The mystery of the medieval fighting snails
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The pages of medieval books are stalked by a ferocious monster: the fighting snail.
    • Kogasa@programming.devEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      Our DNA never forgets. That’s why to this day, every human has an innate and irrepressible fear of snails. It’s true.

      • bouh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        1 year ago

        Well, in France people eat them… It could still be related though…

        • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
          61·
          1 year ago

          Most things are actually delicious when cooked well. Alligator? Stingray? Guinea pig? Cow tongue? The heart of nearly any creature? All of them are better than chicken

          We eat things not because they’re delicious, but because they’re convenient and reasonably delicious. Snail used to be a delicacy… They don’t eat it in France much anymore because they’re not convenient anyone

          • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            We eat things not because they’re delicious, but because they’re convenient and reasonably delicious.

            Like children.

          • Sylvartas@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            IIRC snail was originally a survival food. I guess over time people kept refining the preparation process and accompaniments until it became a delicacy (indeed, probably because it’s very far from being a convenient dish to make).

            Source : am french. I ate snails yesterday for Christmas Eve’s dinner, actually.

          • Magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovhEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            We still do eat them. Well at least I assume some people do as I can’t stand it. But you still find frozen snails in pretty much every supermarket around where I live.