coqui

[AlohaSteven]

Beachboy wrote, regarding coqui:

"...Besides, who knows if the economy keeps taking a dive. Those little creatures could end up on the barbecue menu in the near future!"

I wonder, has anyone actually tried eating a coqui frog as yet? If so, then please do tell. "Tastes like chicken, but noisier," maybe?

Seriously, though, does anyone know if they have any toxins in their skins (seems unlikly, with chickens and suchlike eating them) or perhaps (more likely) harbor any unpleasant helminthic/bacterial/viral parasites or diseases? Cooking (as via frying in oil) should neutralize most any protein-based threat if done thoroughly enough, but --as with the Giant African Snails-- just touching the moist froggies without gloves may be risky if they are serving as a vector for passing some organism on to humans.

The question is not entirely just stemming from pure curiousity; if (as during WWII) it ever comes to down to eating termites and coqui or starving then it might be good to know what to expect and what sorts of precautions to take vis a vis dining on coqui. (Termites apparently are very bitter tasting, but will sustain human life at dire necessity).


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