One of the favorite foods here in Portugal, and especially in the city where we live, is snails. They boil them in a salty, garlicy broth and serve them up in steaming heaps of shells. The Portuguese can eat them like popcorn, polishing off massive amounts (of course, there’s not much meat on a snail). There was a festival here in Loures with some local restaurants showing off their own special recipe for caracois. Danny and I have tried them before, but we still felt that we should get some again at the festival. Danny managed to get a free, small sample plate for the “Americans who weren’t sure they could eat a whole Portuguese portion.” (We didn’t even finish the tiny plate we had.) Eliana tried them for the first time and really enjoyed them. Beth, Danny’s mom, who is here to take care of us when Sophia is born, tried a couple and I ate one too. A little salty for our tastes, but they really taste a lot like mushrooms. You just have to not look at them while you are eating them.

And, without further ado, here are the picture you’re all dying to see.

Eliana kept asking for more.

Even the pregnant lady ate one.

Hooray for Mommom!

Daddy teaches Eliana the fine art of spearing snails.

Our tiny "American" portion. Normally, this plate would be full to overflowing.

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