Saddle up! Small frog leg dinner at Cherry's Cafe. Cost (including salad bar): $10.95.
Batter-fried frog legs are not available just anywhere, and that's perfectly fine with most diners.
But what about true connoisseurs of frog legs? What are they to do?
They should do
, the frog leg capital of Jackson.
Cherry's Cafe, 1429 Cooper Street, has frog legs on the menu every day of the week, and Saturday is all-you-can-eat frog leg night.
The southeastern part of Jackson called Frogtown got its name, as I understand, because kids in that swampy area once caught frogs for outdoor dining purposes. Boy Scouts still know frog legs can be
.
Not being a native of Frogtown, I never ate frog legs until a trip to Cherry's this week. Not once.
Ordering frog legs was a learning experience. To be specific, I learned they are sold in "saddles." The dinner menu offered portions of six or 10 saddles. Saddles are are two back legs of a frog, still connected, fried up in a nice batter.
No, it did not taste like chicken. It had a mild flavor of fish and the consistency of moist chicken wings. That's pretty much the opposite of the description I always heard.
Diners who turn up their noses should know frog legs are
and are considered a delicacy in many places, including France, China and Cherry's Cafe.