The 24th of May is Escargot Day. Escargot had their heyday in the 1970s, when everyone ate them with garlic butter and bought the Escargot dishes for home use.
Snails
Fulvius Lippinus
Quintus Fulvius Lippinus (aka Fulvius Hirpinus) was a Roman who went down in culinary history for his development of certain farming methods, particularly his method of farming and fattening edible water snails.
Snail Butter Bourguignon Style
Snail Butter Bourguignon Style is butter blended with finely chopped shallots, chopped parsley, 2 pressed or pounded cloves of garlic, and salt and pepper. It is used to fill the shells of snails being cooked in the bourguignonne style.