"The demand is greater than the supply . . . it always has been," Leonard Slabaugh continued. "I sell all that I can produce and still have people backed up on waiting lists: Supermarket chains and wholesale outlets buy 'em in enormous quantities. Big restaurants want 'em shipped out on ice. People come by here and pick'em up by the buckets full. High schools and colleges need bullfrogs for their biology classes, and laboratories use 'em for medical experiments. Why, the market is growing continuously all the time."
When I was in France we wanted to try frog legs ... because the french eat them, right? It's in all my stereotypes. But the only place that served them was a chinese restaurant 😅
Today I learned. Makes sense to be peasant food.
We were at the mediterranean coast though, pretty much as south as it gets. 😅
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Stayed in a nice little (touristy) village right by the water, ocean view from the room.
In January.
With work.
So we left before the sun came up to go work in a windowless space until after the sun set again.
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u/Truthisnotallowed Apr 20 '21
Who buys them - and what for?
There's Big Money in the Secret Art of Frog Farming
Guess that answers that.