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Frog's legs to be exact. It was actually really good. Not just pretty good, it was genuinely delicious. It has a very similar texture and taste to chicken wings.
So why isn't this a more common dish? Why are frogs legs considered a delicacy only the French eat? There's nothing unpleasant about them at all, they actually look quite attractive sitting there on the plate in that weird horseshoe shape.

>> No.19804831
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>> No.19804832

>>19804822
They're mostly wild caught, you can't really farm them that well.

>> No.19804836
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staring back at me like an insect

>> No.19804839

>>19804832
Is that so? It did say wild caught on the menu, but I just assumed frogs would be easy to farm since they produce so many eggs at once and need relatively little space.

>> No.19804851
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>> No.19804893

>>19804839
I caught a frog once. I attempted to keep him in a jar. Turns out frogs poop a lot and young me wisely decided to return him to his habitat. The swamp would probably be clean if it weren't filled with frog poop.

>> No.19804907

>>19804822
>I ate something other than my McGoy cattle-feed and it was actually really nice!

>> No.19804920

>>19804832
That's cope, though. There is nothing stopping people from starting frog farms to mass breed frogs should they really want to do that. The only thing stopping people is cultural values.

>> No.19804926

>>19804907
name five establishments in your home country that serve frogs that aren't French restaurants, and if you're French then this question doesn't apply/

>> No.19804987

>>19804926
It's really more just how astonished you seem to be that they didn't taste like poison or something

>> No.19804998

>>19804987
Not even OP but frogs are an exotic dish, anon. It's like if you ate gator or shark for the first time. You have no idea what it's going to taste like. Maybe you're just reading too much into things?

>> No.19805010

>>19804998
Yeah you're right, nevermind

>> No.19805023

>>19804822
They're peasant food and a bit shit. Ditto snails. If you ate a "delicious" frog, it's because of how it was prepared. Compare a chicken, which barely requires seasoning.

>> No.19805027

>>19805023
>Compare a chicken, which barely requires seasoning
Unseasoned chicken is disgusting and bland. Same with turkey. Duck has actual flavor, though if you're not seasoning your foods at all that's a sign you're Br*tish and shouldn't be discussing food at all.

>> No.19805034

>>19805023
>Compare a chicken, which barely requires seasoning
American moment (not of the African variety)

>> No.19805041

>>19805027
>>19805034
I'm not American. You guys know they have bones and skin before they're delivered to your supermarket, right? A minimally seasoned roast chicken is disgusting to you?

>> No.19805086

>So why isn't this a more common dish?
Difficulty to raise and harvest

>> No.19805093

>>19804822
frogs stink to raise and you'd need a lot of area to raise very little. You can order frogs online and try it yourself if you want but it's not really economical to mass produce. This is where lab grown meat could help, stuff like that could be made easier

>> No.19805128

Here's some links on raniculture the enclosure do not look specialy dirty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMax1176yLQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLBCOH3LzcQ

>> No.19805141

Swamp chicken, they are ok.
I see the legs selling in freezers looks weird.
Tried them at a buffet in Montreal years ago.

>> No.19805248

>>19805027
>Unseasoned chicken is disgusting and bland. Same with turkey
the absolute state

>> No.19805261

>>19805041
>I'm not American
things Americans say on the regular.

>> No.19805269

I don't think they're that rare in less populated places
like northern michigan
I saw frog legs on menu along with wild fish etc.

>> No.19805337

>>19805041
Compared to some lemon pepper or paprika or soy sauce or just anything? You probably don't even make gravy.

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>>19804822
but thats cannibalism

>> No.19805546

>>19804926
Chinese buffets.

>> No.19805690

>>19804907
obsessed and brain rotted

>> No.19805758

>>19804822
Maybe I just had some bad ones when I tried them, but I found they tasted really fishy for some reason. Definitely not a mammalian meat or bird meat. Frogs are Amphibians after all.

>> No.19805771

>>19805758
I've never had it but this is about what I'd expect from an animal that sits in mud and stagnant water all day

>> No.19805797

>>19804926
Cajun restaurants.

>> No.19805802

>>19805248
The absolute state of.. what? The truth? Reality? The fact you lack taste buds?

>> No.19805810

>>19805041
>A minimally seasoned roast chicken is disgusting to you?
Yes? How is it not? You're telling me you prepare food with zero seasoning at all? Not even gravy? If I want low effort, tasteless garbage I might as well just order from the most run down chain restaurant I can find.

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>>19804822
Frogs are friends, not food.