New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
END OF SNAIL SEASON.
Year By Year Their Consumption Increases
Most of Them from France.

With this month the snail trade closes until the
chill Of next autumn's first frost Like oysters
-7ev are not edible after their shells open. and
+-osa who 6ote upon the succulent little morsels
are he1nuanirs their enforced deprivation. For
RE last fifteen years the demand in this country
las steadily increased At the height OF the sea-
CO, e. amounts to between fifty thousand and sew
er-y-4ye thousand a week. twenty thousand of
-r-ase being consumed In New-York City and al
mast IS many more in New-Orleans. Practically
Al q them come from Burgundy and the Bordeaux
district. France. A quantity OF snans Is con-
e,1-7aa in England and other European countries.
-. -Iey ara raised there for home consumptlo on
orlv
snail feasrs are held in many rural districts as
soon aS The early frosts have driven the httle
-.-71-es INFO heir spiral homes and the tiny white
soo~s ..~e sealed across the opening. Before that
they arc thin and Ieathery. but the moment they
son 7.s-,ar-iaz on the green grape leaves and
-ar-r-S= themselves their winters long nap
they e. fat ard juicy
TIE edible variety lives wholly on the grapeieaf
md ar ,5ss5rrat-3 eScargoLs die V:gnes. oln
zreva,.7s are often given to their culture as
.l,.- i,roze a more lucrative export than wine
o. late -ears snaiIS have been extensively USED
- = diet for Consumptives. the mucous substance
ri. urs-h TIE snail is composed having been ols-
-,-.-raz - ra enable Of rapidly supplying the
-.s~-es. tissue bly,. for this purpose theF
taken raw. IN their own liquid put IoF tiloSo
y-n "a ne their lives but not at such price 1he!
NJ r., eaten after having been scalded in hot
-7-bc5 u straw. sawdust or bran. anything 10
1,~-zr7t rae chipping crushing Of the shes' ana
-F5rl,,d in bags and baskets. which are Kept con-
-5-,,s1f,- on Ice during transportation. A han
-rr,r-s warmth would cause every lttie ooor 10
,0:-c hack ard tve-y little horned mead 10 peep
----f-grIz Cr;r 70 Il spring had really come
Er rIs event the slightest moN e1nellt OF Ii t.d
would r7ea. general massacre ana Ille
III many dol - The wholesale price Is - 80 d
,.,.3rzj tht retail in restaurants - cents dozen!
TE-s,. are usually served as 'burre descarsptSI
v--.1 means hat they have been Ia ken ou1 OF ti'
49, ne had taken off literally puiIed oql.
with II that not @dlbe dbtiuI "
--- -,,sige). and t1en, plus blittGI coIliiii
--f-ss .4r= OILS returned to the shell again 9pt-
.ar- designed matters. with little rlrcuar uepI'S-
S,,! these STiltS. dIiLl t'& a.
.--.-- with snail SPOONS sort OF hlllSe'i Sla"
+--5- for holding the shell ami 4 lorh' on ~ ~
- -77--;ls-k 1 for ra wing the little creature
c~.i,I re 40 ,.zed as a salad. For this they
20 "a -froIaE anG served iC. cold Win oIdiiIaLt
LID 5ras@;~- one Frcncl woman VINO lelleItlS
+=-,-r-- ,fT TiS dish SAWS h'sWt-fNr .I'1t 9I
-. 7ff1 or an e3icFIre vino rol1sl.i'r'1 an tplI
----7-s NJ fa-iDtstGn of II culture couIH ne II
20. :~-3l..ed o taste tf"rn. t3eW4 'iil
30. r - 7,Ir.s ,,r,. ,!sr N MoIuln thH "a ne
-.r.7-~-,,a, To- ..0r0mI~H ;!f desired IS"t u
- 7a-e- t.-a oyarf.Sr5,lious Wif' walked liiI" L
..r..~...r .-2i wanted 10 know what my NJ ~
--.-- - NV --R0mau Scall"TS- rtlpi'u N Ii
-r,r-r. -.-,r;tfy- with wink 10 tf' -,
.=.-srfCs-s eyer Tul N Noui
- ~ .-,.,v M. 7 viii just sit here ana ma
-. -, Sr-;rs yvcr" served. and tl'I
~ -~s-j=,I.S vE-r1,a-l found thcm d'!'lioI-
en- IL -, sa.- .-r"rISj. in praise of t3l- ne" ~, 20
...-l,.-< Nr-:.frr EoVyeVeT SOM" L"ui . >
ro.r-e= the niisttnE trnth from ne. u e.Iian m
r.--r-- ri.at she had felt Hike death ever siii|
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