Period snails (was Re: SC - Period Beet Recipe)

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

And it came to pass on 20 Oct 99,, that Laura C. Minnick wrote:

> 'Lainie
> AKA SLUG Queen Carmen Slugana, the Most Mucilaginous Majesty of Mollusks
> 
> OBLIGATORY FOOD CONTENT:
>  Are there any period recipes for escargot?

Granado (1599) gives 2 recipes for snails, along with a description of 
how to find and clean them and when to eat them.  One is for frying 
them and the other is for a pottage.  I'll post them later.  (I can barely 
handle English before my second cup of coffee, let alone translation.)

Brighid


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
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