Escargot for Lunch - Anyone

You may not like this capture, but life is life and these lovely creatures were found under a pile of damp logs. There were hundreds of them and included a few woodlice for luck.

Now I'm not suggesting that these are your real French escargots, in fact they are your common or garden British snail. I have been offered snails to eat whilst in France but I couldn't, I did however enjoy frogs legs.

Best viewed with the magnify button above the pic, if you dare.

[David]

nicely captured, now where's the lemon juice.

[Claire]

Great capture however, I will pass on the snails and the wood lice and the viewing large - such a wimp:0)

[Lyn Berriman]

Great capture of nature's slimey creatures!

[Graham Thresher]

Love this shot and your presentation. Fav

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@killeen @claireuk @lynnilou @thresheg Thank you for at least looking and commenting, nobody yet has said they like French snails.

[Susan Golding]

A good garlic sauce and french bread, washed down with a glug of french wine, sitting outside in the french sunshine, anything tastes good!
Nice shot of these little lettuce shredders!

[Diana Moss]

No thank you, great detail , but I haven't viewed large

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@windridge @snowy Thank you ladies for even looking, nobody wants to look in the larger picture.

[virtualbrownie]

I quite like snails apart from when they are eating my plants - but as a source of food no thank you.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

Viewed large (but not for too long!), interesting patterns in their shells! I'll pass on the escargot, though.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@kchuk Your so brave to look, must admit I don't know why I took it.

[Rachel Holbrook]

So - did you remove them to somewhere over a mile away to save your garden? Or boil them for birds? Or leave them be :)

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@rvm Thanks for looking, thankfully they were in my friends garden and her husband was collecting them up, I live half a mile away up a steep hill and decided they would take ages to reach me.

[Kathie]

I'm heating up the garlic and butter as I write. You can keep the wood lice.

[Lin]

I've eaten escargot several times (the best in New Orleans) Needless to say, they did not look like this! It is an interesting capture...had to laugh at your response to Rachel - it would indeed take them a long while to get to your home!

[Connie]

Lovely capture of something that is quite beautiful and destructive. Could have done without looking at the creepy crawlies though. :))

[Khawbecker]

So fascinating! Love the colors and textures.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@kathiecb @linnypinny @connie865 @khawbecker Thank you all for commenting, not sure the subject was great but the colours came out well.

[carol white]

Hope you disposed of them after....a few less to destroy the garden!!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@carolmw Friends garden Carol, I think he took them up the woods.

[Louise Davies]

This is brilliant - love it! Fav!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@arncliffe Thank you Louise, I wasn't sure people would like it.