Eating massive frogs

[The Gentleman Scamp]

Here in the local supermarket in fucking China, downstairs right, they've got like this live food section which includes fish and eels, terrapins, baby terrapins, rare long neck terrapins (worth 75 quid in a UK pet shop in the 1990's) and frogs so big you need both hands to lift them up so they can be scared and dribble their wees down your arm.

For the past month I have wanted to buy one to 'rescue' it, name it Oliver and have it as a pet, but have had no idea what non-live food I could feed it... Last week I wanted to buy the biggest frog there who was the size of a small chicken - one that is of course plucked, beheaded and befooted like what you see in the supermarkets back in the UK.

Now I have given up on the pet idea but have decided to buy one anyway as soon as one of you reading this can give me a viable and sensible way of cooking it.

I may really try it, it would still be a form of rescue, a release if you like - and I'd get dinner too! Even if I did release one into the wild, where? Roadside hedge? ...They are all probably too traumatized to live for long anyway.

I have a limited kitchen but it includes a hotplate, frying pan, saucepan, good olive oil, any seasoning or anything else I can buy and post a report and even a photo on how the dish went.

If interested please help or I won't be able to do it as it would be a waste of money and life if it went wrong.

[hooter]

As kids we used to insert a plastic straw up their bum holes and blow them up. Pretty cruel at the time, but you do end up with a little cute froggy balloon.

If cooking one goes tits on you, would you consider investing in a cylinder of helium?

[RDN]

As kids we used to insert a plastic straw up their bum holes and blow them up. Pretty cruel at the time, but you do end up with a little cute froggy balloon....

A greeny for you Mr. Hooter! Nearly spat my tea!

[Blake7]

Frogs are generally skinned and then chopped up and stir fried. Hard to skin them but easy to fry....
Nice with a vegetable called "suan miao".

[The Gentleman Scamp]

Cheers Blake, anyone have anything to add?

Are there many ways to skin a frog?

[HermantheGerman]

Instead of naming him Oliver you can name her Big Bertha.
You then give Big Bertha a big kiss and maybe.......

[12Call]

Frog with Thai chile paste & bamboo, "Namprik Kob"

http://importfood.com/recipes/frogsourbamboo.html

[The Gentleman Scamp]

That looks spookily too human.

[obsidian]

couldnt you get the frog gutted and skinned by the folks who work in the store? bet for a few rmb they would do it for you

[DrAndy]

Cheers Blake, anyone have anything to add?

Are there many ways to skin a frog?

the best way was almost as described, you stick a straw inside the SKIN and blow it up. The skin detaches from the flesh easily. You just make a small nick for the straw

[Goddess of Whatever]

Put Prig-gang, fishsource, Bai-Kra-Prao there hmmmmm... yummy!

[mrsquirrel]

I don't believe that you used to stick straws up frogs bums.

I think you used to put youer penis up frogs bums and wee into them

[Bluecat]

Last week I wanted to buy the biggest frog there who was the size of a small chicken .

A delicacy for quite a few Isaan people.
You can buy them on the wet markets in Bkk.
They're alive, you buy them, they put them in a plasic bag, they close the plastic bag, so when you're home they're dead, suffocated.
You can cook them, no need to kill them.
Very fresh.
Bon appetit...

[Rigger]

Last time I cooked a feed of of frogs I was pisst and it was about 3 o clock in the morning. Should of seen the look on a few of the locals guys face as they were cooking up some feed I stagged over with me bucket of fresh frogs gave them a quick bang on the head a quick slice across the gut pulling the skin off in two bits and a quick wash and straight on the BBQ great for midnight munches