I MADE SEA SNAIL ESCARGOT

I want to know, can you use sea snails to make escargot? Snails might not be at the top of your list of things to try but there’s plenty of people around the world who love them. One of the most famous snail dishes would have to be escargot. Today though I want to find out can you use sea snails, a mollusc to make it. I’ve never cooked sea snails before though so let’s experiment and find out together how and if it can be done.

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[DanielMann]

Criminally underrated channel. Love it mate!

[drewby]

Great video mate. You should do the turban snails for sure. Keep up the good work

[edflam]

Awesome video mate your channel will blow up for sure 👌

[nopemope]

Great video mate, have you dived for proper big turbans before? I find it's more worth the effort as you can actually make a decent meal and having larger chunks of meat lets you experience the flesh and flavor better. The Turbo torquatus are good but my favorite are from outside the turban family, called Spengler's trumpets. They're harder to come across unfortunately but they're a predatory snail unlike the Turbans and their meat is lovely and sweet like crustaceans. I find most of my snails between 2-8 meters deep and around large rock formations and kelp forests. I would definitively boil them first to loosen them from their shells but if they're covered in algae that can reek so do it outdoors. On the bigger ones their anatomy is a lot more apparent and I wouldn't personally eat them whole. The Gonad which is the curly bit at the end tastes nice when its a pinkish color but when its green I find it unpleasantly bitter. the guts are pretty obvious other then that and I would avoid them and just eat the large foot. If you've rushed the purging process you can split the foot down the middle and wash the grit out manually. I would love to see more videos on gastropods like this as I have a special interest in harvesting and eating seafood that isn't traditional at least to the western palette. You're are always a great time to watch as you've got some bloody fantastic production and are always doing something unique. Cheers~

[DV]

I really enjoy eating sea snails, or in the uk we call them whelks and they are bigger, but following the same process (purging them as you did), we normally would place them in boiling water and add sea salt, then after draining them through a colander, immediately put them in a bowl with iced water, the reason being is that after cooking them, they are very hot but by placing them in cold water, the whelks shrink making it very easy to remove from the shell. Once they are cold and drained, you can use a toothpick to remove the operculum, it will come away with ease, and they are ready to eat. This is a very basic recipe, but quite common, from here you can use them in pasta dishes or skewers etc. For me, I use 1kg of whelks, 2ltrs of cooking water, 20grams of salt - cook for 8 minutes. Edit - I was just thinking about your video, if you were to follow the basic cooking method above, after removing the snails, you could then run them through your garlic/butter saucepan quickly and serve. I like your creativity though, very enjoyable to watch.

[Kosh]

"have you ever looked at snails and wanted to eat one? Probably not.

One of the most famous dishes is... Snails" 😂

[Deepdive]

The sea lettuce is a nice alternative to wakame for a salad.

Sesame oil etc, so good.

[Stumpyblue]

Good ol’ Turbo australis. Good to pickle if you have enough let over after garlic sauté toast session🙂

[rickwu]

let me get an autograph before you become famous. i folow you on IG for a long time lol