SC - fishiness

[Ann Sasahara]

> Ann Sasahara wrote: 
> > Just out of curiosity, is this why snails are milk-fed before cooked to
> > become escargot?  I've never had the milk-fed ones, so I don't know if
> > this is supposed to improve the flavour or the texture.
 
<snip>
> This type of thing is done with several animal foods which involve
> eating the animal more or less whole: mussels, crayfish, clams, oysters,
> etc., can all be kept for a day or two to get the mud out of them,
> either in salted water, or water with corn (maize) meal added, a variety
> of expedient thingies.
> 
> Adamantius
> -- 

That makes sense.  I went to a mardi gras dinner last year. There was a
huge platter of crayfish in the middle of the buffet.  They looked small
and cute, but they tasted like chewy mud. (The rest of the food was
great!)

Ariann

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