[Sca-cooks] Sea Frog Question from another list

[Terry Decker]

I've never heard of the common blenny being referred to as a "sea frog."  A 
quick check gives me Rana ridibunda as the sea frog (an actual frog rather 
than a fish).

Bear

> Can anyone help this gentle?  So far there has been a suggestion of 
> looking in Alan Davidson's works on fish.  Many of the sources that pop up 
> with a google search do not cite specific sources.
>
> Faerisa
>
> Has anyone come across references in medieval sources to sea frogs 
> (Blennius pholis) and hair shampoo or eating recipes by any chance ? It is 
> aledgedly from a Medieval Italian cook book ?
>
> Mel