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Frogs lay many thousands of eggs, in normal
circumstances, to overcome the high predation and loss
rates their eggs and offspring endure.
However, in a controlled environment, these marvels of
evolution would have much higher survival rates, grow
quickly, are highly nutritious and would rapidly
achieve
levels of abundance suitable to provide a steady supply
of
healthy nutrition for large populations. They are high in
protein, low in fat and taste remarkably like chicken.
They
also consume vast quantities of pest species, such as
flies
and mosquitoes.
UBCo's Boulangeries Grenouille is a franchised chain of
French bakeries soon to be opening a branch near you.
Baguettes, croissants, petit pain and a range of Jambon
fumé grenouilles (Ham-smoked frog) dishes including
sandwiches and quiches will soon be available to
tantalise
your tastebuds.
Our bakers are "kneedeep" in baked treats.
** Thanks to [Alterother], for inspiration.
how about frog cake instead?
http://i2.squidoocd...024185frog_cake.jpg
[xandram, Apr 25 2012]
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There is no shortage of low fat, high protein sources
already on the hoof in Oz - the bush fly. I'd support your
idea in the wetter parts of the country but in the more arid
parts it would be more economic the eliminate the middle-
amphibian. Your idea could even generate govt funding if
you could find a way to make cane toads palatable. [+] |
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Orange sauce, do you think, or the sour cherry? |
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[-] bordering on [mfd] "raise and eat <x>". |
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They don't actually taste like chicken either. |
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Baked - don't you know what the F stands for in KFC these days? |
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Funny how they never seem to call it Kentucky Fried <start of italic>Chicken<end of intalic> any longer.. |
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[AusCan] I would be very surprised if cane toads aren't entirely palatable once you remove the poison glands. Usually, when an organism has a clearly defined defensive mechanism, that's it. |
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In a similar vein, I have a theory that stinging nettles are particularly tasty and nutritious (more so than spinach, for instance) because the stinging hairs make any other defense unnecessary. |
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>you remove the poison glands. |
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So this is what really happened to the Atheter! First they gene-engineered a Hooder...<rambles on in hopeless conspiracy theory mode...> |
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OK, after some Googling, the consensus seems to be that you need to remove the skin (including the poison glands) and the internal organs; and that if you stuff up, you might get sick, but you're not likely to be killed. |
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And you may get to see the sun come up in the
middle of the night. |
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Mmm... skinless Cane Toad stuffed with minced red
peppers and shiitakes in goat cheese mixed with fresh
garlic and rosemary, and a sprig of lemongrass on top. |
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//Jambon fumé grenouilles (Ham-smoked frog// You know, and just yesterday someone asked me, "What's green and tastes like pork?" |
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What did you tell them, Kermit? |
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Many of those problems stem from outbreaks of
fungal disease in what is essentially a warm, wet
monoculture environment, don't they, [Simpleton]? |
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That would be possible, I imagine. Researchers have
found that quite a lot of the frog disappearances in
Australia seem to be down to fungal infection, rather
than pesticides, as previously suspected. |
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Apparently there's a bit of a linguistic pun/connection between frogs-legs, British (or possibly just my own personal) mispronunciation, and Louis XIV (sometimes referred to as Louis le Grand, or without too much of a stretch apparently, "Grand Louis"). |
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//you need to remove the skin // |
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What about that story that Queensland crows just flip them upside down and peck their guts out? Is that not true? Or are the crows careful to spit out the skin? |
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It's possible that they simply tolerate a small dose of the toxin, which is mainly found in the dorsal glands. The expression 'Stone the crows!' is unrelated. |
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Actually, the frog business is all wrong. |
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As [Ubie] mentioned, frogs produce copious
amounts of frogspawn. The hatching rate is very
high, and the initial growth is also (mass for mass)
extremely high. Tadpoles are also not that fussy
about what they eat. |
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In contrast, juvenile frogs have a high mortality,
need a lot of space and live insects, and wind up
being full of bones and covered in skin. |
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Clearly, then, the solution is to eat the tadpoles,
not the frogs. Their colour alone is a selling
point - how many other foods are jet-black? They
can be eaten alive, perhaps in an ambient soup.
They could be deep fried, as a sort of amphibious
whitebait. They are also spreadable and
extrudable, which is more than can be said for a
frog under s.t.p. |
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Whipped tadpole bouillabaisse served atop Queensland
crow broiled
in a white wine reduction with saffron and fresh garlic.
With stuffed skinless cane toads on the side, of course. |
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Feel free to substitute fresh garlic for the saffron. Nothing
compliments garlic like more garlic. I just
happen to enjoy a particular brand of Italian saffron I
purchased a large amount of in Miami about twelve years
ago. It was a few days after a canoe-camping trip in the
outer Keys and I was still quite drunk. |
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Like many of my more bizarre anecdotes, that happens to
be a true story. There was also a WWII-era halftrack
involved, but my memory of that bit is hazy. As I said,
drunk. |
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I bet you could put the food at a higher price
point than chicken because North Americans
associate the french with class. However, you would
have to find a very tricky marketing campaign
because people that go to fast food chains tend to
be shy away from exotic meats. |
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// North Americans associate the french with class // |
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//// North Americans associate the french with class // |
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We do?//
Oeuf Corse they do! Witness the Blondie classic "French Kissing in the USA".
And all that faux francais in "Denis". |
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There are a lot of non-French Canadians who would
beg to differ, [bob]. |
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>eat the tadpoles...They can be eaten alive, perhaps in an ambient soup.
Still trying to track down a clip or some guy on UK tv who (at tea-time) dumped a load of live maggots in a blender, fried them in a sort of omelette and then ate it live on tv. |
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It quite put me off my Brain's Faggots, I can tell you.. |
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Sounds like something Heston Blumenthal would do,
on television. |
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*Never* try to eat one of those without flipping it over first - saffron or no saffron. |
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