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(17,305 posts)Who will think of the Kermits?
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Lochloosa
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(26,549 posts)Siwsan
(26,268 posts)Even thinking about eating them triggers my gag reflex!!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Thyla
(791 posts)The ones in the pic look good and if I ever get a chance I will give it a go.
lastlib
(23,244 posts)I spent many a summer night gigging frogs and feasting on them. Actually, the entire frog (except the guts, of course) is edible. Yeah, a little bit like chicken, but not exactly.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)janterry
(4,429 posts)and seeing all of the frogs on a table, with a bow around their legs.
They were jumping, but couldn't go anywhere.
That said, hard pass.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)trixie2
(905 posts)and have us get a bunch of bull frogs. My brother and I thought we were taking home pets but no they were fried up for dinner. There is just something wrong about that. In my 6 year old mind anyways.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)In Beijing they serve the entire frog in soup.
I've had frog's legs and I've had frog soup. Both are great for the adventurous gourmand.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Javaman
(62,530 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Chicken tastes like frog! 😏
dem4decades
(11,296 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)benld74
(9,904 posts)Not too many since, but given chance I would take them no problem
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Marcuse
(7,488 posts)After the loss of the food pack during a two week canoe trip down the Magnetawan River. First and last time.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)The memory of that creeps me out now, as for about the last decade I've been pretty much toward the vegan end of vegetarian.
And here we have an example of how people can change over the course of half a century.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,189 posts)On who makes 'em.
GOOD frog legs are great, mediocre frog legs are awful.
They are a food that doesn't have much of a middle ground.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)LeftInTX
(25,372 posts)I'll eat them, but haven't had them in years.
They used to sell fried alligator nuggets at a local Cajun place. I never tried it. They've stopped selling the alligator nuggets.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)zanana1
(6,122 posts)I love the cartoon.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)UGH!!!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Broussard's on Beltline - they had the best frog legs and crawdads. Just order them by the tray and pile up clean bones and empty shells.
But I've had them a few times since moving back to FL and it's been hit or miss. Sometimes the frog legs taste muddy. I don't know if it's the source or the prep or that Broussard's just set the bar too high for mortal restaurateurs to reach. If I see them on a menu I'll give the place one shot at it. If they're alright, I'll probably get them again but if not, then they need alternate food or we go someplace else. Had them on a cruise ship and didn't like them because they weren't fried. I did like their escargot though so I'll keep cruising.
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)joem777
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(26,549 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)nykym
(3,063 posts)was back in my Boy Scout days.
On a provisional camping trip to Camp Siwanoy in Wingdale NY.
(Little did I know that later in life I would call Wingdale my home).
Anyway, we caught the frogs skinned them and fried the legs in butter
over a campfire and ate them. They were delirious.
I still order them if they are on the menu in the area restaurants.
thbobby
(1,474 posts)Not gamy tasting at all. Not like chicken exactly.
As a kid, I used to go with my dad to hunt them. I carried a canvas bag. We (a group of three or more people) would circle ponds at night. Did not use a gig, a baseball bat is much better. With a gig, you must hit frog and bleeding damages meat and is messy. With a bat, anywhere close to frog will, at a minimum send it into shock and make it easy to pick up. Carrying bag was easy to start, but a canvas bag filled with frogs is heavy. When being cooked (fried) they do twitch, but damn they were delicious. Frogs have become very scarce in North Texas - probably due to pesticides and herbicides. After rains at night, we could easily hear them all around our country house.
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)I had them multiple times when I was young. I haven't seen them on a menu anywhere since I have been an adult.
unblock
(52,253 posts)actually, i've had frog's legs. i found them unobjectionable but didn't understand the fuss, from a culinary point of view. i mean, a delicacy? tasted pretty ordinary to me.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Each year. It's in my county, I personally think they are yucky, the festival is fun though.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)it's only a couple hours away...looking it up now to see if I can plan something
dammit! it was in January. I reckon I can get my [self] together in a year lol...
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)I grew up with a farm pond close to the house. Wed take gigs and get the frogs while one guy watched out for Cotten mouth snakes.
I think we used corn meal for them in a cast iron skillet.