Edible Snails

How to clean snails or escargots.

Snails are cleaned by placing them in boiling water with some wood ashes and leaving them until they have thrown their cover wide open which will take about a quarter of an hour; they should then be removed and picked carefully out of their shells with a fork. Put them in a basin of tepid water and leave for two or three hours. Afterwards rub them well in the hands and wash them in several changes of cold water, The shells are put in warm water, scrubbed with a brush and then wiped dry.