I have eaten escargot a few times now actually. The first time was while I was in junior high. Our class learned about proper etiquette and then we got to test out our new manners at a fancy French restaurant called La Caille. It was fun but I could never justify spending that much money on food. Before dinner we had a chance to walk around the grounds and look at all their gardens. They also had a lot of swans and peacocks, which seemed fitting. They did have a llama that seemed pretty out of place though. This is actually where my kiss a llama list item came about. My friend told me a llama wouldn’t let you near it if it didn’t like you. Animals tend to like me (with the exception of parrots for some reason) so I thought kissing a llama would be easy and added it to the list. Now looking back it seems pretty stupid but oh well if its on the list I do it…. Or try to do it. I didn’t get time to attempt my kiss on that llama because it was time to go eat. The butter was carved into flower shapes and the meat was as big as my plate. My desert was on fire… and then there were the snails. That was on my list so I planned on eating them but as soon as they were sitting on the table I started to lose my nerve. My friend’s comments were not helping. My dad had also come as a parent chaperone and he decided we would all eat them together. So we got ready and at the count of 3 we all shoved them in our mouths, ok me and Amanda did. My dad set his down and said he doesn’t eat bugs. What a rip off! She spit hers out so in the end I was the only one that ended up eating mine. Honestly they aren’t that bad. I don’t mind them but I’m not going to be trying to prepare that at home either. My most memorable escargot experience was when we ate them on the cruise. The eyeballs were still on and I felt the stringy part on my tongue. I almost lost it right there. I ate though. I think I have eaten enough snails for one lifetime!
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