I ate snails once when I was on a cruise. Not bad, kinda chewy. It never ever crossed my mind to do home escargo with garden slugs though. Thats just too disgusting.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - While escargot is the pride of French cuisine, eating common garden slugs or snails can be fatal.

The Medical Journal of Australia made the discovery after a patient with mysterious symptoms was found to have eaten two garden slugs for a dare.

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