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Peruvians Drink Frog Smoothies to Gain Potency
Fox News ^ | May 04, 2007 | AP

Posted on 05/04/2007 7:42:34 AM PDT by RDTF

LIMA, Peru — Carmen Gonzalez plucks one of the 50 frogs from the aquarium at her bus stop restaurant, bangs it against tiles to kill it and then makes two incisions along its belly and peels off the skin as if husking corn.

She's preparing frog juice, a beverage revered by some Andean cultures for having the power to cure asthma, bronchitis, sluggishness and a low sex drive.

A drink of so-called "Peruvian Viagra" sells for about 90 cents. Gonzalez adds three ladles of hot, white bean broth, two generous spoonfuls of honey, raw aloe vera plant and several tablespoons of maca — an Andean root also believed to boost stamina and sex drive — into a household blender.

Then she drops the frog in.

Once strained, the result is a starchy, milkshake-like liquid that stings the throat.

At least 50 customers a day ask for steaming beer mugs of frog juice at Gonzalez's countertop-only restaurant in eastern Lima, and many treat the concoction as their morning — and afternoon — cup of coffee.

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TOPICS: Food; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: frog; ick; peru
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1 posted on 05/04/2007 7:42:37 AM PDT by RDTF
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2 posted on 05/04/2007 7:44:15 AM PDT by RDTF (R.I.P. Blue Angel LCDR Kevin Davis)
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Tried one...tastes like chicken smoothies.


3 posted on 05/04/2007 7:45:05 AM PDT by Freedom_no_exceptions (No actual, intended, or imminent victim = no crime. No exceptions.)
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Yo! Barrista! I’ll take a grande mocha frog smoothie with cinnamon dusting and a shot of raspberry!


4 posted on 05/04/2007 7:45:44 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell was right.)
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To: RDTF
Reminds me of this.

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

5 posted on 05/04/2007 7:46:06 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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Barf


6 posted on 05/04/2007 7:46:36 AM PDT by Dustbunny (The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
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To: RDTF

The Peruvians that I have met are incredibly nice people.

However I will never buy a smoothie from them.


7 posted on 05/04/2007 7:48:22 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (New York politicians do not think or believe like Americans. ...Thompson 2008)
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To: LonePalm

I was about 17 years old, laying on a bed in a St. Louis hotel room when Dan Ackroid dropped that bass into the blender. Up to that point in my life I had never laughed so hard.


8 posted on 05/04/2007 7:50:48 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (New York politicians do not think or believe like Americans. ...Thompson 2008)
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To: RDTF

Oh yuck - I can see the animal rights wackos suggesting we eat crickets, beetles and bug smoothies - oh my.


9 posted on 05/04/2007 7:53:30 AM PDT by Esther Ruth
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Yeah, I guess this would make me have to eat a frog. Perhaps several.

10 posted on 05/04/2007 7:53:58 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: LonePalm
I love it! I thought the same thing. Who would have thought that there would be a real market for the Bassomatic!
11 posted on 05/04/2007 7:59:49 AM PDT by ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY ( ISLAMA DELENDA EST!)
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To: stylecouncilor

Frog ping


12 posted on 05/04/2007 8:02:45 AM PDT by windcliff
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To: RDTF
May I point something out here ... oh, nevermind.


13 posted on 05/04/2007 8:10:11 AM PDT by Daffynition
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“What’s red and green and goes 100 miles an hour?”


14 posted on 05/04/2007 8:10:35 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The arrogance of ignorance is astounding" NVA 4/22/07)
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To: RDTF
Just don't use this frog, or you might get the opposite effect...


15 posted on 05/04/2007 8:11:13 AM PDT by Paradox (Secular Conservative, thank God!)
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To: RDTF
Just don't use this frog, or you might get the opposite effect...


16 posted on 05/04/2007 8:11:21 AM PDT by Paradox (Secular Conservative, thank God!)
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To: Paradox

Oooh, Le double post!


17 posted on 05/04/2007 8:13:40 AM PDT by Paradox (Secular Conservative, thank God!)
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To: mikrofon; martin_fierro
Peru purée!

Peru's this article.

18 posted on 05/04/2007 9:29:39 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Lima bien.)
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To: Charles Henrickson; mikrofon
The Joesterizer 2000 (some potty mouf)
19 posted on 05/04/2007 10:41:26 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Rana-Slamma)
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To: Charles Henrickson; martin_fierro

I suppose there’s no need to add hops to this mixture...


20 posted on 05/04/2007 2:15:51 PM PDT by mikrofon (Amazin' Andeans)
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