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Fun little story. Really makes me wonder whether I should give frog legs another try. I’ve had them at fancy French places and at southern joints, and they’ve
by mock-possum 3y ago
Fun little story.
Really makes me wonder whether I should give frog legs another try. I’ve had them at fancy French places and at southern joints, and they’ve always been kinda meh - taste like chicken, basically, or else taste like what’s get fantastically butter-based sauce they’re swimming in.
Maybe I need to try cooking them for myself to really get a feel for the unique flavor. I wonder if there’s a place to get them fresh here in town?
- mikestew 3y agoI wonder if there’s a place to get them fresh here in town? "You got them frog legs?" "No, that's just the way I walk." Depends on where you live, of course. TFA says fancy French restaurants, and I'll just have to take their word on it. A lot of places south, and some Midwest, and you'll still have to look around. But experience says, yeah, quality varies from "smother it in garlic butter" to "just a light seasoning is all it needs". No recommendations, as I'm on the West Coast now, went vegetarian and haven't seen any on the menu out here regardless.
- fallinghawks 3y agoI occasionally see live frogs for sale in Asian groceries. I don't know if they're farmed, and it may be seasonal. This is in the Bay Area.
- jandrewrogers 3y agoWhen I lived in the rural midwest there were prodigious quantities of large frogs that the locals would sometimes catch for food. They taste fine just seasoned and lightly fried, no need to sauce them. I find the flavor to be good but not very distinctive. Learning how to fish for frogs was pretty interesting though, never would have guessed.