Braised Field Snails in Western Hunan Style

Braised Field Snails in Western Hunan Style

　　Braised Field Snails in Western Hunan Style

　　 　　The phrase “performing acrobatics in a snail shell” is now used to mock trying to do something big in a tiny space. But in Fenghuang, the flavor of the “World’s Number One Snail” has spread far and wide, and the spicy snail meat from Fenghuang is no longer the simple fire-roasted snails of the past. In the old days, children in Western Hunan would pick up snails, roast them over a fire, and then dig out the meat to eat. You might be able to eat the current braised snails, but the fire-roasted ones? Not so sure.