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Fried Frogs

Fried frogs are cooked in butter with a splash of water and a pinch of salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Fried Frogs

Oven, in the book's wordsA rather moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Lay the frogs in a pan with hot butter.

  2. Pour over 2 tablespoons of water to create steam and cover quickly.

  3. Add a little salt to taste.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Frogs
Provide the main protein that is cooked and served in this dish.
Butter
Adds fat for frying and carries flavour across the pan's hot surface.

The step that matters

Cover quickly after adding the water. Water hitting hot butter turns to steam fast and can spatter. Covering the pan right away traps that steam so the food cooks through gently, and it is wise to keep a lid nearby to do this promptly.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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