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Maurepas Swamp bullfrog has ‘secret surprise inside’
Forrest Gump might say that cleaning bullfrogs is like opening a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re going to get.[…]
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Blue bullfrog caught in Jeff Davis Parish
Rustin Benoit has only been frogging a few months, but he netted a big bullfrog in Jeff Davis Parish last week that has even long-time froggers shaking their heads.[…]
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Gear up for bayou bullfrogging
When it comes to frogging, having the best gear will definitely put more legs in the pot. These cold-blooded critters only pump hot blood during the summer months, allowing them to jump at even the slightest hint of danger.[…]
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Fall Frogging
Before Doc’s brother Clay returned to his exile in Atlanta, the wives decided we’d treat him to dinner — but at a fancy restaurant rather than at the usual raucous dinner party featuring the usual bull-red courtboullion, spawning sow-speck roe fritters and button-buck fajitas.[…]
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Of Frogs and Men
“Kaw, that’s a big one!” said 59-year-old Danny “Eagle” Edgar.
“That’s a man,” agreed 56-year-old Clay Switzer.[…]
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Midnight Magic
“Tonight should be fun,” says the frog. “You bet,” I say. “Ronnie Brown’s back in from offshore, and we’re planning to be out at midnight.”[…]
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Lip Smacking Frog Whacking
What do shade, loose cotton clothing and a koozie holding a cold beverage mean in July for Louisianans?[…]
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Nighttime Raids
Trivia has it that Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935), the father of French cuisine, listed frog legs on the menu of the famous Hotel Carlton in London as, “Cuisses de Nymphe Aurore.”
Considered a disgusting food by the British, who could resist an item on the menu with a name such as “Legs of the Dawn Nymphs?”[…]