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Frogs’ Legs
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Published 2004
Frogs’ legs, considered a delicacy by the French in the seventeenth century, were introduced into England by French chefs (and by English chefs trained in France). A recipe for frogs’ legs with saffron was published in the English edition of The French Cook by Francis Peter LaVarenne (1653), and subsequent English cookbooks included similar recipes.
The Dutch also ate frogs’ legs, and it is likely that Dutch settlers ate them in New Netherland (later New York), but no evidence has surfaced indicating that English colonists dined on frog. When the War for American Independence broke out, American colonists came into contact with the French military, which became an ally. According to an eighteenth-century observer of American life, Americans believed that the French virtually lived on frogs. Bostonians served frogs to served French naval officers, who broke into laughter when they found a whole frog in their soup.
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