Dinner tonight: Grilled frog legs (habanero, garlic, white wine, parsley), green been salad, Thai red rice.
Frog Legs!
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I'm a big fan of frog legs (drown in an herbal garlic butter - with or without tomatoes).
I like your take on it. Seems clean and refreshing, yet spicy.
I like your take on it. Seems clean and refreshing, yet spicy.
I'm a fan of frog legs and really surprised at most Americans attitude toward them.
I thought cooked frog legs were a joke when I watched "The Muppet Movie" as a kid all those years ago. 
Garlic and butter... Oh yeah!
Had them many years ago and liked them. Have had a few other less common foods as well: escargot-liked it. Enjoyed Rocky Mountain oysters, AKA testicles. Had conch-wasn't a big fan as it was a bit tough. Alligator was OK.
Yum
Now you're making me salivate
Fresh or frozen ?
One of my "to search for" dishes (in a list of 100) when I am in Malaysia is wild caught (ie not farmed) frogs legs
Frog legs and snails! Both are delicious if prepared correctly. Love them both.
I had no idea there are wild caught ones.Yum
Now you're making me salivate
Fresh or frozen ?
One of my "to search for" dishes (in a list of 100) when I am in Malaysia is wild caught (ie not farmed) frogs legs
Luckily I have friends whose home towns are in rural areas
I have access to wild frogs (from padi fields), wild boar and other game eg turtles, snakes, flying foxes and squirrels (not keen on these last 2)
I'm not too sure if it's all legal
Shouldn't eat flying foxes. They're important pollinators and I think their population is under stress.Luckily I have friends whose home towns are in rural areas
I have access to wild frogs (from padi fields), wild boar and other game eg turtles, snakes, flying foxes and squirrels (not keen on these last 2)
I'm not too sure if it's all legal
Not in Sydney where they are in plague proportions.
They are a protected species here.
The local Parks and Wildlife Dept practice protection at all cost.
Rather than conservation.
And the flying foxes are left to propagate unchecked
Not nice if a colony decides to take up residence near you
They have few predators since they are arboreal
Except for the massive owl who have been known to decapitate their prey
Not long ago my wife and I went for a walk in a beautiful park. I caught a whiff of something feral and head some chittering from overhead.
There they were in their thousands on the canopy
We beat a hasty retreat
We had wondered why there were so few people about in such a lovely park
This is where my sympathies lie with the NIMBYs
All those poor frogs minus their legs...
Growing up in SE Texas and Louisiana, frog legs was one of those things poor people living on the bayou could readily find and the well off would spend good money far in fancy restaurants. I like them fried. One of the local Chinese Food buffets usually have them on the menu.
I've eaten venison, bear, wild pig, rabbit, squirrel, alligator, alligator gar (a fish), raccoon and nutria. Nutria may look like a big rat but it's more closely related to a rabbit and only eats the roots of living plants (which is one of the reasons the Louisiana coastline is eroding.)
I've eaten venison, bear, wild pig, rabbit, squirrel, alligator, alligator gar (a fish), raccoon and nutria. Nutria may look like a big rat but it's more closely related to a rabbit and only eats the roots of living plants (which is one of the reasons the Louisiana coastline is eroding.)
This thread made me think of Sam Gross’s infamous frogs’ legs cartoon that was done in 1970 for National Lampoon:
Yum
Now you're making me salivate
Fresh or frozen ?
One of my "to search for" dishes (in a list of 100) when I am in Malaysia is wild caught (ie not farmed) frogs legs
These are wild caught... delicious!