Anyone eat snails?

[DanHoo]

What about frog legs? They taste a little like chicken, but chicken is better.

I don't have a frog colony in my back yard, but if I did I'd prolly try frog legs before escargot

 

[AndyK]

We have a clamming get together coming up this weekend.
I will see about snagging a big snail this weekend for a cook.
Isn’t there a recipe expert here that could help me out ?

As far as frog legs go I had great ones when I was in the Midwest.
Spiced/Battered, deep fried and stacked on a big plate. Yum.
They were like crispy chicken wings.
I’ve also had some from a French Chef and I couldn’t get one down. .
The gourmet ones looked raw.
Yes they were sautéed but they still looked raw.
Yeah NO!

 

[JohnTak]

I read that the legs jump when cooked, I guess grilling them would be exciting?

 

[LMichaels]

I read that the legs jump when cooked, I guess grilling them would be exciting?

They do. I've seen it

 

[BFletcher]

I do not but Barney Fife eats snails and brains.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

I understand one must cage the snails and give them corn meal to “purge” some of the excreta before roasting with garlic butter. No, I’ve never done it but, I spend way too much reading!

 

[Joan]

Nope. Not until you post a recipe

OHHHH NOOOOOO!!!!!!!

I DON'T HAVE ANY!!!!!!!

 

[Joan]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooooooo

yes I do ( I had to go and look )

 

[DanHoo]

I understand one must cage the snails and give them corn meal to “purge” some of the excreta before roasting with garlic butter. No, I’ve never done it but, I spend way too much reading!

Article in the original post describes this. It sounds like yard snails can work.

I'm not sure I want to.

Best I can remember I've not had a snail before. Maybe in the 70s, someone shared a bite at a fancy rest, but it might have been sea urchin

 

[Joan]

1. BROOKS RESTAURANT'S ESCARGOT PROVENCALE
2. SNAILS WITH SHALLOTS IN PUFF PASTRY SHELLS
3. SNAILS IN GARLIC BUTTER
4. ESCARGOT TRUFFIERE
5. SNAILS
6. CRAPAUD (Mountain Chicken of Dominica) (Frog Legs)
7. FROG LEGS CALVADOS

 

[John Saldana]

 

[Mark Silver]

A medium (~5”) sea moon snail shell I collected from the tidal flat beach when I lived next to Puget Sound in Edmonds, WA. I had one almost twice as big but I gave it to my friend’s daughter. Most shells are empty when I find them, but not always. I don’t think they’re considered safe to eat because of potential accumulated poisons from the clams they eat. I’m sure @Andy Kaminski has seen many of these on WA beaches

 

[DuaneMac]

I love them! I was at Wild Fork Foods this morning and saw these, figured I’d try a box.

 

[LMichaels]

I was almost thinking this thread maybe should have been in the "humor" section? Hats off to anyone who can actually put one in their mouth LOL

 

[AndyK]

Mark those are the ones we have around here.
I always see them alive but have never messed with them
I will have to look into the safety and legality of eating them.
That said,
I raise clams/oysters/mussels and have no problems eating them or the wild ones but I know about them and I don’t know anything about snails.
I always thought that the moon snails were like abalone and were kelp eaters
I use to dive for abalone when that Fishery was open.
We stay safe by looking up DNR bio-toxin reports prior to collecting and never collecting from warm shallows regardless of any reports.

We harvested razors yesterday at the ocean and will be going for steamers tomorrow in the Hood Canal.
There is a gazillion ways of eating the critters up here.
I think my favorite is walking around with a knife, some Tabasco and a lime squirter in my pocket.