A reader shared photos of American Airlines catering in business class from Liberia, Costa Rica to Dallas on Monday, where there was a snail in the meal.
Indeed, it does look like a small snail (or a snail and torn body) rather than a crouton! Probably that snail was there on the farm, rode on the romaine, and was tucked into the folds of the lettuce nad not washed off in processing. No one noticed in the catering kitchen which is an inspection fail. Not very premium!
And it’s probably carrying bacteria from the soil, which may give you some gastrointestinal upset issues if you eat it… and rare risk associated with rat lungworm (headache, stiff neck, nausea/vomiting, painful skin sensations). Eosinophilic meningitis is more common in Southeast Asia and Pacific islands, but it does pop up in the U.S. and Caribbean.
Snails on lettuce is something that occurs from time to time, but also a breakdown in catering. It’s the kind of thing that keeps happening, but in a given meal it’s a quality-control issue where several steps fail along the way.
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