The kids fed the family the other day. FROG LEGS!!!

[Dave Bulla]

Here's last weekends supper as proudly provided by my three kids.

 

If ya can't tell what it is... here's a hint.

 

The littlest on the left is my boy Jacob, next to him is Emmett and the girl with the black hair is Lindsey.  The other people I don't know and were just there.  The MO conservation dept was putting on a "froggin' clinic" and I signed up the kids.  They had a blast.  Lindsey got 8 (that's the limit), Emmett got 6 and Jacob didn't get any but Lindsey gave him two of hers so he could carry them around.  He still had fun, he was just a little afraid to go out in the reeds and water in the dark.  He'll get over that in time like the others did.  They really got into it and were wading nearly chest deep in the dark but it worked.  Of the other dozen or so people who were there only two frogs were caught.  Guess it's paid to raise the kids to not be afraid of getting wet or dirty in the woods eh?

Did I mention they were FRESH?  I got home and there were three walmart bags in the sink "moving"
 

Shortly after that, MOST of the movement had stopped.  But not all.  Funny thing was, if you sprinkle a little salt on frog legs, they start to twitch.
 

Some were pretty nice sized.
 

I'd have liked to use a little buttermilk but didn't have any so I used a half cup of regular milk and a well beaten egg with a good splash of hot sauce to soak 'em a little while.  The other plate has corn meal, onion powder, garlic powder cajun spice and salt.
 

We also did up some channel cat caught about two days prior out of Clinton lake in KS.  Cut into nuggets and soaked/breaded right along with the frog legs.  These frog legs were the smallest of the batch.  I didn't get a picture of the big ones done because the kids were practically taking them off the serving plate on the way to the table.  They were GOOOOOD!
 

[4dogs]

Man,that looks gooooood, they done good and had fun to boot.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

 Good looking Family!

Nothing beats a good mess of frog legs.

[bretto]

Great looking plate Dave!!!

[ksbowman]

Dang it Dave! I love frog legs and haven't had any for a while, Those look so good!

[Mike Vines]

I love frog legs.  Looks like you enjoyed it yourself.

[amazonjim]

Got to watch though they will jump out of the pan

[Pepper]

Looks like the youngsters had a great, and fulfilling time.

[Joey Ward]

"Got to watch though they will jump out of the pan"

Use your knife to make a slice behind the knee joint, in the crease, all the way to the bone. It will straighten out the leg and you'll have more of a "drumstick" after frying.

Use the same technique on all four legs of a squirrel, too.

[Horney Toad]

Good going! That has to be my favorite food!

[Bill Kissner]

Boy, that makes my mouth water, catfish and frog lags! The wild legs re so much better than the farm raised you get in restaurants.

[NormanDale33]

really cool

[Hopewell Tom]

Just see some posts in PowWow about froggin", heard some croaking in our pond and wondered about a recipe. Thanks for the post and pics. Looks right some good.
I don't know if the frog season is still on here, but will find out. Never did it before, but with a meal that good looking, it's worth a try.