Re:Casu Martzu
by porlune on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:27PM
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do you have any advice on eating snails?
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Re:Casu Martzu
by huhtenberg on Saturday June 19, 2021 @05:05PM
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In garlic butter sauce with white bread to soak it in. Very tasty. Snails are chicken taste-wise, and texture-wise - not that much different from the chewier bits that you can fish out from a bowl of Boston clam chowder.
Think of them like oysters or mussels. Snail is often prepared with lots of garlic, pesto, or cheese-ish things. The south of France styles are pretty easily taken, since there’s more garlic than snail :).
Eat them in southern Italy. They’re cheaper and you can actually eat more than 5 in a sitting. They vary from 1cm to 2.5cm in size, and you can have a dishful of them.
My grandma used to cook them in the summer with tomatoes and onions in a little clear soup.
In Apulia you might find Municeddhe, which are just cooked with oil and butter and maybe herbs (as far as I know). They’re amazing.
This is cross cultural among med countries, in Spain for example you have them served as drinking snacks
Re:Casu Martzu
by RBerenguel on Saturday June 19, 2021 @03:18PM
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You could also try in Catalonia, it's also a local dish (there are several preparations). Personally I don't particularly like the taste of snails themselves, but I don't think they are gross. It's just like "ground clams" in a way.
Coincidentally enough, "qui menja caragols per Sant Joan, té diners tot l'any".
Translation: if you snails on Saint John's Eve (June 23rd), you'll have money all year.
I think you forgot "eat" in your translation.
Re:Casu Martzu
by stephc_int13 on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:40PM
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Yes, go to a good restaurant, the proper recipe is taking forever (days).
Don’t think about it.
Re:Casu Martzu
by fishmaster on Saturday June 19, 2021 @03:00PM
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Yes: don't.