Escargots in Paris
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This is a restaurant famous for it's escargots. Too bad the photo is dark, you can't appreciate the huge snail that sits above the entrance.
http://tinyurl.com/6f546k
http://tinyurl.com/6f546k
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It's impossible to go wrong because every ordinary place buys them frozen with the garlic butter already in the shells (usually from the German wholesaler Metro, but also from Picard and some other places). You just put the snails in the oven for about 10 minutes until the butter starts bubbling in the shells. It is always good, and the customers never know the difference.
I have several packages myself in my freezer for snail emergencies.
I have several packages myself in my freezer for snail emergencies.
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A great question, Peter2.
Thank you, Cigalechanta, I printed out the restaurant you gave and the page with the snails made my mouth water. They prepare them so many different ways!
Kerouac- are you living in USA, I don't think so but if yes, where did you buy the frozen snails? I have never seen them in US supermarkets. Maybe from a restaurt distributor but not retail. MERCI!
Thank you, Cigalechanta, I printed out the restaurant you gave and the page with the snails made my mouth water. They prepare them so many different ways!
Kerouac- are you living in USA, I don't think so but if yes, where did you buy the frozen snails? I have never seen them in US supermarkets. Maybe from a restaurt distributor but not retail. MERCI!
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I've seen snails in the supermarket but not frozen. I have seen them in a kind of "snail kit" I guess. The shells are packaged on top of a can of snails. I have never tried them so have no clue if they are good or not.
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Cigale -
I ate at L'Escargot Montorgueil in November. That was the place we chose for our big night out. My boyfriend had never had snails and he's now a fan. That was one of the top meals of my life. Here's a better picture of the snail.
http://tinyurl.com/5lvha4
I ate at L'Escargot Montorgueil in November. That was the place we chose for our big night out. My boyfriend had never had snails and he's now a fan. That was one of the top meals of my life. Here's a better picture of the snail.
http://tinyurl.com/5lvha4
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This photo album will a lot of escargots being eaten. Of course the snails are served in bigger amounts than the Parisians.
http://www.pyreneesmediterraneanliving.com/
They're served with bread and aioli plus lots of good red wine.
Blackduff
http://www.pyreneesmediterraneanliving.com/
They're served with bread and aioli plus lots of good red wine.
Blackduff
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kerouac--That is too funny! We took the kids to Paris when they were around ages 7 and 10. They loved the escargot. We were at the store one day and saw the big bag of frozen ones, and the kids were begging us to buy it and take it home. If we could have found a way, we would have. It was quite a large bag too.
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Along the same lines, I remember when I was living in Lisbon and at certain times of the year little cafes would have their entire front windows covered in the tiny periwinkle snails. You'd order up a batch and they'd give you a toothpick and saucer of garlic butter.
Yum.
Crefloors - I've wondered about those shell/escargot kits here in the US too.
Yum.
Crefloors - I've wondered about those shell/escargot kits here in the US too.
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http://www.geobeats.com/videoclips/f...scargot-dining
I saw trays of frozen ones that looked just like that at the "Bastille Day on 60th St" street fair in NYC.
I saw trays of frozen ones that looked just like that at the "Bastille Day on 60th St" street fair in NYC.