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FROGS & FROGS LEGS

At an archaeological site in the Czech Republic dating from about 2900 B.C., researchers found nearly 900 common frog bone fragments. Most of the bone fragments were from the meaty hind legs, and 10% were charred, indicating that they had been cooked.

In the 1930s there were 23 frog farms in southern Florida.

Bangladesh at one time supplied most of the frogs-legs consumed in the U.S. The Bangladesh government soon discovered that the fly population increased drastically. It was more expensive to control the flies with insecticides, so they banned the export of frogs, and the frogs could return to what they do best - eating flies and mosquitoes!
 

In the early 20th century frogs legs were considered a disgusting food by the British. Escoffier, while chef at the Carlton Hotel in London, had them accepted by no other than the Price of Wales by listing them on the menu as 'cuisses de nymphes aurore', or legs of the dawn nymphs.