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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:58 am Post subject: Tiny frogs... barbequed.... |
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I don't have many little frogs where I am, but my mom's yard often has them hiding in the leaves, rocks, potted plants, etc.
Unfortunately, it was only after she got out the barbeque and did up some chicken that she discovered she had inadvertantly barbequed a small frog that had apparently chosen the bbq as a nice shady place to hide. 
So...just a tip for anyone else with frogs. Check your cookers before you cook, or else acquire a taste for mini frog-legs, your choice...
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Oh yuck!!! Thank goodness we never have decent enough weather to have a BBQ!!
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We are going to have a BBQ here tonight Prim, thanks for the heads up  Although I never have tried frog's legs..... hmmmmm.
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I had fried frogs legs when I was really young. We lived way out in the country in Arkansas, guess you could say we were dirt poor at the time and Daddy brought home a bag of frogs from the creek.
Mom fixed them just like she would chicken legs, told me they were chicken and I ate them. Being only about 4 yr olds I really didn't know the difference.
But while growing up I would wonder about the night she cooked them and asked several times over the years why those chicken legs kept jumping out of the frying pan and no chicken legs she had fried since then had.
I was well into my twenties before she 'fessed up' and told me that they had been frog legs and neither she nor Daddy knew that you were supposed to cut the tendon in the leg to make then stay still while they cooked.
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Primsong
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LOL! Jumping chicken legs - See what useful things we can learn on this site? Now I know what to do if I ever end up with frog-legs on my menu.
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glendann
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They are really very good as I worked in a cafe in Houston that served them on the Menu.Very expensive but we got them at a discount.We have huge Bullfrogs here in Texas and the legs are as large as some chicken legs.Thay look different but very tasty.
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When we lived in Wisconsin one seafood place occasionally had frog legs on the menu. They would advertise it as a special all you can eat night. My boys loved frog legs so we made plans to go. On that night, there were blizzard conditions with very deep snow predicted. Since we had a four-wheel drive vehicle at the time we ventured forth for frog legs. Very few people were out and there were only a few cars in the parking lot. Of course, being all you can eat the boys were filling up. The cooks in the kitchen wondered at the number of people eating the frog legs and eventually one had to come out to check it. They were truly amazed that the culprits were three boys under the age of 14. Between them, they ate well over a hundred of them. I don't know if they still eat them now or now. dooley
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We used to eat frogs legs at a Mom and Pop's kinda restaurant when we lived in Florida. They were good, although different to look at on a plate. I liked the Gator better. I will try anything once, how else do you know if you like something or not? Most things I would eat again...with one big exception...muskrat.
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| CritterPainter wrote: | | EEEEEwwwwww!!!!! |
My thoughts exactly!!!
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I hope the chicken was eaten BEFORE the frog was found.
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