On deciding what can be eaten and what can’t, people can become illogical. For example, if you live in Mediterranean you will regard octopus as delicacy and can’t understand why some people feel repulsive at the sight of it. On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of fried potato with animal fat, while it is quite popular among northern countries. The sad truth is, most of us are born to several particular kinds of food for their whole life.
No other creature receives more praise and abuse the common snail in a garden. Cooked with wine, they can be a rare special in many parts of the world. Countless people know from their birth that snail can be use for food, but my friend Robert lives in a country where people hate snail. His flat is in a big city and he doesn’t have his own garden. For years he has been asking me to collect the snails in my garden for him. At beginning this idea is not so appealing to me. Until one day, after a heavy rain, I wandered about in my garden finding so many snails climbing slowly on my beloved plants. At a impulse, I collected several dozen, put them into a paper bag and went for Robert. He was quite delighted to see and equally delighted with my little present. Leaving the paper bag in the hall, I went into the living room with him and we talked for several hours completely forgetting the snails. When Robert asked me to stay for dinner, it finally reminded me. Of course, snail would be a main dish. I didn’t like this idea very much so I followed Robert out reluctantly. To our dismay, we saw snails everywhere: they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall. Since then I have never dared to see sail anymore.

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