Definitions

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  • noun US Cooked land snails, usually served as an appetizer or starter

Etymologies

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From French escargot ("snail")

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Examples

  • The Old Town bistro will be offering a select menu featuring favorites from its regular menu such as escargots, Brie tart, and rack of lamb as well as New Year's specials.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Her menu aims higher than the word bistro suggests but includes many dishes you might expect such as escargots, onion soup, bouillabaisse, daube of beef, rack of lamb with thyme-scented jus and tarte Tatin.

    Evening Standard - Home 2009

  • Here diners are treated to European classics such as escargots in garlic butter, moules marinière, steak frites, and paella, all at shamefully reasonable prices.

    unknown title 2009

  • "escargots" a traditional Lebanese dish, and we're going to sue the hell out of the French for robbing us.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2008

  • Lunch menu €58; tasting menus €80, €120 and €150; à la carte €90Since most of Paris's storied brasseries are now owned by corporate chains and serve wiltingly mediocre food, it's a pleasure to head to one of the last remaining independent ones in a quiet corner of the silk-stocking 16th arrondissement for a fine feed of such well-prepared French classics as onion soup, escargots, sole meunière, steak tartare, roast lamb and other Gallic standards.

    10 of the best restaurants in Paris 2011

  • It was particularly known for cashew butter escargots.

    Mary Rose: Melting Pot Musings Mary Rose 2011

  • Eventually, during a trip to Paris, I was coerced by the garlicky perfume emerging from my brother's appetizer of escargots as the French call the edible land-based ones, and I caved.

    Snails Quicken Their Culinary Pace Charlotte Druckman 2012

  • It was particularly known for cashew butter escargots.

    Mary Rose: Melting Pot Musings Mary Rose 2011

  • When I was a baby I liked to eat escargots with butter and garlic, avocado, brains and sardines.

    Karine Bakhoum: Why Put Off for Tomarrow What You Can Eat Today? Karine Bakhoum 2011

  • When I was a baby I liked to eat escargots with butter and garlic, avocado, brains and sardines.

    Karine Bakhoum: Why Put Off for Tomarrow What You Can Eat Today? Karine Bakhoum 2011

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