Name: Japanese man accomplishes ‘impossible’ feat: breeding French delicacy Burgundy snails
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A man in Japan has done what French gourmets thought was impossible. Toshihide Takase, 76, has spent half his life figuring out how to farm a particular species of snails.
The species, which is used to make the French delicacy Burgundy escargot, is at risk of extinction and is particularly hard to breed. Can Takase’s home-bred snails rival the taste of snails foraged in the wild?


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Japanese man accomplishes ‘impossible’ feat: breeding French delicacy Burgundy snails

A man in Japan has done what French gourmets thought was impossible.

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The species, which is used to make the French delicacy Burgundy escargot, is at risk of extinction


Toshihide Takase, 76, has spent half his life figuring out how to farm a particular species of snails.


.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}The species, which is used to make the French delicacy Burgundy escargot, is at risk of extinction

The species, which is used to make the French delicacy Burgundy escargot, is at risk of extinction