Jonathan Sachs wrote:
>> While I was living in Baltimore during the 50's, my father would
>> always buy frog legs. Since living there, I have never seen them.
>> Are they unique to that area? Also would frogs be raised
>> domestically for that purpose, or are the frogs gathered in the
>> wild? I remember they did not have much flavor or meat.
>
> Frog legs are raised on farms (well, I think they actually raise whole
> frogs). The farm-raised ones are probably tastier and more tender
> than most of the ones caught wild.
>
> The meat does taste like chicken, but I think it's juicier and
> sweeter.
>
> Your question recalled a cartoon I saw years ago which showed a man
> about to enter a restaurant. He notices a procession of frogs coming
> around the building from the rear, where the kitchen must be, all of
> them legless, and moving on little crutches.

Must have been a Gary Larsen/Far Side cartoon... I always get a chuckle just
thinking about the "Boneless Chicken Ranch"