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4. Oh come on!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Nov 30, 2016, 06:17 PM

Nov 2016

Regular Americans, good ol' boys, enjoy a nice plate of frogs' legs every now and then. You know what's really weird in our culture? Orange juice with breakfast.

Would I kid you:

http://mediamatters.org/video/2008/04/11/on-hardball-matthews-and-shuster-critiqued-obam/143185

Yes, that's Chris Matthews, hero to some around DU, scoring candidate Obama in 2008 for asking for orange juice with his breakfast instead of good old All American coffee, like a real American would.

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Simple question - are frog legs [View all] malaise Nov 2016 OP

Even if I was rich, malaise, I wouldn't think that crap is a freaking delicacy. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #1

Same here malaise Nov 2016 #2

They just should walk near a Florida lake. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #3

Oh come on! gratuitous Nov 2016 #4

No. Kids used to go out and "gig a few frogs" near rivers and creeks Warpy Nov 2016 #5

I had a favorite restaurant in Lac Megantic Quebec that served... jpak Nov 2016 #9

Escargot were always like garlicky bicycle tires Warpy Dec 2016 #18

Do people consider them delicacies? SaschaHM Nov 2016 #6

I've got a pack in the freezer. SeattleVet Nov 2016 #7

How do you cook them? Freddie Nov 2016 #13

I usually sautee them in a little oil... SeattleVet Nov 2016 #17

Don't you mean "freedom legs"? jmowreader Nov 2016 #8

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! malaise Nov 2016 #11

They could be csziggy Nov 2016 #10

Oh My malaise Nov 2016 #12

They're the new crow. MrScorpio Nov 2016 #14

Hoping they are rich in MFM008 Nov 2016 #15

You can gig them just about anywhere. ileus Nov 2016 #16

Most of those available for purchase are imported. MineralMan Dec 2016 #19

They are painkillers, clearly, and should be regulated as such. n/t Orsino Dec 2016 #20