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They are called 'grenouilles' and, if cooked correctly, are delicious, having a delicate flavour tasting somewhere between chicken and fish.

As a little aside, because the French eat frogs' legs the (derogatory) nickname that the English give to the French is the 'Froggies'. In return the French call the English les 'Rosbifs' - as it is the way that the French say 'Roast beef'. A bit like the friendly nicknames that the British give the Americans (yanks) and the Americans give the British (Brits or Limeys) but, unlike these friendly nicknames, the Froggies and the Rosbifs are more insulting! Frogs' legs are obtainable in many, more traditional, restaurants in France, and are also available either fresh or frozen in the larger French supermarkets. The legs often come in pairs, joined at the top (at least the ones that I have eaten!).

And they are available in many restaurants all over the world, including the US.

An alternative answerTHE CORRECT ANSWER: They serve "frogs legs" in the US, and maybe Americanized restaurants in Paris (above answer). But the real French eat the whole headless frog body, gutted and sauteed with butter, garlic, parsley, and Herbes De Provence. It is a different species; they are about 3 inches in size, it is Not the same frog with 4 inch legs we get in the US.

The Edible Frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentusis the fertile hybrid of the Pool Frog (Pelophylax lessonae) and the Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus). However, when edible frogs mate with each other, their offspring are often malformed, so there are no pure populations of edible frogs. The hybrid populations are propagated by female edible frogs mating with males of one of the parental species. They originally grew wild around the thousands of lakes North East of Lyon, but today are farm raised in France and Brazil (for the French market). It is a tradition in France to go to a restaurant on Sunday to eat frogs, so people drive 100 miles from Paris to lakes of Lyon, where the best frog restaurants are.

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