Escargot.

[wolftracks]

yuck

 

[annageckos]

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I never had escargot, I would try it. I have kept apple snails (the type of snails that are used) in my aquariums before. I did think about cooking up two of them that were eating my plants! I had octopus when I was really young, and I loved it. It was in Mexico, never could find it again. Tried to cook it myself but it didn't work out too well. I pretty much love any seafood, cooked not raw. Mmmmmm, seafood....

 

[sonew123]

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There is NOTHING better than them sauteed up with galic and lots of butter with a french bread to sop up the mixer

 

[Dunkopf]

I used to eat it at a French restaurant in Germany. A German girl turned me on to it. The stuff was delicious. I tried some at an expensive restaurant here in Denver and it was horrible. It's all in the preparation like so many foods. I sent the stuff back to the kitchen and the waitress was really hostile about it. I guess she didn't know that I am a generous tipper. She got 5% instead of my usual 25%.

 

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

Oooooo, I LOVE escargot!! I had it for the first time in Greece, cooked by a sweet older aunt of a friend of ours. It was DELICIOUS, so buttery and smooth, very mild in seafoody flavor. Of course, the unlimited supply of homemade wine and fresh bread to soak up the goodness probably helped too.

For folks who typically like seafood type stuff, if you don't like escargot, its probably because it wasn't cooked correctly. Just like calamari, it can be super tough if overcooked.

You guys have me craving escargot at 10am, this is a first!

 

[Mak]

Love escargot! Butter, garlic, mmmmmm!
Also like conch. Can't remember if I've ever tried abalone.
As for calamari, Chef Mario Batali says you cook it either for two minutes or two hours. Quickly done, it is tender and not at all rubbery. Let it go more than a minute or two and you do have to cook it a long time to get it tender again.
We were out to dinner with friends last Friday at the CIA in Hyde Park, NY. Went to their Italian place. I had a rabbit ragout that was outstanding, and for the main course, oxtail. Soooo good! Tender and delicious. The couple we were with couldn't imagine why I wanted to eat oxtails. Until they tried it.
We have chicken feet in the freezer, as well as pig's ear. Don't know if we'll like it, but hey, you never know until you try, right? We've always told our kids to just try anything once. If they didn't like it, that was fine. But they had to at least try it. Those three will eat just about anything now.

 

[darkmatter]

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Love em, and it can too be your garden snail------collect them and keep them in a container with corn meal to eat for a few days to clean them out. Then bake them with butter/garlic--yum.

The common variety garden snail in the U.S. is not native, they were imported for food.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Just the way snails look and feel all slimy, just the thought of eating one makes me wanna

 

[key west chick]

Love escargot. Also love raw oysters on the half shell. Conch is awesome. Cold ceviche is my favorite.

 

[charmed one]

Yummy! DH and I love escargot!