Snails are actually a traditional food in China. If you have to find a familiar seafood to mark snails, then abalone is the most suitable.
The price of rattlesnakes can almost be compared with more than three abalones, because they grow slowly, and now the number has dropped sharply, so it is difficult for people to catch big rattlesnakes.
You know, decades ago, the snails in Chaoshan area were bigger than one, and almost every snail on the table was bigger than a human face.
Nowadays, wild snails are rare. It is precisely because of the continuous decrease of snail ingredients that there are very few chefs in Chaoshan who can make orthodox snail food.
There are two orthodox practices of rattle snails, one is called Shang Xiang snail, and the other is called charcoal roasted rattle snail. Either way, if you can move to the diners to cook, it must be the highest level of hospitality.
Because the snails made by these two methods must be cooked and eaten now, the delicacy of snails will be less every second. This is why many hotel chefs will come across the list of making rattlesnakes.
Everyone will prepare in advance and try to show it in front of the guests. In fact, this is not only to show their cooking skills, but also to let diners eat delicious food as soon as possible.