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For many in the village of Mondul 3 in Siem Reap Cambodia poverty is a way of life, for Sov Soparath this poverty ended in tragedy. Sov and friends caught and ate brown frogs after a heavy rain, 2 hours later Sov was dead and his brother was in critical condition at Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital. Two other children and three adults were also treated at Siem Reap Provincial Hospital and recovered.
Sov’s family could not afford the price of a funeral or a coffin, he was laid to rest in a coffin made from a wooden table. The News Hope Community center paid $250 for the funeral and held an email fundraiser for the family, they raised over $1000. They plan to use the money to restore the families home that is in need of major repairs, they also plan to pay for an education for Sov’s younger brother.
Kerry Huntly, director of the community centers told the Phnom Penh Post that this is not the first time someone has been poisoned by eating frogs:
“About three months ago, two little army girls, one 3-year-old and one 5-year-old, caught a frog ... grilled it, ate it and were severely sick. At one stage, the younger girl was not expected to survive, but she pulled through.”
“This is what happens when you have poverty like this. This lot here don’t have a choice when it comes to food, and they’ll eat anything. They also eat ants that sometimes make them sick.”
According to New Hope 78 percent of the people in Siem Riep earn less than $2 per day, 45% of the children 5 years old and younger suffer from malnutrition, many children survive on rice water, salt and the frogs and ants they catch. Mothers who are to malnourished to produce breast milk will sometimes be forced to feed their babies rice water. In many cases the family may be forced to give their children away to someone that can provide a better life for them.
Sov’s homemade coffin was carried through the streets on a cart before the funeral to warn others about the dangers of eating the poisonous frogs.
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Jodie of Sydney, Australia responded with a very logical thought.
Mr. Fitzgerld, if you had some further research on the topic you chose to wrote about, you would have known that frogs, frog legs, and field frogs are foodstuff.
In fact, FROGS ARE A DELICACY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
Consider these facts well beyond your analyses of ”hunger, poverty and desperation will drive people to do things they never thought possible.”
For your much-needed information, folks:
Frogs’ legs are one of the better-known delicacies of French and Chinese cuisine. They are also eaten in other regions, such as the Caribbean, the region of Alentejo, in Portugal, northwest Greece, Spain and the Midwest southern regions of the United States. A type of frog called the edible frog is most often used for this dish. They are often said to taste like chicken because of their mild flavor, with a texture most similar to chicken wings. Frogs are raised commercially in certain countries, e.g. Vietnam.
This dish is in the English-speaking world traditionally associated with French cuisine, and a favourite English derogatory nickname for the French is the Frogs. The frog legs are particularly traditional in the region of the Dombes (département of Ain) and in the region of Lyon, where they are traditionally prepared with butter, garlic and parsley sauce and often served only with a salad or steamed rice. The dish is common as well in French speaking parts of Louisiana, particularly the Cajun areas of Southwest Louisiana as well as New Orleans. They were introduced to New Orleans by Donat Pucheu.
Only the upper joint of the hind leg is served, which has a single bone similar to the upper joint of a chicken or turkey wing. They are commonly prepared by frying or deep-frying, sometimes breaded and sometimes unbreaded.
In Chinese cuisine, they are usually stir fried and mixed with light spices, stewed, fried, or made into congee, which is a famous dish in Cantonese cuisine. They are eaten off the bone.
Like their French counterparts, frog legs are not commonly found in restaurant menus, probably due to their unstable supply. They are a popular home dish, though.
n Indonesian cuisine, frog-leg soup is known as swikee or sweekee, most probably brought by the Chinese community in Indonesia. Swikee is mainly frog-leg soup with strong taste of garlic, gingers, and fermented soya beans, accompanied with celery or parsley leaves. Swikee is a typical dish from Purwodadi Grobogan, in Central Java province. We can also find grilled frog-legs or frog eggs in banana leaves. The Javanese also eat the dried and crispily fried frog skin. The taste is close to the fried fish skin.
Indonesia is one of the biggest exporter frog legs. Most of the supply in western Europe comes from frog farms in Indonesia.
Frog legs are eaten in parts of the southern United States, particularly South and Central Florida. They are commonly eaten in the state of Louisiana. Some methods of cooking include egg/cracker crumb breading. They are either fried or grilled. Deep fried frog legs can also be found at fairs. Other methods brought to America by Tuscan Italians (circa 1900) were to add the frog legs to a pot of tomato stew for spreading over pasta.
Frog legs are eaten in Portugal. Mountain chicken (Leptodactylus fallax) are frogs named for their habitat and flavor which are eaten in Montserrat and Dominica. The frogs are now critically endangered.
In many parts of Kerala, especially Central Kerala, frog legs are a delicacy. They are generally served in the fried form (commonly in local liquor shops known as toddy shops). Of late due to ban on poaching frogs, this dish has become a rarity and is available only illegally.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_legs
The point f the article is that someone died and several others became ill. You may have noticed my comment above:
”My understanding is that the meat of the frog is safe but the organs are poison. In both of these cases it appears that children caught and prepared the frogs. It is possible that lack of experience combined with hunger is the primary cause.”
Thanks for the link.
