a snail’s pace
Posted: July 9, 2014 Filed under: food, Northern France, travel | Tags: escargot, food, northern france, snails, travel 7 CommentsSometimes life is fast. Sometimes life is slow. Today hiking in the rain we discovered this slug, about four inches long, a favorite for the birds.
a four inch long morsel of delight for birds
And then we saw this fellow, more of a choice for humans ( Escargot ) we left him to crawl away. The process of preparing snails consists of capturing your snails and placing them in a bucket where you feed them for 1 week. This allows them to purge whatever they have eaten previously which might be toxic or taste unpleasant. Then you “deslime” them by soaking them in mixture of water, salt and a touch of vinegar. Then it’s off to the pot.
Escargot wild in the forest
To the swift goes the race, but this little fellow inches along.
bwthoughts 
I never tried escargot and now I definitely won’t.
tastes pretty good if you have them prepared right. 🙂
Mom said they were . . .but she use to try everything.
when I go to a different place, I always try to trust the chef. Sometimes it turns out poorly, buy sometimes… 🙂
🙂
Ew! “lol” Slugs’n’Snails! Thrilled to see you’re living it up! 😎
Hi Resa – we just had a very nice Burgundy 🙂