Cojol

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When times are rough people need to be resourceful. I remember growing up in the early 90's, life was very hard. We had a lot of black-cojol or "snail in english" in the river and creeks where its fresh and clean water comes from the mountain. When money is short, my mother will go and pick cojols. She will then cook it with ginger, onions and a little bit of bagoong or "canned fish or salted fish in english". It was delicious. Another thing I remember was the sayote tops. I liked it much because of the crunchy texture after having it blanched with boiling water and then a short stint in a patis or "fish sauce in english" and calamansi or "lemon juice in english" mixture. ........but nothing compares to cojol, i liked it so much more before any vegetable tops! .........Sadly, cohol or snail are now extinct because of the "earth moving activities our village is suffering" from the 2 large scale mining operations. Do you have any story about exotic foods?