Lovely Escargot

Escargot:

• Escargot is a dish of cooked edible land snails, usually served as an appetizer
• it is one of the most famous dishes in French cuisine
• The most common preparation for escargot is boiling or steaming
• The snails are often served in the shell on a special escargot plate, which has small depressions for each shell
• Diners use tongs to extract the flesh from the shell, along with small two-tined snail forks, and then dip the snail into the sauce provided
• A garlic and butter sauce is the most common, but wine sauces and others are not unusual.

(Source: Wikipedia and wisegeek.com)

No I don't eat escargot and I am not a fan of escargot. Though a food lover, I like to stick to my usual common, safe type of cuisine and I'm not adventurous. Many of my friends love escargot and go for super exotic food. I can't appreciate foie gras, escargot and I don't like abalone!

For many who like escargot here is a picture I helped a friend take for his cafe. I reckon you can either steam or boil them, and prepare a butter sauce with garlic and pesto to go with it.