Potironne Company Celebrates National Escargot Day® 2019

National Escargot Day® 2019 pays tribute to the Helix Pomatia Linne, the world's most sought-after escargots, with specialty dishes and chef's tasting menus.

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May 13, 2019, 06:00 ET

BOSTON, May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The sustainably conducted month-long search for the true Wild Burgundy Snail, across vast tracts of European wilderness, culminates in a feast recognizing National Escargot Day® on May 24, 2019. A tribute to the world's most versatile protein, National Escargot Day® menus celebrate the most sought-after escargots in the world and showcase the Helix Pomatia Linne in all its glory. Boston, Massachusetts, is this year's host city, and diners will experience multi-course tasting menus and à la carte options of this "Kobe beef of snails" beginning May 21, 2019.

The finest of the 116 edible varieties of helix snail and the only variety that can be truly called "Burgundy Snail", the Helix Pomatia Linne is also nutritionally unbeatable, 100% organic and 100% natural. Low-methane, antibiotic-free, this gateway protein is always wild, never farmed.

Highlights of National Escargot Day® and the Helix Pomatia Linne can also been seen in Bon Appetit (March, 2005), Saveur (October, 2005), Sante (May, 2006), the Wall Street Journal (January, 2007), Philadelphia Inquirer (May, 2007), Philadelphia Magazine (August, 2009), Tasting Table (March 11, 2014), 5280 Magazine (August, 2014), and MasterCook's Blog (June, 2017). Also featured in books such as: Daniel Boulud's My French Cuisine, Thomas Keller's The Bouchon Cookbook; Marc Vetri's Il Viaggio de Vetri Cookbook; Vitaly Paley'sThe Paley's Place Cookbook.

For more information about National Escargot Day, visit http://www.nationalescargotday.com and follow on Twitter @thesnailman and Instagram @thesnailman. #NationalEscargotDay #NED19.

About Potironne Company

Potironne Company U.S. is an importer of French escargot including the Wild Burgundy Snails of la Maison de l'Escargot, exclusively imported from France. Previously available only to the most elite European restaurants, the Helix Pomatia Linne are the most sought-after escargots in the world. Referred to as "the Kobe Beef of Snails" and "Land Lobsters" based on their incomparable texture, the snails of Potironne are harvested by hand in the wild and delivered live, hand-sorted by size, washed, and prepared using a cooking method perfected in 1894. Using 100% natural and organic ingredients and complying to the strictest hygienic standards (HAACP Certified), the escargots are then conserved for sale.

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