Love snails though I haven't had them since I was a kid. My Sicilian grandmother, a little woman who was a giant, used to make snails in a light tomato based sauce. I can still taste them to this day in my mind. We used to get them live at the market & they were imported. There came a time when you could no longer get them live, Import restrictions I think & I've never had them since.
Still vividly remember the one time she had a minor mishap. She used to put the snails in a large pot filled 1/2 with water and let them cleanse overnight. This one time she forgot to put the lid on the pot. I remember walking into her kitchen the next day and snails were everywhere, on the floor, on the walls, on the ceiling...