ESCARGOT
Escargot - French - An edible snail, especially one prepared as an appetizer or entree.
The French consume 40,000 metric tons of snails each year.
Heliculture is the science of growing snails for food.
Snails have been eaten as food since at least ancient Roman times. Apicius, the author of the oldest surviving cookbook (1st century B.C - 2 century A.D.) has a recipe for snails in his cookbook.
Restaurants serve about 1 billion snails annually.
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