Escargot

Yes, it’s not bad, but that’s really just because of the garlic, lemon, and butter.

You could make a pebble palatable with that trinity!

Haven't had it in years but I ate them quite regularly in the1980s. A French thing. In garlic butter.

At the time les françaises I was hanging with said the Asian variety were too rubbery.

When I was younger I made sure to sample any food that I had only read about. The texture was just too off-putting to me, as is octopus.

I've had it maybe a dozen times, but it's not something that I can see anyone craving. I will probably live out my days without having it again as it's so rarely seen on menus, though I did order it in Paris once because Parisian bistro. As R1 says, that combination is astounding and could make a tractor palatable.

They're delicious and I like the chewy texture. Sauce is everything and a crisp white wine.

Also good are periwinkle snails in black bean sauce; I've cooked those at home.

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Hi Gerg.

Nope can't get past the idea.

20 years ago on a cruise ship. It was fine. I didn't love it but it was better than raw oysters.

Love them and have since I was a kid.

It was decent when I tried it. But as has been mentioned, that was largely due to the sauce.

Once I had that experience behind me, it was not something I had any strong desire to repeat. Not saying I would never eat escargot again, but I sincerely doubt I would.

Eating snails 🐌 was the origin of the slur frogs 🐸 for the French.

Like the posts above, I've had it a few times - and really all you taste is butter and garlic.

It feels like a 1970s/80s daring dish to prove your 'sophistication' - but it really doesn't have much taste and isn't worth the price. That's why you don't see it anymore.

Feels gimmicky today.

As a kid worked in restaurant-made and served that s***. Stuffed in reusable shells along with lots of butter and lemon AND those same tongs I Love Lucy pinched her nose with to an avoid the smell.

Thank god I'm a vegetarian.

I’m sorry, lemon? Whoever is preparing or serving you escargot in some sort of lemon sauce deserves the guillotine.

I don't want no stinking snails!

I love them with an aroma filled cup of High Point coffee.

Loved them since the 80s, and not for the sauce. I was afraid to try them at first, and when a friend ordered them I just dipped some bread into the sauce that remained. I could taste all the ingredients listed above plus something else I loved but couldn't place. When the friend told me that was the taste of the snail itself, I was sold.

No, I don’t eat snot.

R8, I felt the same way you did for years until someone told me: "Well, you love oysters and clams, don't you?"

I could live without it. As someone else said, all you taste is the garlic.

Yes, love them that way and have had them many times. I've also had them cooked in a southern Italian recipe with red sauce and pasta and it was divine as well. There's a Spanish restaurant that specializes in Spanish wines pared with tapas near me and I always go there when I need my fix for garlic , butter snails. They also serve my other love, octopus leg 🦵

Agree with others that it’s mostly a butter and garlic delivery vehicle.

I think one of your American cousins ate my geranium.

I had it once in a French restaurant in Philadelphia--I was feeling bold. I enjoyed them, but I rarely go to a restaurant where they're offered (I now live on the other coast).

Yuck! I imagine snail/slug would have the consistency of a crisp jarred gerkin? I'll think of this French dish the next time I'm moving a slug off my catwalk.

R27, a very different texture.

Escargots are okay; I used to like them more than I do now. Caracoles in Spain are so-so; much better in a seasoned sauce than in caracole juice.

My family used to make them. It's a process. You keep them alive and feed them bread crumbs. Once their poop turns white they're ready to boil and eat!

R30, did you grow up in France?

When I was a kid in the late 60s my dad was friends with the owner of one of those once ubiquitous Theater District French Restaurants. I remember going a few times - a narrow, dimly lit place that felt very exotic. My sister and I, both under 7, ate S-Cargo having no idea what the hell it was. I liked it ok, but years later felt my parents had played a dirty trick on me. I've never had them since.

Proper escargot is delicious.

Don't risk and don't settle.