<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

Sadly, I didn't think of taking any pictures... A week ago or so, I was grocery shopping with my parents, and my dad dared me to buy some canned escargot because I took French for five years (it was the first time we'd ever seen it being sold).

Well, reddit, although the idea kinda grossed me out... *I took that dare.* After getting home, I noticed that the can was going to expire on January 15th... Not good. We had our meals planned out through Tuesday, also, so I wouldn't have time to cook them until today.

Anyway, I ended up sautéing the escargot in a shitload of butter, a ton of parsley and thyme, and a bunch of garlic. I ended up splashing some nearby wine into it for good measure.

It came out AMAZING. Not, like, "oh this tastes like butter and garlic" amazing, but "Hey, cool, sautéed snails are pretty awesome" amazing. I convinced my mom to try a piece, but my dad just looked at me like I'd grown two heads.

The moral of this story: Foods that really kinda gross you out at first might end up being really good, so if they're not too expensive, try some! Though, I'd suggest checking the expiration date first. I'm kinda scared about the fact that I just ate it three days before expiration.
<bot>: ME EAT BUGS. Wait no google says snails aren't bugs. ME EAT GASTROPODS.