Snails and Frog Legs

By Christopher Wilder

Pasta snailsAlthough snails or escargot have been eaten commonly in France it has been eaten for thousands of years by cultures such as the Roman and Greek possibly.

Snail DishAlthough snails or escargot have been eaten commonly in France it has been eaten for thousands of years by cultures such as the Roman and Greek possibly.

Frog Legs SaladFrog legs have been eaten for hundreds of years. A variety of cultures, including our own, has consumed and still consumes frog legs today. People have has frog legs in their diets since the early first centuries and in some cultures it has turned into national delicacies

Frog LegsAlthough they are said to be quite tasty, since people have started eating frog legs, there have been significant declines in the amphibian population.

Chinese FlagChina and the Aztecs was the first common people in the early first century AD to eat frog legs. Monks started eating too much meat and were gaining weight.

American FlagIt is believed that edible snails were brought to America in the 1850’s and today the United States has the most recipes for escargot in the world. Millions of pounds of escargot are consumed every year all around the world by many different countries.

EscargotThere is an official day celebrating escargot which is May 24th the National Escargot Day. Escargot is commonly associated with France because in France because it is eaten in such large volumes but it is not really of French origin.

Gold RushFrog legs have been eaten and still are eaten in the United States as well. California gold-miners ate the red-legged frog to nearly extinction. America consumes one fifth of the world’s frog legs.

Companies get their frogs from either out of the wild, or are raised in farms. Farmed frogs have very high rates chytrid infection, which is a disease that causes rapid deaths in amphibian populations.

Wild FrogWhen capturing frogs from the wild, it may not seem like a big deal at the time. But, several species of frogs have gone nearly extinct and have still not fully recovered to this day.

Diseased snailsSnails are unsafe to eat unless cooked right or else whatever consumes them may get infected with parasites. Only certain snails can be eaten not all of them are edible. Snails are a type of mollusk just like calms are served in restaurants just like them.