Etiqueta 'Mallorca: Sant Marc's Day Snails'
Snails on the menu: Embracing Mallorca's gastronomic tradition
The Romans used them as a remedy for coughs and stomach problems, and folklore says that if we eat snails on St Mark’s Day (April 25), we’ll have good health all year.
Mallorcan slow food
Long considered a delicacy in Mallorca, snails have in fact been an integral part of the island’s cuisine since time immemorial and in most traditional restaurants, you’ll probably find somebody sitting down and working their way through a large plateful of them
Sant Marc traditions
On Mallorca we eat some delicious snails for Sant Marc.
Thousands of kilos of snails devoured in Mallorca on Sant Marc's day
“We have sold 4,500 kilos of snails which is more than most years..”