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(99,710 posts)malaise
(268,885 posts)I pass - but these men are making America great dining on imports? I don't get it.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Regular Americans, good ol' boys, enjoy a nice plate of frogs' legs every now and then. You know what's really weird in our culture? Orange juice with breakfast.
Would I kid you:
http://mediamatters.org/video/2008/04/11/on-hardball-matthews-and-shuster-critiqued-obam/143185
Yes, that's Chris Matthews, hero to some around DU, scoring candidate Obama in 2008 for asking for orange juice with his breakfast instead of good old All American coffee, like a real American would.
Warpy
(111,237 posts)in various areas I lived in when I was a kid. Froggy's legs would hit the dinner table that night and I imagined Froggy was left on a dolly with a little tin begging cup. Anywhere there was a large French or western border German population, people ate frog. I suspect my dad caught ours, they only appeared when he'd been home for at least a day.
They might be imported for the rich man's table. I've seen them for sale only one place, frozen in the basement of Safeway International in DC. I would imagine they still carry them.
jpak
(41,757 posts)Frog Legs
Escargot
Scallops
and
Salt Cod
as their "special"
My dates loved it - eventually...
Warpy
(111,237 posts)and salt cod always tasted slightly spoilt unless you did a hell of a lot to it. However, I used to buy sea scallops right off the boat and shuck them myself, so I'm with you there.
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)They sell them in the supermarket in my hometown every once in a while. I had them once as a kid. They were fine, but I wouldn't be spending what Trump/Romney dumped on them.
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)I think these were imports (I'd have to go out to the garage and dig through to find out), but I've seen both import and domestic.
Used to be pretty common when I was growing up. My mother used to make them every so often...they used to be pretty cheap. Quick and easy to make, and very tender and tasty.
Freddie
(9,258 posts)Not that I would, just curious
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)then add a touch of lemon juice, and maybe some herbs. You can also flour-dredge then lightly batter/bread. It's a very white, delicate flavored meat, and doesn't take much to completely overpower the taste.
The muscles do twitch when you first salt them, though, and the moving legs turn some off, for some reason
jmowreader
(50,552 posts)I see what you did there. Be nice to France.
malaise
(268,885 posts)csziggy
(34,135 posts)But they always make me think of this Sam Gross cartoon:
MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)MFM008
(19,804 posts)Artery clogging cholesterol. ....
ileus
(15,396 posts)Darned tasty that's for sure.
MineralMan
(146,284 posts)Typically, they come frozen from Vietnam, Thailand and other countries in the region. There are frog farms in the US, but not many.