Pescatarian: frogs legs?

[5 and Dime Eater]

I've been a Pescatarian (or fish-eating vegetarian) for 26 years, but have never run into the occasion to have frogs legs - until last night. I like to set my own rules when it comes to what is included in my diet - snails are OK, but I detest shark - but was stumped on how I felt about frogs legs. My rule of thumb had always been 'nothing with four legs' but frogs start out sort of as fish.

As it turns out, I sampled a leg and was turned off by the bone. BONE!. New rule - nothing with bones bigger than a pin bone.

Anyone have this same conundrum with their (traditional meat-less) diet?

[Diane in Bexley]

This is going to sound nuts, but there used to be a resto outside Chicago in Calumet City, Philip Smidt's that was known for 3 things, fried chicken, perch or frog legs. My husband got the chicken, I got the fish and my little kids, they were in elementary school at the time adored the frog's legs. The resto had a big black, white & red theme with the frog legs, pictures of them were everywhere. The kids were given a taste one time early on and they LOVED them.

We moved away from Chicago 10 years ago and I understand the resto closed a few years back. The kids haven't had frog legs since and they would love to have some. So far, none available in Columbus, OH.

[chicgail]

Ah, Phil Schmidt's.

The restaurant's color theme was worse than you remember -- basically pink and black -- but the food was, in its day, fresh and delicious. And yes, it is where I, as a child, first tasted and learned to love frogs legs.

In its later years it never seemed to be as good as I had remembered it as a child and it seemed to be terribly overpriced. May it rest in peace.

[LaLa]

fried fish, frog legs, hush puppies and onion rings over a coleman...thats camping!

[chowser]

Almost everyone draws the line at what they'll eat and not. Do you need hard and fast rules or can you play it by ear? It's not just a meat-less situation. Few meat eaters eat every kind of animal but don't have a rule of thumb.

[5 and Dime Eater]

I don't need a hard rule but I was wondering if anyone else in the Pesce realm had run across this situation.

[Cachetes]

Do we need a new appellation? Is someone who eats frog legs an amphibivore?

[Peg]

Ditto - pescatarian, tried frogs legs - found them nauseating.

[chicgail]

I'm an omnivore and the most common description of the taste of frog legs (like so many other things ) is that it "tastes like chicken."

So sorry neither of you liked them. They've actually been a favorite of mine since childhood.