Gothamist: Look at that Escargot!

sonyactivision

Thu, 22 May 2008 23:13:22 -0500

No militant vegan would dare eat a slug...that would be cannibalism.

HowBoutDemCowboys

Thu, 22 May 2008 11:53:29 -0500

Somehow I knew no vegans or vegetarians would come to the aid of the slugs. They only stand up for the 'cute' or 'beautiful' animals.

sonyactivision

Wed, 21 May 2008 17:54:49 -0500

I first had them in Ciudad Juarez. They were *slurp*,*slurp*, delicious!

zmadison

Wed, 21 May 2008 17:16:37 -0500

That picture is priceless.

Snoopy

Wed, 21 May 2008 14:53:14 -0500

Are there any other mammals that eat slimy slugs? We are talking low end on the food chain here. You can call them escargot, but the fact is they are snails and slugs with borrowed shells. I guess if you put enough some kind of French sauce on a pile of shit it might also taste good to some people, not me. Typical French cuisine.

lanciano

Wed, 21 May 2008 14:08:57 -0500

Snoopy, you usually can't see the antennae or the razor scooters when eating escargot. I find them very tasty.

Ethan

Wed, 21 May 2008 13:46:31 -0500

Slug-butter, slugs.

jibbly

Wed, 21 May 2008 13:42:40 -0500

Haha, good corny joke + photo = favorite!

mocanlagunas

Wed, 21 May 2008 13:29:57 -0500

don't eat them if you don't like them... duh! I do like them, but $85...

edEx

Wed, 21 May 2008 13:21:17 -0500

slugs with shells!

amsci

Wed, 21 May 2008 12:57:34 -0500

I tried snails in Chinatown... they really weren't that bad. They didn't have much of a taste, mostly just taking on the flavor of the brothy sauce they were cooked in and were chewy (kind of like slightly overcoooked calamari). You had to pull each one out of the shell with a toothpick, which was a little more effort than warranted for such a small morsel.

HowBoutDemCowboys

Wed, 21 May 2008 12:56:39 -0500

Calling all vegans and vegetarians. Please regale us to an overlong and completely boring tirade on why people shouldn't eat escargot.

lanciano

Wed, 21 May 2008 12:46:47 -0500

i love puns and that was perfectly corny. well done!

Snoopy

Wed, 21 May 2008 12:46:03 -0500

YUK! Why would anyone eat those things? They're kind of like maggots with antennae. Or perky slugs.