Snail Eating

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

534

Date Released

18 Mar 1965

Date recorded

19 Feb 1965

Length of issue (in feet)

722

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cockle Fishing
2. 2Snail Eating
3. 3Blind Flying

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: ...a snail of the land? Ask Mr Penny of Wells, Somerset, who collects them as a delicacy to eat, just as they do in France. We go with him through the Cheddar Gorge in Mendip Hill country, where the limestone makes them grow succulent, and we come with him to the Miner’s Arms on the hills where the Romans had their lead mines. Here they are the speciality of a restaurant that has gained renown. You may be blind to the fact that some people think snails an essential part of high-living but...

Keywords

Food and cooking

Locations

England; Somerset; Mendip Hills

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Richard Norton

Length of story (in feet)

209

Story extras:

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