. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . French people eat frog legs; this, however,is erroneous. Undoubtedly the consumption of frog legs as a food supplyoriginated in France. Evidently we have had enough French people and W>. FROGS epicures emigrate to this country to educate the American and othernationalities to the fine flavor and texture of frog legs, and it is not un-common to find frog legs on the bill of fare of every first-class restaurantin all of our cities. 370 Frogs as a Source of Profit. At the present time frogs are known
. The modern guide for fruit and truck shippers and poultry raisers in the southern states; . French people eat frog legs; this, however,is erroneous. Undoubtedly the consumption of frog legs as a food supplyoriginated in France. Evidently we have had enough French people and W>. FROGS epicures emigrate to this country to educate the American and othernationalities to the fine flavor and texture of frog legs, and it is not un-common to find frog legs on the bill of fare of every first-class restaurantin all of our cities. 370 Frogs as a Source of Profit. At the present time frogs are known more by their noise than fromany commercial value in the South, and the quantities of frogs in a pondmust never be judged by the noise; four or five frogs in a duette fromG flat to C minor, ending in a grand final chorus, will easily leavethe impression that there are several hundred frogs in the pond. A farmeri«i Texas wrote a commission merchant in St. Louis, if they would buyfrogs. The reply came: Yes, we will buy all you have. How manycan you ship us? The farmer replied: Oh, several thousand. Thefirm wrote back to ship them along. The farmer finally made a shipmentof a dozen and a half of frogs, with the statement: Thats all I couldget; I was fooled by their hollering.
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