I use the method described by Raymond Oliver. He has a wonderful chapter
devoted to how the snails are bred, prepared, butchered, and cooked.
The snails are first starved so as to empty their bowels. Then they are
fed on whole grains to fatten them up. I forget how they are butchered, but
they are then soaked in "snail water". They are then baked in a ceramic dish
that has six large pockets for the snails and the garlic butter.
And yes, under cooking or over cooking ruins them. They should come out
with a texture resembling the thick fat of moderately cooked bacon. And always
served with thick crusted bread to enjoy the remaining butter.
>
>ESCARGOTS !!!
>
>Garlic (lots of), butter (lots of), parsley (lots of) and salt (less of it).
>Some (black) pepper may be added.
>
>You have to be very careful with the snails, they usually eat plants that
>are not edible for humans (hemlock is one of them).
>
>My folks used to put them in a fishing creel/pot for a fortnight or so,
>and fed them with lettuce so that their bowels would no longer contain any
>poison.
>
>Put them back in the shells after boiling them alive - of course you’ll
>have to take them out one after the other beforehand… and fill in back
>with the stuffing.
>
>Display the batch on a bed of raw salt. Opening of the shell up … Put the
>pan in the over.
>
>Underbaked they’re yecchy, overbaked they’re gummy (Michelin’s 5 stars …
>snow tires/tyres).
>
>Yummy were my mother’s, a traditional meal on July 14th.
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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>Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Dialup Internet - Snail trail
>Amities
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>Philippe
>
>
>
>> Le 12 févr. 2020 à 21:50, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>>
>> I can do it even simpler by tethering the phone to the laptop with the
>> USB cable.
>>
>> How about the proper method of preparing escargot?
>>
>>>
>>> EDIT : Life is Wonderful
>>>
>>> Well, so long as one reads the Owners’ / Owner’s manual.s
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> Good on you Chris!
>>>
>>> Now, in truth, let me know, honest, what’s the next topic we could bicker
>>> on on the list ? ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>> - Hunter S. Thompson
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