SC - period frog recipes?

[Olwen the Odd]

>>period recipes for frog or frog legs? Thomas?
>
>Yes--Le Menagier.
>
>FROGS.  To take them, have a line and a hook and bait of meat or red
>cloth, and having taken the frogs, cut them across the body near the
>thighs and empty out what is near the back end, and take the two
>thighs of these same frogs, cut off the feet, and skin the thighs
>raw, then have cold water and wash them; and if the thighs stay
>overnight in cold water, they will be better and more tender. And
>after thus rinsing them, they should be washed in warm water, then
>take and dry in a cloth; the thighs, thus washed and dried, should be
>rolled in flour, that is floured, and then fried in oil, fat or other
>liquid, and put in a bowl and powdered spices on them.
>--
>David/Cariadoc

Well.  It seems the recipe for catching, cleaning and preparation of frog 
legs hasn't changed in a few hundred years has it?
Olwen
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