what is another name for cooked snails
The escargot (plural escargots, [És.kaÊ.É¡o] , French for snail) is a cooked land snail. Escargots are usually served as a starter in Portugal, Spain and in France, and are a typical dish in the Catalan region of Spain. The word escargot is also sometimes applied to the living snails of those species which are commonly eaten in this way.