Has anyone tried eating the snails from their allotment or garden?

[Mr Bones]

Whelks and winkles should really be purged in clean (clear) sea water prior to cooking (think sea snail eating dead crab, starfish etc.). I've done the garden snail thing but as already mentioned above, I thought they were only as good as the garlic they were cooked in. The only tricks I could pass forward are, after purging, starve the snails for a few days to reduce the slime and use plenty of salt in the cooking stock.
Have a go and see what you make of them.

[Patchninja]

Not all French delicacies have sauce. Foie gras, Confit de canard, ....being a piglet, I could go on. I think shellfish are cleansed in a "vivier" before being sold.?????

[kitchengardener]

yuk yuk yuk! I have had snails in france before but i think i would be sick if i ate them from the garden :-(