Snails Fattened on Milk
Origin: Rome, Italy
Source: Apicius, 400
Ingredients
- snails
- milk
- salt
- oil
- oenogarum (oil-and-liquamen sauce)
Instructions
- Sponge the snails clean and remove the membrane so they can come out.
- Keep them in a vessel with milk and salt for one day, then milk alone on the following days, cleaning off droppings every hour.
- When so fat they cannot withdraw into the shell, fry in oil and add oenogarum.