I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?

(Makoto Taniguchi) writes:

I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try.

What can I do to overcome the fear of trying these French dishes?

You wanna be a good frenchie, don't bathe and practice fellatio.


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On 1 Dec 2003 14:26:50 -0800, (Makoto
Taniguchi) wrote:

I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?

Don't even try. Eat trolls instead.

Makoto Taniguchi wrote:

I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?

Think of escargot as little pencil erasers that taste like the garlic
butter they are cooked in. Frog legs aren't bad. They are actually
quite tasty when properly cooked, but are usually a little pricey and
more than they are worth.

In article ,
(Makoto Taniguchi) wrote:

I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?


This is the same guy who started that huge thread about how anglos won't
try unusual foods!


Smells like troll to me.

--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS

On 1 Dec 2003 14:26:50 -0800, (Makoto
Taniguchi) wrote:

I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?

My approach is this. If a place smells good and otherwise seems good,
I will eat things without asking in advance what they are.

I did this in Chiba City and Osaka, and was rewarded by discovering
that jellyfish could taste good, and that little crabs cooked hard and
brittle could also.

If I knew in advance that the purple strips were jellyfish, I might
have felt qualms about trying them.

It took me some time to get up the nerve to try a sea urchin, which
you may call 'uni.' In France and NYC they are served in the shell,
with a hole cut so you can spoon out the contents.

I am just guessing by your name that some of these are familiar to
you. They are just as scary to many westerners as snails and frogs are
to you.

HTH




Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a

For your upscale SUV: Dingle-balls hand knit of natural Icelandic yarn

Makoto Taniguchi wrote:
I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?

Trust me on this, life will go on fine for you if you never eat
escargot or frog's legs. I attest to this from personal experience
and I see no reason to change. Stick with French desserts, vegies,
beef and fowl dishes and you'll be fine.

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 18:22:46 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:

Makoto Taniguchi wrote:

I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?

Think of escargot as little pencil erasers that taste like the garlic
butter they are cooked in. Frog legs aren't bad. They are actually
quite tasty when properly cooked, but are usually a little pricey and
more than they are worth.

Sounds like you have been eating canned snails. Get some fresh ones!
--
JakeInHartsel

wrote:
Makoto Taniguchi wrote:

I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?


Trust me on this, life will go on fine for you if you never eat
escargot or frog's legs. I attest to this from personal experience
and I see no reason to change. Stick with French desserts, vegies,
beef and fowl dishes and you'll be fine.



Sure life will go on just fine, but if you want to try something go for
it. I still won't eat snails, but have tried frogs' legs (living in
Louisiana will do that to you). They were good, but I wouldn't make it
any every day dish.

--Charlene

--
Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough. -- Groucho Marx

--

email perronnelle at earthlink . net

Dave Smith wrote:
Makoto Taniguchi wrote:

I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?

Think of escargot as little pencil erasers that taste like the garlic
butter they are cooked in. Frog legs aren't bad. They are actually
quite tasty when properly cooked, but are usually a little pricey and
more than they are worth.

Thanks, but I will continue to think of frog's legs and escargot as
disgusting. That just means there's more of those things for you to
eat for those of you who like them.

Hark! I heard (Dan Abel) say:
In article ,
(Makoto Taniguchi) wrote:

I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?

This is the same guy who started that huge thread about how anglos won't
try unusual foods!

Smells like troll to me.

Yup, and he's getting a lot of action too. *Sigh*

ObFood: I found this recipe while wandering the web yesterday and am
going to try it tonight:

Oven Fried Chicken Parmesan

Prep. time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 70
Serves: 4

1 garlic clove
1/4 pound butter, melted
1 cup soft white bread crumbs
1/3 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons minced parsley
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon Pepper
2 1/2 pounds Chicken, cut up into pieces

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Crush the garlic clove and combine with
2/3 cup melted butter in a shallow baking dish. In another dish combine
the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt and pepper. First dip
the chicken into the butter and then coat it in the bread crumb mixture.

Arrange the chicken 1 layer deep in a greased large, shallow baking pan
and drizzle evenly with remaining melted butter. Bake uncovered, 1 to 1
1/4 hours until fork tender and browned.

I'm going to replace the soft bread crumbs with panko, I'll let you
guys know how it turns out...



--
j.j. ~ mom, gamer, novice cook ~
...fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!

Just try each dish once every now and again.

Have been in France for 10+ years and still don't eat Snails ( too
rubbery ) or Frogs Legs (too much trouble) but every second year I will
at least try them. Have applied same principle to WIld Mushrooms and
local dried sausage, both of which I now eat with gusto.

Steve

Makoto Taniguchi wrote:
I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?

Makoto Taniguchi wrote:

I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?

Are you trying to suggest that the guy asking for recipes for roadkill was
French?

Bert

I am totally at a loss at this post and the responses.

French food is not about snails and frogs legs. It is about cuisine
design - and how to cook fresh ingredients in an interesting and tasty
manner. How many of the respondents here have actually visited
France and eaten at an even average restaurant?

Let me tell you that for a hell of a lot less than most of you pay in
the USA for a meal at an average place, you will enjoy a top class
three or four course meal in France that could consist of a delicious
entree (and entree is what you people call a starter for one thing),
followed by a main meal (perhaps a steak accompanied by vegetables),
followed by some sort of cheese, followed by a well presented dessert.
I shall give you an example of a full menu of the type described
above, which I enjoyed in a provincial town in the Lot region in the
past summer:

First course (entree) was : escargots done with garlic butter. There
were 8 on the plate - and they were absolutely delicious.

Second course (main course) was: small fillet mignon, served with a
burgundy-reduced sauce, and accompanied by boiled new potatoes
garnished with butter and parsley, and steamed asparagus. Not a large
meal, but perfectly presented and cooked.

Third course was: fresh soft brie cheese accompanied by grapes.

Last course was: fresh strawberries marinated in Cassis, with
Chantilly Creme and vanilla wafers.

Coffee followed (extra).

The bill: in US$:35 for two people. Wouldn't break the bank would
it?


Tigsnona

If you can keep your head when those around you
are losing theirs, you probably haven't understood
the situation.

Makoto Taniguchi wrote:

I'm a very open person and I like trying new things but somehow I
can't quite push myself enough to eat an escargot or a frog-dish. It
seems like many French dishes have a creature on it which I am not
sure if I want to try. What can I do to overcome the fear of trying
these French dishes?

As for snails: had them once and the were delicious, swimming in a
pool of butter and minced garlic.

Never been anywhere that frogs legs were served.

Aside from that, if you want to go to the home of European cooking
try Italian. The Italians have forgotten more than the French
ever learned from them. The Italians were preparing civilized
cuisine while the French were still huddled in caves gnawing on
bones.