Gill Passman wrote:

Hmmmm....now snails with garlic butter and a bit of parsley are an
entire different ball game to frogs legs.....bit chewy and gritty if not
prepared correctly but very nice once you get over the thought that you
are eating a snail.....

I find it interesting how certain foods are acceptable to certain
cultures and how even those more adventurous still cannot pallet the
thought of eating certain creatures.....over here there is a move
towards marketing grey squirrels (may contain traces of nuts) but I
can't quite bring myself to try....kangaroo meat, crocodile and
allegator steaks have been available for years - but I can't quite get
my head around serving them up for tea.....

I love snails, and have had 'roo (which doesn't taste like chicken) and
alligator (which does), but I still can't bring myself to eat tripe - even
in France where they call it anduillette, so it's obviously much better.
otoh, I'm a picky eater - ruined by English school dinners. I can eat
practically anything that was never on the menu at school...

A friend of mine's Mother was nuts about her Koi.....they had Japanese
guests.....the culture is that they bring a gift to the host....in this
case they did a bit of research and discovered that she was very fond of
these fish....so they bought her 4, nicely gutted and wrapped in
newspaper ready to serve for dinner once suitably cooked.....

Well, they're just carp - not very appetizing as fish go, but not that bad.
--
derek