Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-26
FROGS AND THEIR USES.
THE LEADING CHARACTERISTIC OF
ALL SPECIES is VORACITY.

ALL SPECIES IS NORACITH.
Dozen Varieties Common to This
Country and Eur"pc-Tr"paration Of
the Hind Quarters Ton T"od-H"w Frogs
Are Caught.
Alm,~t '1rrN nnr J. familiar with the up-
PuuIu,,'ui the fru-. "a. trr frog family Is dis
trrur"I over every Part Of the Glu,~ In
America rh,.rr ar about dozen Narlrtl,s. hut
only two ni th.~s. arr U~d for fu,d The frog
lives M water the -nca,sr I-ut Of the time,
hu' IT is often found nu :lr laud a long dis
t..l.r. from ANY water The uolSp ,u rr,ak-
i'm that 'h,.y MAKE usually beard at night
I> we'll Auuwu, and has often pruN,vl Of great
annoy Nau.r' To persons ui irlIatr nerves. keep
ing them awake for hours. and frequently
pr.scnumE sleep at all Thr huIl frog Whose
nHI-' resembles in dImuutivr d,-grS' the
hlIo"in- "t bull. Is probably the grcat,st
aunuyauo., ami obtained It's mann, from the
peculiar cry it mah,~ They arr very t"na-
'I..~ ,t ht,.. r>"u a. much 81 a. the cat,
" Erh - >lIi have nur lives. they may hc
manned a-iI manEId until uf,' l. suppuNsi Ia
he. extinct. ami Yet survive the wounds. In
ir,I. tnn-> am, frequently found minus a Irg
thru forms w,rv perfect. They will even
~u'v, ~i-u> "t life after their cntraIls and
heads have is-u removed. and advantage has
h's.u taken "f TIM, fact 10y scientific men for
ia, UU1r'~. ui experiment. and 10 illustrate
many important Ph'unmrna.
The characteristic, Of all sI-~ieS Of the frog
L. y"rtrltN they eat ti"N. insects, worms and
r,"u smaller frp-~, but. singular to relate,
they dn mot touch rh,-s' uuIo~, they are alive
and III motion Prof. Doremu> uSd 10 n
late an au",l"re uhnut some frogs he was
keeping IN a box for governmental purposes,
WIN shows their vorariuus propcnsities
Thrrr wen. about a dozen uf the frogs, and
aIuor- tho numl-r were tw" unusually large
ou,> he had kept them for several weeks,
hsl, the attendants had Ii" Elected TO feed them
FOR a numher OF dIys and upon going to the
h"N he was aSt"uiSh,7l to find only one frog
lrtl, which WAS dead and greatly swollen.
Jl"u rl.r~.r inspection he found that the two
ia. Lee 49, had eaten all the smaller un,s
and Wu.u the, rnu.l obtain no mur,' fool the
larger Of th,~. two had swallowed the
smaller, hut had dl,si IN the effort
ut th, doom or mnn'varlrfi,~ common TO
tins country and Europe, only tw" or three
ar. ,ulI~Dirr,,i a. ,7l.,rr and u~~i ~ food by
frHg, OF l.unpl-, which the naturali~tS call
rama ,~ulputa. j, the greatest favorite and
the most >"gl-ht after N the European cuun-
tr.r~. la the mt',i States ;he sp-7Irs called
Iu.I frogs, or ~had frr-> an about the only
kinds that an. u~ri for culinary PURPOSES
Thr European edible frog Is OF bright green
colo! ahov,', with black spots, three yellow
stripes along lin. back, and Of ycllowiSh
r,,.ur uni, ru~ath. cur huil frog is familiar
10 alIn,~l every yhuiy, and somewhat resem-
b!,> the common EuruE-au frog
~ general rule thu hind quarters Of the
ir'- arr eaten. hut IN Germany every part,
With the exception Of the ints,tInes and skin,
Is u.air u.' Of as f",L Many persons will
lot "a' C,n-~ ls.iirvn- that they arr unclean,
vet they have no h,>Ita4i"n III partaking of
,galr> "r InIS;,.ro. that f,vi upon the refuss,
animal matter which they find in the water
The flesh uG the frog Is very white and ten
der, nutritious and dr!icately favored and
when nicely rook,d Is one Of the most dainty
dI>les that Ii" gustatory Sense of an cpIrur,.
could d,~lr' SURPRISING III drliCacy any of
'.-E. h.~h or fowl They arr cooked IN Vari-
ou- WAYS. IN all Of whrh their extreme deb!
,:,.v l. apparent They can L. made into a
hrth, .ri.eI >t"w,yi "I frl.st~,,si. as the eater
may dr~llr. hut most Ieoplr who eat them
prefer tn !rav" them fri,>L The manner in
Winch lhr, arr fried ia th' prominent rcstau-
r..u;~ il very ,.Iullr. The legs, after bring well
slammed. arr Iarl"Iled for about five minutes
In slightly >tlte,l " ater: they arr then plunged
nat" cold water for few moments, and are
taken ont 10 drain, after which they arr
placed in u hot pan ami fried in the usual
way. Tn" broth rau br made ia the same way
..lrr. ny. D.. = lr-ftsh