Frog legs at Gérard's house

This is the promised "frog leg" post. Last night, Isabelle made a pineapple upside down cake and we headed over to Gérard's house to eat frog legs with him and his wife, Mireille.

This is how the poor little froggies start out...I really can't believe how much meat there is on a little frog leg. It's a pretty sad sight, but I'm glad I didn't have to see them alive...

Before Mireille cooked them she put them in a bag with flour so that they would all be finely coated.

Then she fried them in a pan of oil.

Here are the little fried legs all done. Mireille then mixed them with some sort of citron flavored sauce.

The men relaxed in the living room while Mireille worked on the food. 

Gérard and Mireille seem to have traveled to every country imaginable and had many objects in their living room that they had brought back from their trips. 

I'm glad this little specimen was dead in a box and not skittering around in the house. 

They even had a little stuffed crocodile. Isn't that wild?  

Gérard and Isabelle can't wait for their frog legs!

Finally dinner was ready and we sat down to eat the frog legs.  For anyone who is wondering, they tasted pretty good and were something of a hybrid between chicken and fish. 

I couldn't help taking a picture of the cheese course because of the cute little mouse, knife-holder. 

Gérard loves the US and Harley Davidson. Here is a selection of his mugs that we used for tea after dinner. US flag and jeans, Elvis, Harley-Davidson, and the Rolling Stones. 

We topped it all off with Isabelle's pineapple upside down cake and vanilla ice-cream.