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Originally Posted by headquarters
I think that these must once have been sort of an emergency food for poor people that were to destitute to have any lifestock in France and otherplaces .
imho-as always
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I have tried to confirm that but so far, no clue. I can only guess that frogs had been a fancy meal since, at least the 16th century (idea taken from an unreliable source: Alexandre Dumas).
Nothing on the snail
Rats have been eaten during the siege of Paris in 1870-1871 along with dogs and cats. Those who could afford it, however, had access to more exotic type of foods: antelope, camel and elephant.