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Who likes Frog Legs??

Florida Grillin Girl
Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 5,013
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
I cut them apart so they don't look so frog-like. Soaked them in milk a few hours. Dipped them in some seasoned flour and sauteed them in a cast iron pan. Turned over a couple of times.

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Served with lemon caper butter poured over.

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These were NOT the ones that were living in my front door wreath!

Yes, they taste like chicken.

Faith
Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
 
3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • Misippi Egger
    Misippi Egger Posts: 5,095
    Looks great, Faith.

    Question: Do they 'jump' when saute'd like they do when frying them? :ohmy:
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  • Car Wash Mike
    Car Wash Mike Posts: 11,244
    I really like them, I will fry mine. But haven't had any for years.

    Mike
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  • Weekend Warrior
    Weekend Warrior Posts: 1,702
    Oh you lucky girl! I love them too, but like Mike, haven't had them in years. We can hunt them here in Pa with .22 shot shells in the summer.

    Clark, with regards to the "jumping", I have caught, cleaned and eaten snapping turtles since I was a kid. Those sob's can be gutted and have their heads and three legs cut off and they'll STILL be trying to claw you with the last remaining claw.
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  • Florida Grillin Girl
    Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 5,013
    No, Clark, they did not jump.

    I searched the forum and almost no references to frog legs, so I figured I would give them a try.

    Faith
    Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
     
    3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • Ross in Ventura
    Ross in Ventura Posts: 7,234
    Those look delicious Faith

    Ross
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    Faith,

    One of my favourites. Great cook!

    Steve

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Misippi Egger
    Misippi Egger Posts: 5,095
    WW,

    You, then, would appreciate this video:

    Turtle Man
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  • Kenny 13
    Kenny 13 Posts: 321
    Looks great! I love frog legs, and I've been wanting to cook some on the grill. I like to cut them apart too, but it has nothing to do with them looking frog like :) That's just how we've always cooked them. They even come like that in restaurants around here.
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  • Lawn Ranger
    Lawn Ranger Posts: 5,467
    I do! I do!
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  • Bacchus
    Bacchus Posts: 6,019
    Awesome Faith. I'm not a big fan of them, but I enjoy your posts and love to see unique cooks on the forum.
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  • Weekend Warrior
    Weekend Warrior Posts: 1,702
    Haha. Thanks Clark. I've seen that video before. That kid's nuts. I don't noodle. It's a good way to lose digits. The funny thing about turtles is that their slow as hell moving 10 feet, but in close quarters like a live well, they are lighting quick. Because they never seem to wanna die, cleaning them with the razor sharp knife that's required to cut through their hide is always a challenge.
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  • cookn biker
    cookn biker Posts: 13,407
    They look great Faith!! Nice change of pace.
    Molly
    Colorado Springs
    "Loney Queen"
    "Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it."
    Bill Bradley; American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey
    LBGE, MBGE, SBGE , MiniBGE and a Mini Mini BGE
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  • Ms.
    Ms. Posts: 145
    Ooooooh! I will definitely be doing THOSE! :woohoo:
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  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
    When you want to go gigging for some more?

    Frog Legs, Brettone

    Frog Legs Brettone is one of Executive Chef Michael Orr's most noteworthy specialities. It is simple to prepare and makes an exquisite presentation. Since not too many cooks are about to cook down 50 pounds of veal bones to make Glace' de Viande, you can use a poor man's version using a package of brown gravy mix or a can of brown gravy reduced with four cans of comsomme. (To clarify butter, melt it slowly in a heavy pan. When melted, skim away the white froth that has risen to top, then pour off clear butterfat and discard milky residue in bottom of pan.)


