"Ian Hoare" > wrote in message
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> Salut/Hi Musashi,
>
> le/on Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:52:21 GMT, tu disais/you said:-
>
> >> > > I think that in the case of "Sexual Harassment Panda", it's about
> >> > trolling.
>
> Probably. Though just this once I enjoyed myself responding.
>
> >> Although I've had some delicious escargot! ;-)
>
> So have I.
> >
> >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.
>

I've had conch, but only in fritters mixed with dough.

> As for land snails, I find snail butter too powerful for the relatively
> delicate taste of snails. One of our local restaurants used to do a little
> snail and new potato sort of stew dish - he called it a "cassolette" and
> that was simply scrummy.
>

A piece of trivia,.. Japan is the largest exporter of land snails for
consumption to France.

Musashi