Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1887 — Eating Snails. [ARTICLE]

Eating Snails.

.. New Orleans is the largtst consumer of snails in this country. They art* first thrown into hot water, says a Southern epicure, and killed. —Then they are washed in a weak solution of Ive, whieh removes the slime, and the shells are cleaned with stronger lye. Then the meats are boiled and replaced in the shells, with a dressing of bread and parsely, and thus prepat ed the snails are roasted. When the covers are removed from the dish one must eat the snails whether one like? them or not, the flavor is so enchanting. They can be eaten in two ways—tlie meat can be picked out with a fork, or the shell may be put to the mouth and the snail sucked out bodily.- JV. U Times. v