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[struggle4progress]

[flamin lib]

1. An honest TV/Youtube chef!

He is right about one thing tho . . . escargot is nothing more than a reason to eat way too much butter with garlic.

[elleng]

2. ;-)

[liberalla]

3. I love escargot and I love mushrooms, so I was wishing him success. With proper seasoning

the mushrooms would be yummy too.

Have never seen this guy on YouTube, but found his sing-songy manner of speech annoying.

[Saviolo]

4. You get used to it!

It took me a while to get used to Chef John's manner of speech, but I do love his channel. He was one of the biggest inspirations for me and my hubby to start our own recipe channel on YouTube.

[Retrograde]

5. The SF Bay Area is plagued with snails

They're the edible variety, which according to legend were introduced by a homesick Frenchman during the Gold Rush (and if it's not true it should be). I caught some once, and decided that if they were going to eat my garden I was going to eat them. I carefully kept them on cornmeal for a week, feeding them lettuce leaves, then steamed them. They were reminiscent of garlic-flavored rubber bands. When I was training as a docent in a local garden we were told not to stomp on the snails if witnesses - especially children - were around: it's the instinctive reaction of gardeners around here.

I've escargot in France, and they were alright, but they can make even garlic-flavored rubber bands taste good. I'll stick with clams, mussels, and oysters if I want to eat a mollusk.

[spinbaby]

6. European snails are huge

One of my early childhood memories of my time living in Austria is of monstrously huge snails that came out after every rain. I was three or four at the time, so they’re probably much larger in my memory.