Frog Fancier

Archie Beesley, frog fancier, liked to eat them live. Just like oysters, he said, they helped with "cleaning out the stomach."

Source: The Ottawa Journal — Jul 15, 1970

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 03, 2015
Category: Food | 1970s

Comments

One question: Which direction does the "CLEANING" take? Down & Brown or Up and Out?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/03/15 at 11:25 AM

I believe I'd like an Anthrax Ripple to go with my Crunchy Frog, please.

Posted by KDP on 07/03/15 at 12:17 PM

An old, real, heard-from-several-sources piece of advice was that if you eat a live toad every morning, nothing worse will happen to you that day. But eating a frog? What a pervert!

Posted by Phideaux on 07/03/15 at 02:41 PM

Nononononononononono.......!!!! GROSS!

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/04/15 at 03:29 PM

Eating toads was once a job!

Toady:
"Early 19th century: said to be a contraction of toad-eater, a charlatan's assistant who ate toads; toads were regarded as poisonous, and the assistant's survival was thought to be due to the efficacy of the charlatan's remedy." http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/toady

Posted by Phideaux on 07/04/15 at 09:30 PM

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