Slow means easy to forage!

At our friend Mari's house we were served snails. Snails Japanese-style are kinda hard to eat. They're steamed in their shells with flavorful sauce. But you have to lever the trapdoor open to pull out the meat. As we were both completely unsuccessful, Mari took pity on us and did the navigating.

So, the taste.... Well, it was chewy. I made the mistake of eating the rear, blue-colored tip. Not tasty. I noticed no one else ate that, but of course only after I swallowed mine. Mari's dad warned Aaron in time [lucky guy]. Besides the nasty blue part, snails are ok. Not great, and I wouldn't pay for them, but not horrible.