    INGREDIENTS:
    20 6-8 Ozs Fresh Florida Frog Legs
    3 Ozs Butter, Clarified
    Flour
    2 Tbs Chopped Parsley
    2 Tbs Capers
    Juice of 1/2 Lemons
    8 Ozs Mushrooms, Quartered
    3 Ozs Butter
    2 Tbs Glace' de Viande




    Procedure:
    1 Dust frog legs in flour and saute in clarified butter until golden brown on both sides. Remove to platter to keep warm. Cordon frog legs with Glace' de Viande and sprinkle with lemon juice. Meanwhile, cook butter until nut brown, add mushrooms and capers ( about 1 minute ). Pour over frog legs, sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve immediately.


    Servings: 2

    Recipe Type
    Main Dish, Meat

    Recipe Source
    Source: Park Plaza Gardens, Winter Park, Fl, 1985/05/25
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  • eenie meenie
    eenie meenie Posts: 4,394
    Ooh la la :)
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  • BigGreenDave
    BigGreenDave Posts: 149
    I have had them but don't get them much. We are going after squirrel today maybe tomorrow depending on the weather. Does anybody else eat squirrel? :laugh: My bud is the great squirel hunter of West Virgina. They are kind of skinny right now but what the heck starting to get fat again. I will take pics!

    Dave M.
    Dave Montgomery at Wheeling West Virgina
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    I love 'em! I use a recipe from a LA cookbook which ends using B & B set on fire. Fancy ending to the cook!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Capt Frank
    Capt Frank Posts: 2,578
    Hi Faith,
    Those look great! Did you buy them or gig'm? If you bought them, please tell me where.
    By the way, it was great meeting you at the SS Fest :cheer: .

    Capt Frank
    Hoosassa, FL
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  • Florida Grillin Girl
    Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 5,013
    Hi Frank. It was nice meeting you too.

    No live frogs for me!! I bought them frozen at Surf and Turf market on Tampa Rd. in Palm Harbor.

    Faith
    Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
     
    3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • Capt Frank
    Capt Frank Posts: 2,578
    Darn, I was right by there this morning! Won't get back that way for at least a couple of weeks :( .
    Water around here is such a mess I don't think trying to gig would be any good either, at least not for another month. Oh Well ;)
    Let me know when the Tampa Bay folks have another lunch.

    Capt. Frank
    Homosassa, FL
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  • outrageous
    outrageous Posts: 803
    faith, they look great, used to gig them when i was younger, need to try them again.... great presentation, which i expect from you.. B)

    Large egg and mini max egg plus a Blackstone griddle

    South Ga. cooking fool !!!!!!!!

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  • Florida Grillin Girl
    Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 5,013
    I don't know what "gig" means, but I am sure I don't don't want to do that!

    I just bought them already cleaned up and ready to cook and if that's what 'gig" means, then bring them over!!

    Faith
    Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
     
    3 Large, 1 Small, 1 well-used Mini
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  • mkc
    mkc Posts: 544
    Had them for the first time last summer at a buffet in Mississippi (at the Tunica Hollywood Casino) and loved them! Capers and lemon look like great flavors to complement.

    -M
    Egging in Crossville, TN
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  • Florida Grillin Girl
    Florida Grillin Girl Posts: 5,013
    I have never seen them on a buffet, that's for sure!

    Faith
    Happily egging on my original large BGE since 1996... now the owner of 5 eggs. Call me crazy, everyone else does!
     
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  • Capt Frank
    Capt Frank Posts: 2,578
    Sorry to be late getting back on this, I have been on the road for a couple of days. I'm now in Cincinnati for a week or two.
    "Gig" means to spear. Gign' frogs is a popular way to hunt frogs. You go out at night with a flashlight and a gig, which is a three-pointed spear on a shaft, and you either wade or pole along the bank in a small boat. Frogs freeze when the light hits their eyes, you can imagine the rest. AS a kid growing up in rural Kentucky it was a great summer pastime. As an adult it is still fun, but now there is usually a lot of beer involved. Around Homosassa and anywhere in the salt marsh areas a lot of fish are taken this way too, although it is not legal for gamefish.

    Capt Frank
    Homosassa, FL
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