Guess which country my new food processor is from!

[Kermit power]

In case anyone needs a clue, there is a recipe section at the back of the instruction booklet....

The very first recipe in the whole thing is entitled "Garlic butter for stuffing snails"!

[escargot]

China?


They'll eat any old st that lot.

[A911DOM]

escargot said:

China?


They'll eat any old st that lot.

Not unless its endangered or got feelings they wont...

[Inter]

Sweden?

[RB26DETT]

France ?

[Pints]

RB26DETT said:

France ?

Don't be daft. They eat neither garlic nor snails in France.

[pokethepope]

Iran?

[CatherineJ]

Which make did you go for in the end?

I still haven't bought mine yet.

[HowMuchLonger]

"Garlic butter for stuffing snails"!


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Why would you want to feed your snails garlic butter?

[Kermit power]

Inter said:

Sweden?

That's an interesting suggestion! Are the Swedes also well known for their snail consumption then?

[Doniger]

Definitely Somalia.

[Truckosaurus]

Vietnam. Former French colony and Ho Chi Minh was a chef by trade who trained in Paris under Escoffier.

[Kermit power]

Truckosaurus said:

Vietnam. Former French colony and Ho Chi Minh was a chef by trade who trained in Paris under Escoffier.

He was indeed. He also worked at the Parker House hotel in Boston. I stayed there once, and was rather struck by the thought of him serving individuals for whose deaths he might later be responsible.