Do the French love snails? How do you eat snails in French cuisine?

Snails have high edible and medicinal value. Rich in nutrients, delicious, high-protein, low-fat, low-cholesterol, rich in more than 20 kinds of amino acids of high-grade nutritional tonic. Snails belong to the gastropod class terrestrial mollusks, and there are many species that can be found all over the world.

According to relevant records, there are 40,000 species of snails around the world. Snails are distributed in all provinces and regions of China, living in forests, shrubs, orchards, vegetable gardens, farmland, residences, parks, gardens, temples, mountains, flatlands, hills and other places. However, there are very few species that have feeding and edible value.

As a high-protein and low-fat high-quality food and animal protein feed for humans, snails have attracted more and more attention.

The snail is one of the most common mollusks on land, it mainly feeds on plants, and especially likes to eat the fine buds and young leaves of crops, so wild snails are more harmful to crops. With the development of science, people turn harm into benefit, and raise snails in captivity, so that snails can provide snail meat with high nutritional value for humans.

Grilled and eaten. The cooking of French snails is unique, and it is generally grilled: the snail meat is coated with a layer of cream, then the snail meat is mashed with green onions, garlic, etc., mixed with butter and spices, stuffed into a cleaned and complete snail shell, and then the "modified" "snail" is placed in a round iron plate with six round holes at the bottom and left on the stove to bake.

When the cream is baked and the chain is flushed, you can take out the snails and eat them.

The French have a special tool for eating snails, which is a special fork and tongs. Snail eaters hold the snail with tongs in one hand and pick the snail meat out of the shell with a fork in the other and dip it in a sauce or chili sauce, which is extremely delicious.

The reason why Chinese do not eat snails is that Chinese people feel that snails are a little disgusting, cannot accept them, and fail to develop the habit of eating snails. The second is that China has something similar to snails but more delicious, that is, fried snails, animals similar to snails, but more popular with Chinese.

Snail is not a biological taxonomic name, but generally refers to all terrestrial species of the class Gastropoda. In general, Western languages do not distinguish between aquatic snails and terrestrial snails, and in Chinese, snails only refer to terrestrial species, while snails in a broad sense also include giant shield slugs. The snail is an animal that includes many different families and genera.

Snails belong to mollusks, gastropods: feed on plants, lay eggs in the soil or on trees. It is more common on tropical islands, but some also live in cold regions.

Different varieties and different tastes.

1. Different varieties. French snails: mainly Burgundy snails, white line snails, and spotted snails. African snail: The scientific name is the brown cloud snail.

2. The taste is different. French snail: The old slag is smooth and elastic, and there is no earthy smell. African snail: The meat is old and has an earthy smell.