The History of Escargot — The Delicacy Most of the World Won't Touch

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Long before France put them on a silver platter, humans were roasting snails in a cave on the Spanish coast. That was thirty thousand years ago, and the habit never really went away.

In this episode of Crumb Lore, we follow escargot from Paleolithic fire pits to Roman snail farms, from secretive monastery gardens to a single dinner in 1814, when a nervous diplomat, a legendary chef, and a visiting Tsar changed French cuisine forever.

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