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Food & Drink: Getting a kick out of frogs' legs British diners are not too chicken to eat new-style frog.
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FROGS' LEGS are the bee's knees in top British restaurants at the
moment. At The Square, Phil Howard sautes them to serve alongside a
courgette flower stuffed with chicken and tarragon mousseline. A hop,
skip and jump away at Sanderson hotel, Spoon+ offers cream of frogs'
legs soup with watercress. Meanwhile, Eric Chavot of The Capital is
putting a modern twist on the classic French combination of frogs'
legs with garlic and parsley - the crisp, deep-fried legs are served
with garlic veloute,...
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Sorry, we're fresh out of frogs' legs, thighs, shins . . .
The Independent - London
; WHILE I was in Edinburgh for the Festival I was lured into an art gallery called the FruitMarket to see an exhibition of modern German art, which was very nice as now I have seen an exhibition of modern German art and don't have to see one again just yet. But when I was in there my attention was
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FRENCH CLASSICS: FROGS' LEGS PROVENCAL
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; KITCHEN TECHNICIAN FRENCH CLASSICS: FROGS' LEGS PROVENCAL Frogs' legs might make your taste buds leap By SANFORD D'AMATO Special to the Journal Sentinel Sunday, July 18, 2004 Working in French kitchens, I often heard a disparaging comment that referred to the French as frogs. This supposedly came
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Making the Leap To Frogs' Legs
The Washington Post
; ... nothing to do with the name. Chef-owner Jimmy Sneed gets "incredibly huge" frogs' legs from the Everglades, and says "the good news is that the big ones are just as tender as the little ones"; but because in France, only the tiniest legs are tender enough to ...
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Culinary mystery of the legless toads oveyr 2
The Independent - London
; Hundreds of dead toads have been found in Scotland, minus their back legs. Investigators have been forced to conclude that the missing limbs are being passed off as frogs' legs for the restaurant trade. "This case is one of the most bizarre I have seen," said Andrew Cunningham, veterinary
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A leap back in time shows Czechs ate frogs' legs first ; FOOD
The Independent on Sunday
; Frogs' legs, commonly considered a French delicacy, are, in fact, a Czech delicacy, say archaeologists. New research has revealed that ancient Czechs were eating the amphibians more than 5,000 years ago. Archaeologists at the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of the Sciences of the Czech
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