Are snails considered meat?

If we go by the first definition then yes, snail is considered a meat. In fact, this definition encompasses nearly ANYTHING natural, edible, and contained within something else. This could be, say, chicken meat (the skin counts as the covering), orange meat (the rind is the covering), or nut meat (IN A NUTSHELL). read more

It is correct that the church used to regard escargot as *fish* for purposes of fasting, but escargot refers to a land snail (many sea-snails are also eaten). Land snails, not only true escargot (Helix pomatia) are eaten in huge numbers each year in many European countries (not just France). read more