Though I’ve never wondered or cared about this, here’s some news escargot AKA snail lovers might appreciate. Organic snails are now available for the first time ever from a farm in Bretagne (Brittany). Are you jumping for joy?

“Didier and Jeannick Bonis are spearheading the defence of a national culinary icon under attack from Asian and Eastern European gastropods flooding France and misleadingly sold as Burgundy snails.

‘Welcome to snail Club Med,’ said Mr Bonis, 54, pointing to enclosures where 250,000 petit-gris or small grey snails are slumbering on wooden boards in the afternoon heat. Luscious green organic clover and radish along with marine limestone await them when they stir for their evening meal…” [Read the full article from the Telegraph]

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