someone looked at these and said, “hmmm”

someone looked at these and said, “hmmm”

at some point, however many millenia ago, some random proto-human diver in the shallows saw one of these shells pulling itself slowly and steadily along the floor of the ocean beneath, and thought, “hmmm. I bet I could eat that.” on the other hand, he or she would have to wait several thousand years to be able to simmer them in chicken stock, thyme, laurel leaf, and pastis, before eating them with a sharp, lemony aïoli.

edible sea snails from the Etang de Thau

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