Ian Hoare wrote:
> Salut/Hi Musashi,
>
>>I've never been able to get past the flavor of butter and garlic to
>>appreciate it.
>
> Agreed, and it is my least favourite way of eating them. Wandering even
> further OT, the best snails I ever had were the very large marine snails
> called Conch and found (I've often snorkelled for them) in the Caribbean.
> Eaten in fritters, once beaten to a pulp, they're divine. That said (and
> dragging this kicking and screaming back on topic) I've some some pretty
> good Conch Rotis in one of the Windward Isles.

When I visited my parents on their sail boat in Exuma Bahamas, I saw a bunch
of the locals sitting on the tailgate of their truck full of conch. They would
take a conch and snap a whole deep into it to release the foot. They'd slide
the whole snail out and eat raw. I hungrily watch from the side, tempted to
ask for a bite.

I never got a taste of raw conch, but did have conch fritters from one of the
local restaurants.

--
Dan