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A city known for its snail culture is the town of Lleida, in the north-Spanish region of Catalonia, where the L'Aplec del Cargol festival has been held since 1980, receiving some 300,000 visitors during a weekend in May. [17] Snail were eaten periodically in Central-Europe sometimes, as food or medicine.
Edible molluscs are harvested from saltwater, freshwater, and the land, and include numerous members of the classes Gastropoda (snails), Bivalvia (clams, scallops, oysters etc.), Cephalopoda (octopus and squid), and Polyplacophora (chitons). Many species of molluscs are eaten worldwide, either cooked or raw.
Land snails, freshwater snails and sea snails are all eaten in many countries. In certain parts of the world snails are fried. For example, in Indonesia, they are fried as satay, a dish known as sate kakul. The eggs of certain snail species are eaten in a fashion similar to the way caviar is eaten. [29]
Roasted snail shells have been found in archaeological excavations, an indication that snails have been eaten since prehistoric times. [4] [5]Lumaca romana, (translation: Roman snail), was an ancient method of snail farming or heliciculture in the region about Tarquinia.
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. ... Several different freshwater snail species are eaten in ...
The snails are either eaten cooked and spiced or with a favourite dish called 'eru'. In North Morocco, small snails are eaten as snacks in spicy soup. The recipe is identical to this prepared in Andalusia (South Spain), showing the close cultural relationship between both kinds of cuisine.
Helix pomatia, known as the Roman snail, Burgundy snail, or escargot, is a species of large, ... Roman snails were eaten by Ancient Romans. [18] Nowadays, these ...
The common periwinkle or winkle (Littorina littorea) is a species of small edible whelk or sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an operculum, and is classified within the family Littorinidae, the periwinkles.