Talk:Escargot

Photo?
You're looking for photos of cooked snails? Awesome. Next time I'm in an overpriced French restaurant I'll be sure to have my Instamatic with me. Wahkeenah 19:31, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Snail.
I really want to mention the edible snail in the article Escargot. I don't know wether I necesarily have to mention the edible snail in the article(Escargot). Because there are edible snails that means snails that person can eat. Perhaps, There is an article about Edible snail. Daniel's page   ☎  03:42, 18 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Edible Snail is already mentioned in the article. Daniel's page    ☎  03:47, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Festive occasions?
I dispute that. In a village I know well near Montpellier, after the first rainstorms come in late august, the escargots emerge in incredible numbers. It's free food -- and you can't imagine the thrifty families of the Languedoc ignoring that. El Ingles 20:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Snails are called snails in English English
I removed the tag calling for a citation to demonstrate that snails are called snails on restaurant menus outside N. America. There is a limit, surely, to this kind of thing? Do we have to have citations to explain that you can ask for either "pied de cochon" or "pig's trotter" at a French restaurant in, say, London, depending on whether you are ordering in French or in English? Similarly the menu will list "Escargots - Snails" and you can ask for either. The only "citations" I can think of which would demonstrate this are links to the menus on restaurant websites, and I don't see the need to pick out any for free advertising. -- Picapica 11:34, 22 July 2007 (ULBSC)


 * Writing stuff in Wikipedia based on your own experiencin is original research and against Wikipedia rules. If you cannot cite it, you cannot write it&mdash;pure and simple. The Blot August 2008.


 * You can suppose it is common knowledge and simply mention it. 79.116.232.154 (talk) 16:45, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm British and snails are called snails in British English. I would only ever expect them to see them as Escargot if it's a French restaurant and everything else on the menu is in French. Witchampton Snails Bourgogne Snails, Garlic Butter & Gruyere Cheese Chausson Butchers steak with bone marrow, snails and chips Sonicated (talk) 22:22, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

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Eating snails in the Phillipines?
The Tao't Batu - cave dwellers of South Palawan. There are some Filipino minorities who eat wild snails (wild escargots?). Any info on this would be appreciated. Komitsuki (talk) 12:34, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Differentiate the dish (Escargots de Bourgogne) from the product ("Snails as food")
I think a serious problem with this article is that it "mixes" information from a typical dish from Burgundy, France, with human consumption of snails (in general). So it gives wrong information, like when it says that escargots are also eaten in Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal ... etc. that's not true. The Escargots de Bourgogne are eaten in Burgundy (and probably the rest of France). But if you ask for Escargots in Portugal, nobody will understand you, because there they call them differently ("caramujos"). In Spain, snails are not cooked in a "burgundy style", but in "llauna". What I mean is that too many things are getting confused here. The article suggests that the French are the only ones who eat snails and then the practice spread to other countries, which is somewhat ambiguous, erroneous and self-centered.

I propose to separate this article into 2: one on snails as food (same as insects as food or jellyfish as food) for general consumption, nutritional information, etc. And another article for the French dish called Escargots de Bourgogne, which can be expanded from the French Wikipedia (fr:Escargots de Bourgogne). --El Mono Español (talk) 11:34, 28 February 2021 (UTC)


 * "The article suggests that the French are the only ones who eat snails and then the practice spread to other countries, which is somewhat ambiguous, erroneous and self-centered."

AGREEEEEEDDDD!!! It's a very self centered French focused article that's attempting to convince us that the French taught the rest of the world to eat snails 84.67.104.245 (talk) 18:13, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Update: I have created the article Snails as food. Go check it! – – El Mono 🐒 (es.wiki account) 20:41, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 September 2021
Add reference/source for claim in Snail Species section about apple snails being a good source of protein: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452316X16300618 Hmferr02 (talk) 23:25, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅, thank you! ASUKITE  01:52, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 September 2021
I would like to add additional nutritional value information Abaggs (talk) 15:50, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:51, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

Snails also contain a mood-enhancing chemical called tryptophan, which can encourage the brain’s production of serotonin. Since serotonin can regulate one’s appetite and body regulation of sleep impulse control, eating escargot can help improve one’s mood. (https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/benefits-escargot-2364.html)

Eventhough snails are lean on their own, they can become much more unhealthy after preparation. One of the common French methods when cooking snails is to cook them in a garlic butter sauce. A recipe that offers up to four servings can call for two-thirds of a cup of butter which has a new nutritional value of 277 calories and 31 grams of fat. Other more health-conscious recipes typically use oil instead of butter.

Heliciculture escargot are considered a delicacy --> As a result, it will most likely be pricey to eat at a restaurant. https://itsfoodtastic.com/why-is-escargot-an-expensive-delicacy/
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The first of these sources is making biomedical claims (that eating snails can have an impact on one's psychological health); yet it is not a biomedical or even scientific publication; therefore it is not appropriate. The second is a blog, which is similarly making biomedical claims, and which cites no supporting source either. Please see WP:MEDRS or even WP:SCHOLARSHIP for the kind of sources that would be acceptable; and then go take a stroll, probably at PubMed or similar databases, in search of acceptable sources. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 02:26, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

snail eating in Sub Saharan Africa
snails have been eaten in dub Saharan Africa for probably longer than in Europe. especially as Africa is the birthplace of hominids. Giant African land snails are edible, have been eaten for centuries if not millennia and I'm surprised there's no serious mention of them (being the largest edible snails) on this page. It's very very misinformed. 84.67.104.245 (talk) 18:10, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Snail as food into Escargot
Same topic. Some information from this new article could be used in the Escargot article. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 22:14, 28 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Please read above Differentiate the dish (Escargots de Bourgogne) from the product ("Snails as food") – El Mono 🐒 (es.wiki account) 06:34, 29 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Oppose – Escargot is a specific snail dish, while the Snail as food article provides a more comprehensive summary of snails as food in general. They are distinct topics. North America1000 22:39, 17 June 2022 (UTC)