    • @ciello___8307
      @ciello___8307 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, before food choices were abundant, snails were easy catch and they tasted pretty decent when cooked… i could see why they caught on

    • @zebax3814
      @zebax3814 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It used to be free food. In france I used to catch them with my grand parents. It was good but now having to pay more than beef to eat them seems strange

    • @rafasr0
      @rafasr0 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like they said in the video. They were poor man's food. Now theyre exotic food, like Lobster and Sturgeon Eggs AKA caviar and the whole woow its delicious and a delicacy is just cope

    • @AlexiasPlaylist
      @AlexiasPlaylist ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you had snails and don't enjoy them then that's more of a personal preference/opinion rather than snails just objectively being bad.

  • @Rct3master44
    @Rct3master44 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Got to try escargot a few weeks ago. Theyre great. A lot like clams or oysters but without the grittiness of aand.

  • @BillRalens
    @BillRalens ปีที่แล้ว +3

    when I lived in Japan, they eat a variety of snails. My favorite one was brown with four legs and some of them had udders. The most expensive cuts were heavily marbled with fat and went well with a red wine. I was also fond of the brie and other cheeses they made from these snails.

  • @ericlove7321
    @ericlove7321 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved them when I was 8. Still love them.

  • @frankm7707
    @frankm7707 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They are amazing

  • @christopherchuauhang4829
    @christopherchuauhang4829 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love snails and this one looks amazing!

  • @Non-k2x5l
    @Non-k2x5l 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have eaten them since I was 8 years old because of reading Doraemon Manga, where Tsuneo goes on to brag about eating escargot in a French Restaurant, so I wanted to find out what it was all about. I am now 43 yrs old, and still love it.

  • @sgt_slobber.7628
    @sgt_slobber.7628 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Escargots are Absolutely delicious!!!!! It tastes like the best mushrooms you ever had!!!!!🐌🐌🐌🤗🤗🤗

  • @sproge2142
    @sproge2142 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Does anyone know what she means when she says you can't kill snails in extension?

  • @AmaliaMagenCohen
    @AmaliaMagenCohen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What’s the difference in boiling then when they are out or in ??

    • @KonradvonHotzendorf
      @KonradvonHotzendorf ปีที่แล้ว

      They go dormant(shut down their bodies) in the cold so they feel less than if they are active

  • @thetruthinknowledge8554
    @thetruthinknowledge8554 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I found they have a good sweet taste, one of my favorite foods of the world

  • @JaNeija
    @JaNeija 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Northern Ontario here.
    How this weird? When I was a wee little guy about 8 we had them in the little plates with these double walled bowls that had 8 places in them.
    Obviously it is French but in this case we have a meeting of the culinary minds on this dish ...

  • @regiecruz1397
    @regiecruz1397 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In Philippines its a ordinary meal
    Snail is cook in coconut milk with chillies

  • @brucelee5576
    @brucelee5576 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Snails are mostly texture with a mild flavor meat so it all in the sauce.

  • @draculastraphouse7863
    @draculastraphouse7863 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never had a snail but i LOVE oysters so much, i feel like they taste similar

  • @Pizz48
    @Pizz48 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is the edible snail the same with any kind of garden snails? Cus i work in a big garden area, and i can easily find them here. Normally we just let it slither away or ditch them in the fish pond. I might probably take some to try this kind of delicacy if they are really edible

  • @user-km2bz8iy5o
    @user-km2bz8iy5o ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Popular in Vietnam too, a former French colony

  • @SuzanaMantovaniCerqueira
    @SuzanaMantovaniCerqueira 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🤷🏻‍♀️ I cannot resist ! I love it!

  • @n5sdm
    @n5sdm ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember in the 70s all the snails i saw in france as a kid. They were everywhere. My brother and i did snail races

  • @sylvievicenza179
    @sylvievicenza179 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have 1 kg in my fridge and will cooked them this after noon. I bought them from a local " allevamento elicicolo" here in Northern Italy. They will be prepared with tomatoes and herbs.

  • @mathautist
    @mathautist ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Escargot, when prepped right, tastes like garlic buttery clams, but better!

  • @bobmetcalfe9640
    @bobmetcalfe9640 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I thought that they were like tiny bits of rubber soaked in garlic. I quite like garlic but I'm not keen on rubber.

  • @snellsnell7490
    @snellsnell7490 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love escargot. I’ve had it many times throughout my life. I believe that snails were the first farmed animal. Archaeologists I believe found snail farms dating back thousands of years.

