title: Python escape "{}" symbol
body: <p>I have a string in which i am using string formatting:</p>
  
  <p><code>'SELECT {} FROM {} WHERE country={} AND \{\}'.format("apples", "tables","home")</code></p>
  
  <p>Currently this doesnt work though; How to escape the { and } so that the string prints:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SELECT apples FROM tables WHERE country=home AND {}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>?</p>