[Sca-cooks] Frog legs

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach pleves1 at po-box.mcgill.ca:
>  > >
>>  Dumb question:  what do frog legs taste like?  I have never tried them.
>>
>>  Selene
>
>
>Well, quite frankly, they don't have much taste... A very toned-down chicken
>taste is actually not that far off. Which is why the frying batter and the
>sauce are what I have to work on.

I can see a little resemblance to chicken, but generally less 
flavorful, and very much the white meat of the chicken, not the dark. 
It may also be that freezing them, as with things like frozen rabbit 
(I believe all the frog's legs I've ever had have been frozen), is 
detrimental. I do see live frogs sold occasionally in some Asian 
markets, and I believe the whole (or nearly whole) frog is eaten.

There's a Persian or Iraqi preparation (I forget which) in Schwabe's 
"Unmentionable Cuisine" for frogs' legs marinated with crushed 
garlic, olive oil, salt and, I think, lemon, then grilled, that 
sounds like it would add a lot of flavor.

>Mind you, it was the first time I prepared them, so maybe I screwed up royally
>and can't figure it out :-)
>
>(I never had rattlesnake either, so I can't compare...)

I've also never had rattlesnake, but I wouldn't be at all surprised.

Adamantius
-- 
  "Why don't they get new jobs if they're unhappy -- or go on Prozac?"
	-- Susan Sheybani, assistant to Bush campaign spokesman Terry 
Holt, 07/29/04