PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Lord Of The Rings Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 14 days agoThey're taking the frogs to Isengard!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1312arrow-down11
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minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·13 days agoFrogs are eaten in Africa and Asia. French are the European odd balls.
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 days agoYeah I was gonna say, OP might be surprised just how much they’re actually in the minority globally speaking. I wouldn’t say it’s the most popular food in the world, but more people live in countries where it’s commonly eaten than in countries who don’t.
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoI remember seeing a documentary and they showed the Goliath Frog, which was considered a delicacy to a tribe. That thing was huge.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoNormally frog seems like a lot of work for very little meat, but those are some big bastards. Can hardly blame someone for having that on their menu.
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 days ago French are the European odd balls If you don’t count Italy, Portugal, Spain, Albania, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, or Ukraine.
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoI am very much portuguese and in all my years of life, I never had nor new another portuguese that hate frog legs. Snails, on the other hand…
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 days agoGo somewhere near a large river, away from the ocean. Source: Italian, from near a big river away from the sea. Never ate frogs but they do serve them here. Fried.
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoI live and my family is from inland territory and never have I ever heard of anyone eating frogs in Portugal, unless they had previously lived in France. We eat a lot of weird things but frogs is not one.
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoAccording to Wikipedia they eat them in the Alentejo region
Frogs are eaten in Africa and Asia. French are the European odd balls.
Yeah I was gonna say, OP might be surprised just how much they’re actually in the minority globally speaking.
I wouldn’t say it’s the most popular food in the world, but more people live in countries where it’s commonly eaten than in countries who don’t.
I remember seeing a documentary and they showed the Goliath Frog, which was considered a delicacy to a tribe. That thing was huge.
Normally frog seems like a lot of work for very little meat, but those are some big bastards. Can hardly blame someone for having that on their menu.
If you don’t count Italy, Portugal, Spain, Albania, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, or Ukraine.
I am very much portuguese and in all my years of life, I never had nor new another portuguese that hate frog legs.
Snails, on the other hand…
Go somewhere near a large river, away from the ocean.
Source: Italian, from near a big river away from the sea. Never ate frogs but they do serve them here. Fried.
I live and my family is from inland territory and never have I ever heard of anyone eating frogs in Portugal, unless they had previously lived in France.
We eat a lot of weird things but frogs is not one.
According to Wikipedia they eat them in the Alentejo region