Jenica eats a snail

Now, I will begin this post by saying I like escargot.  Really.  When it’s cooked well with tons of garlic butter, what’s not to love?  They have the texture and flavor of a buttery mushroom, and I am definitely a fan.  However, the ones you can buy from all the local stores are just OK, not amazing.  They are fairly cheap, compared to restaurant prices, and effortless to prepare.  All you do is take off the plastic wrap and bake for 10-11 minutes.  I still only give them about 4 out of 10 compared to some that we have eaten in restaurants in Paris, for example.  That’s why I couldn’t believe Jenica was willing to try one of these cheaper snails that really don’t look all that appetizing to me.  Look at them yourself and see if you would want to eat these:

This is Jenica hodling the the snails straight out of the fridge




Here they are after being baked

   

Here is a snail after it was pulled out of its shell.  Would you want to eat that?

I expected the reaction we got from my other two girls.  Check out this video, and you won’t be able to miss Maisy’s distaste at the thought of even being near a cooked, green snail, let alone eating one:

We shot two other videos of this experience that we didn’t include.  All in all it took Jeni about 5 minutes to finally stop making excuses and eat it.  I had to eat the first one she picked, just to show her it was good, and Jason ate some in front of her too.  Then she decided she would really go for it and ate it.  The funny thing to me is that she appears to gag on the snail and have trouble with the texture as she eats it, but she still SAYS she likes it.  I don’t know, do you believe her?

As you saw, you have no trouble believing how Maisy and Jocelyn feel about these snails!