. It would have felt really mean to interrupt, so I left them together, happily passing the time of day together and creating a new batch of snails to leave silver trails and munchmarks on my precious plants 
I have only eaten a snail once - it was served as one of the courses at a local restaurant when they did a special menu for something. It was wrapped in puff pastry and it was like eating garlic flavoured rubber!!! A never again thing for me. I described it as garlic rubber to a French neighbour and he agreed with me. Mind you I don't like octopus or calamari for the same reason - it is only what they are cooked with giving any real flavour. Another thing you can get here frozen are baby octopi and their little legs are just like buds. We were given them at a friends in a mushroom sauce once - I managed enough not to be rude but have managed to steer clear since.
Daughter not allowed to know new baby’s name until she visits him
