On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 02:29:37 -0500, Katra
> wrote:

> Hey this is neat! :-)
> I'm filing this recipe...

Snail stuffed mushrooms are very good, serve on rounds of
baguett if you want to go over the top.
>
> I actually have some escargot dishes, heavy porcelain with large divots
> in them, 6 to a dish. The most delicious escargot I ever had was up in
> Sedona Arizona at a little Swiss restaraunt. He served them in the
> Escargot dishes (no shells) with herbed garlic butter in a light bed of
> whipped eggwhites.
>
I'm very particular about how escargot are served. I don't
like "burgundy" style.... and egg whites sound gross.
Sorry.

> They were tender, not tough as they were fresh. Canned ones tend to be
> kinda rubbery. Overcooked.

Hmm. I suppose that's true... but canned is the usual way
they come and you're not going to find me cooking and
picking snails out of their shells just to serve up as an
appetiser, babe.


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