Posted: 7/18/2007 5:03:33 AM EDT
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Ok, so the fishing thread someone mentioned frogs. I have had frogs legs in restaurants and they were good...anything fried is good... So can you eat any type of frogs legs ??? Up in northern WI where I go do my "outback" adventures there are tons of the green water frogs everywhere, can you eat their legs?? |
I don't know if toads are edible or not... I have looked in the past and never found a anything that said if they were safe to eat or not. As kids my Grandfather had a farm with several ponds. We used to catch some really big old bull frogs that were to big to use for fishing. We fried them in butter and as indicated, there can be a lot of meat on a big old frog. Leopard frogs in the NE are good eating too |
The easiest is a trebble hook with a little black cloth and a long fish pole... Dangle it in front of their nose and they will take the hook. Really very easy! |
If legal in your area you can go gigging. You can mount a frog gig...  The gigs that are one flat row like a trident are better, IMO ...on the end of a long pole or broom handle. You shine a bright spot light along the shore and you'll see their eyes glowing. Keep the light on them and movie slowly and they can't see you coming at them. STAB! through the front of the body/head.  |
Thats prety much the technique we used iirc been 20~yrs since the last time i went gig'n....... you just left out the part about drinking cold beer 
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if you are gonna eat like a cajun, then cooks likes one too www.justinwilson.com |
I cook all of my family's meals. I credit that man with being one of the big influences on me when I was a kid that led me to really enjoying cooking for folks. Watching his show in the morning on weekends with my mom was as much fun as Staurday morning cartoons because of his animated cajun way of speaking and cooking. |
I've never cooked them over an open fire but I would have to say my first instinct would be to leave the skin on. They'd dry out, I would think, otherwise. In a pan I'd skin them. |
I hear ya. I was thinking more of a SHTF situation. I've had fried frog legs but never myself cooked them. It would be nice to know the best way to prepare them taste wise over a wood fire. However if I'm hungry enough I could eat them raw.
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Thanks, guys. Critical element seems to be lights, and therefore night hunting. My pond drops maybe 6 feet below ground level in the summer, so you have to get close to see them. In the daytime, that just doesn't happen. I'll try it with the light at night and see what happens. |
You know, you're right. Justin had the first and probably only cooking show I've ever seen that was cooking for men - no foofoo fancy French pastry crap, just good eats. Heck, he taught lots of people that it's manly to cook! Back on topic - so how do you tell a frog from a toad? |
Frogs will be near or in water and have smooth, wet skin. Toads generally aren't in water and have bumby dry skin. Toads also won't have the big ass hopper hind legs(which is what we're after) and don't have big webbed feet for swimming. Toads generally have the sacks of irritant behind their eyes and frogs generally have that external eardrum thing. I'm sure there are other more specific, technical, and scientific differences but I can generally just tell my seeing one or handling one. Example of toad(native Oklahoma species...look up your regional species)  Example of Frog(typical bull frog) 
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He was an influence on me as a kid too. Only it was sitting and listening to his albums, which my dad owned. They were made about 20 years before the TV shows. The original funny chef on TV. Get dem ducks, double barrel shoot gun. I am a safety man, I wear both a belt and suspenders. (ARFCOM: buy both) FYI he really was a safety guy early in his life. |
| I use a fly rod with small hook and a piece of red felt. Dangle the felt in front of the frog and they try to eat it. Cut the legs off and throw the rest back in the pond for the catfish. I skin the legs and pan fry w/garlic and butter. The meat is white and quite sweet. |
| When I was a kid, we'd take my dad's fishing fly's down to the local ponds at the golf course. We'd just dangle them out there and they'd take it everytime. As far as cleaning goes, we only really ate the legs. Just cut and cook. We'd boiled some and then fried some as well. I was about 10 or so at the time and the rule was, if you killed it, you cleaned it and you ate it. Frogs were easy to clean and cook. Hey, it tastes like chicken! |
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