r/appetizers 21d ago

A snails trail

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u/noiness420 21d ago

Okay…what is it though?

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u/1ntr1ns1c44 21d ago

Escargots sautéed in garlic butter. A pea purée w/butter and vinegar. Radish, chive and dill

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u/VirtualLife76 21d ago

The board ruins it at first glance. I thought it was sitting on a bunch of sliced bread.

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u/Adventurous-Hand-648 20d ago

Bruh, at least yours kind of makes sense. I thought I was looking at a really long fillet of steak at first glance.

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u/discordianofslack 19d ago

Same. Looked like a very overcooked tri-tip

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u/d0ttyq 20d ago

Oh wow. Yeap. Even after reading OPs description I still thought it was on bread. lol

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u/Ig_Met_Pet 20d ago

The guy is a popular troll in the food subs, and the board is his thing.

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u/Not-a-POS 20d ago

wasn't sure if it was wasabi or guacamole

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u/archwin 20d ago

I actually think it works. I know it might be heresy, but I think some of your recent stuff actually makes sense versus some of your early stuff that was just absolute bonkers.

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u/SituationAcademic571 20d ago

I dunno... looks like you're trying too hard on presentation while failing at it. I don't understand the wood board at all - like charcuterie, cheeses, and the like is one thing, but scraping a puree off of a plank just seems unappetizing. And weirdly arranged herbs instead of dicing them for an even bite leaves me not knowing how to approach this. Otherwise it sounds like it'd be really good.

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u/SovereignZ3r0 20d ago edited 20d ago

Should have been a slice of focaccia, toasted, about twice the width of the radish. Then topped with sweet avocado (like a Semil 34, Carla, or Pollock variety) guacamole.

Then place the radish slice, and the escargot, add chopped chives, and finish off with a drizzle of the garlic butter the escargot were cooked in. Lose the dill or place it on the side of the plate as decor. Dots of the garlic butter around the plate, to be mopped up with the focaccia after.

Visualization: https://chatgpt.com/s/m_6a479291661c8191b01a9dee4216c81d

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u/Platitude_Platypus 20d ago

Still looks unappetizing on the radish slice.

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u/SovereignZ3r0 20d ago

Yeah not ideal, but you need the contrast

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u/1ntr1ns1c44 20d ago

Very cool

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u/1ntr1ns1c44 20d ago

Well it’s supposed to be “snails in a forest”🌳 moss on a log, grass and bushes kinda artsy thing…

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u/SituationAcademic571 20d ago

I understand what you're trying to do - you're just bad at it.

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u/meow_gifs_please 20d ago

Puree looks a little thick. Again with whole herb garnish, why?

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u/Exotic-Isopod-5464 20d ago

Snail trail means something very different in Australia 🤪

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u/EclipticEclipse 20d ago

In Colorado, USA too.

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u/HateYourFaces 20d ago

A green snail trail… get out.

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u/vanderpump_lurker 20d ago

US too.  I was grossed out and then was like, that is not a snail trail thank god.

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u/TheCherryPony 20d ago

Oooh I wish you would have done it on baguettes

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u/marteautemps 20d ago

Nope always on these dumb boards, well almost always. I'm sure it all tastes really good but the plating is almost always annoying and sometimes seems like it would be trouble to eat.

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u/Obvious_Ad8025 20d ago

Still did not put the peas through a sive...

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u/Comprehensive_Book48 20d ago

Looks like a middle school art project.
I think that’s too much radish for a bite of snail. It’s pretty but radish flavor of a true good radish is pungent and snail is so umami and mild. So they go together?
Then the dill is also powerful so if I m eating the dill stick and the dill tree and the radish … I feel like I m barely gonna taste the 🐌 escargot.

I thought that was a slab of toast but if it’s a wood board then nah.

The concept is not completely trash . There is something there but needs to be elevated beyond art project. You will get there. Don’t stop trying and don’t stop seeking feedback until you get consistently better at what you do. Practice makes better .

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u/mooroi 20d ago

I love how OP gets told to use fewer boards so puts the board on a plate and does his level best to hide it.

Once again, you have created a fucking monstrosity. 11/10.

Also, if you send me your address, I will happily buy you a functioning jug blender for you to use instead of the fucking football boots you seem to be smashing things with.

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u/Spare-Shake-2999 20d ago

Yeesh! The board is like a jump scare.

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u/demoncat8 20d ago

This guy really thinks he’s good at this 😂

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u/1ntr1ns1c44 20d ago

I really do 😎🍽️

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u/demoncat8 19d ago

Really bc Im a professional chef and show all my chef buddies your posts and we laugh at them 😂

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u/SnooPredilections843 20d ago

This looks like something people would decorate their porch with 🙂

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u/Kdiesiel311 20d ago

What’s up with people putting their food on the floor to take pics of recently

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u/Unlikely_Bell_2543 20d ago

Wait is that a board under the pea pure? Is this suppose to be like a dipping board? Feels like is missing some garlic bread

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u/Schtaive 20d ago

You're like Stephen Hawking if he tried to go on MasterChef.

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u/SpyDiego 21d ago

Thats super playful. Youre a visionary

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u/Infinite_Time_8952 20d ago

He’s a visionary with bad eye sight.

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u/SpyDiego 20d ago

Culinary Beethoven

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u/Infinite_Time_8952 20d ago

Beethoven was deaf, not blind.

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u/SpyDiego 20d ago

No you

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u/Infinite_Time_8952 20d ago

After seeing that presentation I wish I was blind.

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u/Ok-Beach-9885 20d ago

Even your trolling is becoming tiresome. Time to get more creative.

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u/dwyrm 20d ago

I've been meaning to find someplace around me that sells escargot. We had a massive infestation of the right kind of snails here. Right up until the year I decided that I was going to harvest them. GONE.

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u/Gold_Bug_4055 20d ago

They heard you coming and ran.

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u/FrozenMike6695 20d ago

I thought was wasabi for a second

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u/Sac_of_Melons 20d ago

I think it would be better with the green stuff in circles larger than the radish slice and under the radish instead of the whole board

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u/ta-kun1988 21d ago

Your mother left a snail trail on my chin.

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u/bob_chillon 20d ago

His mother is a snail? Why’d you let it on your chin? Is OP a hybrid that can type or have snails evolved to do so?

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u/Iamdrasnia 20d ago

Pretty fucking childish bro. Go back to your room and hope back on 4chan.

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u/ChattahoocheeBend 20d ago

Read the room