Snails are starved and repeatedly rinsed before cooking, erasing any natural flavor
Evidence
Whatever the snail’s food may be, it is improbable, to say the least of it, that any flavour is left after the animal has been starved for thirty or forty days, cleaned in vinegar and salt, rinsed in ten lots of water, and then boiled for several hours. — David, Elizabeth, Book of Mediterranean Food, 187
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David, Elizabeth, Book of Mediterranean Food, 187