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flotsam
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| on hot summer nights in Virginia, just after a rain, the roads would steam, which the frogs and toads just loved. dad would take me driving (slowly) and we'd stop the car when we found a bunch. then we'd catch them, look at them, and let them go. |
That's a nice story. What a refreshing change from the garbage we often see here on the boards. |
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otis

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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| red dog wrote: |
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| on hot summer nights in Virginia, just after a rain, the roads would steam, which the frogs and toads just loved. dad would take me driving (slowly) and we'd stop the car when we found a bunch. then we'd catch them, look at them, and let them go. |
That's a nice story. What a refreshing change from the garbage we often see here on the boards. |
It sounds like a nice story.
But those frogs are delcious when prepared right.
You make yourself a proper batter. Then you start killing your frogs. You do this by cutting their heads off. The skin just slides right off.
Then you have to cut the leg tendons. If you don't, the legs will jump right out of the frying pan.
Frog legs--when properly prepared--are a real treat.
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flotsam
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| otis wrote: |
| red dog wrote: |
| KWhitehead wrote: |
| on hot summer nights in Virginia, just after a rain, the roads would steam, which the frogs and toads just loved. dad would take me driving (slowly) and we'd stop the car when we found a bunch. then we'd catch them, look at them, and let them go. |
That's a nice story. What a refreshing change from the garbage we often see here on the boards. |
It sounds like a nice story.
But those frogs are delcious when prepared right.
You make yourself a proper batter. Then you start killing your from. You do this by cutting their heads off. The skin just slides right off.
Then you have to cut the leg tendons. If you don't, the legs will jump right out of the frying pan.
Frog legs--when properly prepared--are a real treat. |
I eagerly await the official amphibian recipe thread. |
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otis

Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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| flotsam wrote: |
| otis wrote: |
| red dog wrote: |
| KWhitehead wrote: |
| on hot summer nights in Virginia, just after a rain, the roads would steam, which the frogs and toads just loved. dad would take me driving (slowly) and we'd stop the car when we found a bunch. then we'd catch them, look at them, and let them go. |
That's a nice story. What a refreshing change from the garbage we often see here on the boards. |
It sounds like a nice story.
But those frogs are delcious when prepared right.
You make yourself a proper batter. Then you start killing your from. You do this by cutting their heads off. The skin just slides right off.
Then you have to cut the leg tendons. If you don't, the legs will jump right out of the frying pan.
Frog legs--when properly prepared--are a real treat. |
I eagerly await the official amphibian recipe thread. |
Scoff all you want. But the stuff is good. |
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red dog

Joined: 31 Oct 2004
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Lots of people in Ontario get killed running into a deer on the road. Thing comes through the windshield. If you're lucky you only kill it and not yourself. If you're even luckier, a hunter will come along and buy the deer from you on the spot. |
I researched this a long time ago ... if communities did better planning before building new roads and built more underpasses (tunnels) and overpasses for wild animals, many of these accidents could be avoided. |
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kat2

Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Location: Busan, South Korea
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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The second closest I ever came to death (the first was hitting a bridge) was when I nearly hit a horse on a country road at night. I came around a sharp curve and there was a giant black horse, must have been 18 hands, trotting down the road.
Where I grew up, there was this flock of suicidal chickens that would run out in front of cars. They must not have been completely successful in killing themselves, because they were there for at least a decade, which would require quite a lot of reproducin'. |
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flotsam
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| red dog wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
| Lots of people in Ontario get killed running into a deer on the road. Thing comes through the windshield. If you're lucky you only kill it and not yourself. If you're even luckier, a hunter will come along and buy the deer from you on the spot. |
I researched this a long time ago ... if communities did better planning before building new roads and built more underpasses (tunnels) and overpasses for wild animals, many of these accidents could be avoided. |
Sensible policies for a happier Britain. |
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