tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post3761119852069502259..comments2024-03-28T11:41:43.558+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: The Festival of the SnailsKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-83628262845704836662008-07-27T17:19:00.000+02:002008-07-27T17:19:00.000+02:00Hi Betty, we have people who raise snails and sell...Hi Betty, we have people who raise snails and sell them at the markets here in Saint-Aignan and other towns around the Touraine and the Sologne. I need to buy some one day...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-69006897223614173302008-07-27T17:17:00.000+02:002008-07-27T17:17:00.000+02:00I ate more snails in the USA, when I was going to ...I ate more snails in the USA, when I was going to French restaurants to feel French, than now living in France. They sure aren't on many restaurant menus in our area -- maybe more in Burgundy?Betty Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155852272383173880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-37671218953558335062008-07-25T12:03:00.000+02:002008-07-25T12:03:00.000+02:00Had no idea that snails were not considered as mea...Had no idea that snails were not considered as meat. Quite an informative post! I learnt quite a few things here.<BR/>I remember my mother putting them in salt, she used the word "dégorger", I guess it was a way of cleaning them. I found the sight revolting, but it didn't keep me from eating them afterwards dressed with a beurre d'escargot! Parsley, garlic and butter. <BR/>How did a good Jewish girl like my mother end up cooking and eating snails is beyond me ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-50144962799313597862008-07-24T22:02:00.000+02:002008-07-24T22:02:00.000+02:00That's what we did with clams on the North Carolin...That's what we did with clams on the North Carolina coast — we put them in a bucket of salt water, poured in some corn meal, and then let them suck that into their systems. They expelled any sand they might have had in their gut. After all that, we enjoyed eating them.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32026324601123792132008-07-24T20:58:00.000+02:002008-07-24T20:58:00.000+02:00I thought the similarity to your regional French w...I thought the similarity to your regional French word was interesting.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure about a lot of Italians, but my grandmother cooked them in white wine with garlic and thyme, then served them with parsley on top. <BR/><BR/>Nonni used to refer to them as <I>i diavoli</I> (the devils) in her garden. She gathered them, put them on trays, and fed them (what else?) polenta for a week or two, then fsst! into the pan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-63353576553244112212008-07-24T11:07:00.000+02:002008-07-24T11:07:00.000+02:00Hi Ellen, and thanks for that word in Italian. Do ...Hi Ellen, and thanks for that word in Italian. Do many Italians eat snails?Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-30927619596266093742008-07-23T20:51:00.000+02:002008-07-23T20:51:00.000+02:00Lovely story, thanks Ken! By the way, an Italian s...Lovely story, thanks Ken! <BR/><BR/>By the way, an Italian snail is a <I>lumaca</I> (several snails are <I>lumache</I>)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4316147035662227602008-07-23T14:32:00.000+02:002008-07-23T14:32:00.000+02:00One other footnote of no consequence. The snail in...One other footnote of no consequence. The snail in the placard is known in France as Ambroise from Le Manège Enchanté(or Brian in the English version, the Magic Roundabout, of happy memory):<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_RoundaboutnmlldffAutolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-17099128034168338132008-07-23T12:26:00.000+02:002008-07-23T12:26:00.000+02:00i love this disquistion on snails, linguistic and ...i love this disquistion on snails, linguistic and gustatory.<BR/><BR/>garlic, butter, parsley. hmmm, you really could eat pretty much anything with that on it. it's what my mother used to call a DUDRE -- dumb ingredients, divine results. mmmmm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com