    • @Kyle-nm1kh
      @Kyle-nm1kh ปีที่แล้ว

      Goats are considered the first farmed animal over 10k+ years ago

    • @snellsnell7490
      @snellsnell7490 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kyle-nm1kh according to the information given on the British show QI snails were herded 10,700 years ago. Possibly goats were at the same time but I trust QI information.

    • @Kyle-nm1kh
      @Kyle-nm1kh ปีที่แล้ว

      @@snellsnell7490 lots of sources say 12,500 for goats and sheep

  • @yustianpratama
    @yustianpratama 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We eat snail too in Indonesia, we call it Keong Sawah "paddy rice field snail". It is so good and yummy.

  • @hus390
    @hus390 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cute and quirky! ❤

  • @bamboopanda1626
    @bamboopanda1626 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The land snails compared to the sea snails taste different but they're very similar. I think the ones that Vietnamese and Laotian people eat has a more rubbery taste but it doesn't have a taste. It has texture and the greatest thing about this meal is that it will take up any seasoning that you make. It is delicious.

  • @silvermist9644
    @silvermist9644 ปีที่แล้ว

    They're so good!

  • @jayp8950
    @jayp8950 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Snails are also a local delicasy here in the Philippines. Usually in farm areas. They aint as grand as this though.

  • @wxb200
    @wxb200 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've never had it. BUT, I definitely would try it.

  • @MikeCrawch
    @MikeCrawch ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I tried Apple snails before.
    But I’ve never tried Burgundy snails.
    I wouldn’t mind trying.

  • @jelsner5077
    @jelsner5077 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had them in Paris and they were delicious!

  • @Topsey2000
    @Topsey2000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you make a documentary on snails in Ghana?

  • @rocket91940
    @rocket91940 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a french with few foreign friends, i'm always impress by the fact people abroad associate our cuisine with snails and baguette. Sure, snails are a part of our gastronomy but it's not even a fraction of what people eats, includings during festive meals. Foie Gras, Tourte, all sorts of broiled or grilled meats, bread (but not only baguette), pastries are far more representative.

    • @necrocene5183
      @necrocene5183 ปีที่แล้ว

      i thought mimes cant talk

    • @rocket91940
      @rocket91940 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@necrocene5183 Nope but they can buttf*ck you

    • @carthkaras6449
      @carthkaras6449 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@necrocene5183 99,99% of the french never saw a mime in their life

    • @necrocene5183
      @necrocene5183 ปีที่แล้ว

      its a joke... @@carthkaras6449

  • @bensmith7536
    @bensmith7536 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had escargo in garlic butter some years ago in an Australian restaurant. A little firm in texture from a small piece of meat drawn from the shell, largely a garlic taste, not unpleasant. Think of a long thin but firm textured cooked oyster without the ocean taste, with strong garlic. No experience with French servings.

  • @valorzinski7423
    @valorzinski7423 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They taste good

  • @jamescameron1861
    @jamescameron1861 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've just bought some and am looking forward to a new culinary experience.

  • @rob876
    @rob876 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to eat snails regularly in Cape Town when I stayed there. I believe the Huguenots brought the right kind of snails and the right kind of grapes with them when they arrived in the Cape so many years ago.

  • @blastermaster5039
    @blastermaster5039 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ate a lot of these in South east asia boiled in coconut milk + spices or in butter + spices. Snails look and are icky but they are so delicious.

  • @seeingimages
    @seeingimages 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I enjoy escargot. Very tasty. 👍

  • @rbehri6280
    @rbehri6280 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you are in the Philippines try Guinataang kuhol, a snail dish cooked with coconut milk, ginger and chili, ummm yummmy!

  • @ballistic350
    @ballistic350 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love snails ...good eating , loving her nose bridge😊

  • @TonyBMW
    @TonyBMW ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely would

    • @winterrising8738
      @winterrising8738 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the snail or the hot farmer

    • @TonyBMW
      @TonyBMW ปีที่แล้ว

      @@winterrising8738 the snails 😂

  • @yasinradee
    @yasinradee ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder what she does with the slime. Does it have any beauty or health benefits?

  • @aokiaoki4238
    @aokiaoki4238 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is a traditional dish in Greece also, we make them with wine or vinigar and rosemary

  • @LondonPower
    @LondonPower 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In Greece also I grow up eating snails is very tasty food

  • @lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534
    @lesamisdelacuisineprovenca9534 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And the frog legs !! In beignets .... i loooooove them both !!

  • @TakluCal
    @TakluCal ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best things I’ve eaten ever.