Still Waters Posted December 16, 2012 #26 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I wonder if that's why they say when you drink a lot of milk you can get a frog in your throat .......really! it's to do with an allergy to dairy products. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted December 17, 2012 #27 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I can just see Nestle's Quik making a green cocoa powder and call it Nestle's Hoppers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingyflam Posted December 17, 2012 #28 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I dont think I would fancy drinking milk after a frog had been in it.I expect the next thing will be frog farms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRIPTIC CHAMELEON Posted December 17, 2012 #29 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Ah I'll have the Kermit thick shake please with a slice of miss piggy sandwich. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsteroidX Posted December 17, 2012 #30 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Did that first frog jump in the milk pail or was it put in there against its will. PETA cares ya know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpandMyMind Posted December 17, 2012 #31 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) I'd like to know what possessed the first person that decided it was a good idea to put a frog in with his milk to do such a thing? Edited December 17, 2012 by ExpandMyMind 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted December 17, 2012 #32 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I'd like to know who the first person was that decided it was a good idea to put a frog in with his milk? Kermit the Wise; circa 200BCE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-wonders Posted December 17, 2012 #33 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) Frogs potions for the ancient world. http://www.amphibiainfo.com/folklore/ Frogs and Toads in Ancient Science During the middle ages, societies showed more interest in science, namely the study of animals. Although these studies were embodied by myth and folklore, they were the stepping stones to modern biological sciences. The book Physiologus, from the middle ages, was perhaps the most important literary work pertaining to the science of animals during that time. In this book, frogs are divided into two categories; land frogs, and water frogs. Land frogs were considered a symbol of stamina and steadfastness, as they must endure the heat of the sun. Water frogs, on the other hand, symbolized cowardly behavior, and flight from danger. In Alchemy, toads were also associated with flight, and symbolized the watery-earth portion of the Ur matter (primeval matter). Toads fall into alchemic beliefs as follows: The Ur matter on its way to the stone of wisdom must be saturated in the juice of the moon (milk) in order to be nourished. The child that is to grow is nursed by its mother, who gives her life in the process (ablactatio). This tale was metaphorically described in such inscriptions as, "Set a toad upon a woman's breast, so that it may suck, and the woman die, the toad will grow very large from the milk". Amphibians were regarded in the ancient times, and into the middle ages, as possessing medicinal properties. Frog potions were used as aphrodisiacs, impotence and infertility preventions, contraceptives, and more. Frog liver was believed to consist of two halves, one of which is the antidote to all any poison in the world, and toad lungs were believed to be the means of the "perfect murder of a husband". Frogs were also used in rituals thought to remove any thoughts of adultery from ones wife, if performed correctly. Undoubtedly, many experienced illness or death after ingesting or applying some sort of frog-made brew that included the animals toxic secretions. Edited December 17, 2012 by me-wonders 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idano Posted December 17, 2012 #34 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I'd like to know what possessed the first person that decided it was a good idea to put a frog in with his milk to do such a thing? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paracelse Posted December 18, 2012 #35 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Now is there a frog that does the same with Scotch? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-wonders Posted December 18, 2012 #36 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I am sure the frog got into the bucket of milk itself. It might not have been noticed until the dipper reached the bottom of the bucket, and I am sure there was surprise that the milk stayed good for so long. This really is a big deal. When Louis Pasteur demonstrated that pasteurizing milk could make it safe to drink, people got very excited about the number of lives this would save. Most of the lives saved would be children. At this time, people may have had ice boxes, but not electric refrigerators, so keeping milk cold was a challenge. An Ice box is a box made cold by a chunk of ice. People who lived near lakes that froze were lucky, because then someone had a business, cutting blocks of ice and storing it, so it could later be sold. Of course the ice would melt in the ice box, and have to be replaced. Not as convenient as our refrigerators at all. We take so much for granted today, such as refrigeration, and the ability to get milk whenever we want it, and that our milk will be safe to drink. This is not always how it was. In fact, for most of the human experience, this is not how life was. The problems with meat and milk lead to Jewish rules about keeping milk separate from meat and the number of days these things could be kept, before having to be thrown out or given to neighbors who were not God's chosen people (not one of us). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minera Posted December 18, 2012 #37 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Yuck, poor frog.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlequin Dreamer Posted December 21, 2012 #38 Share Posted December 21, 2012 So does this mean if your french you would have fog legs to go with your milk shake. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted December 21, 2012 #39 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I always said frogs in milk was good, no one would listen, well now I can say "I toad you so" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paracelse Posted December 22, 2012 #40 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Just thought of this: So all those people who claimed pasturization was best thing since sliced bread??? Are they like ,,,,,,,,,,,, Totallly uterly like Wrong??????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judyrad Posted December 23, 2012 #41 Share Posted December 23, 2012 freedomtoroam very cute... but toads in milk? EW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsteroidX Posted December 23, 2012 #42 Share Posted December 23, 2012 frogs and salamanders for sale. seasonal only. PM for results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRIPTIC CHAMELEON Posted December 23, 2012 #43 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Now I'm wondering whats really in a squashed frog shot, that I've been drinking in the local. lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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