SC - snails and other things.

[Decker, Terry D.]

>>  Q: When does the earlist recipe for snails occur?
>
>I'd like to hear about this. Anyone got any recipes? I have seen canned
>snails in the grocery store, but didn't have any idea how one would cook
>or eat them. I can very well imagine them being served at a medieval
>feast. Although without forks I'm not sure how to eat them. Perhaps you
>were to dig them out with a knife. Or perhaps they were served to the
>table already out of the shells.
>
>Stefan li Rous
>markh at risc.sps.mot.com

The Goodman of Paris has a snail recipe quoted by M.F.K. Fisher in one
of collections of essays.  Mid 14 th century, and probably quite earlier
than that.

Bear
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