artep

Do they come in just the one flavour? Or assorted?

Larissa

So that's where you're getting your inspiration from!

Sandra

I know absolutely nothing about lettuce - can't stand the stuff, prefer raw cabbage. Oh and before I get to my point have you seen the size of swede over here - bloody tiny and expensive!

But back to the point I want to make - there is absolutely no point licking cane toads....there are no side effects apart from a gammy tongue and a few dozen gritty bits if the toad has been somewhere shitty recently!

(I want that barf smilie someone had recently??? - lick cane toad, big barf :scared: )

Cheers Sandra

Larissa

How do you know that Sandra? Did froggie not turn into a handsome prince either?

Sandra

Australian Reptile Park, nr Gosford, north of Sydney - excellent day out for all ages. They do a talk/live show on all the nasties including spiders and snakes. Very much like a Blue Peter show and tell but with loads of examples (then they get the kids to walk round with them).

Anyway the demonstrator got out a cane toad and did the whole info bit about how they where introduced (not natural) to Aus, orginal numbers 70 pairs? (I think that was the figure, or it was 35 pairs, total 70) and now they are in their millions. Anyway she licked the thing and was laughing about that little urban myth!

This is the same centre that milks sydney funnel webs for their venom so they can produce antivenom down in melbourne. Excellent place and very very informative - they give out information sheets and great advice to kids!

Cheers Sandra

PS. I married my frog and he treats me as a princess!

MarkMyWords

But in compensation the cabbages are enormous. Also the cauliflowers. (Although neither are cheap.)

It's nice to know I'm not the only fan of cabbage round here!

Mark

MarkMyWords

Young toads remind me of gooseberry with overtones of citrus and kiwifruit. More mature specimens develop an aroma of pineapple although can also have cranberry notes if fed on the correct diet. Old toads degrade towards urine and are to be avoided at all costs.

Why is the sky turning yellow and purple?! Aaaargh...

MarkMyWords

I hadn't, so I went and looked in Safeway. Picked the largest and weighed it at 0.6 kg. They were priced at $2.98 / kg = about 53p / lb. Much the same size and price as in the UK, I think, if not a little cheaper.

artep

Whats your name?? Jilly Goulden??

treefrog

As a frog, I think I should immediately take exception to your irreverent mention of my genus. To be a frog is a noble vocation, and nothing at all like being a horrible cane toad! Obviously, noone who kissed a cane toad would turn into anything remotely resembling royalty. Who'd want them to anyway? I kissed my husband and he turned straight from a handsome prince (OK, computer nerd) into a dormouse! and now spends most of his life asleep in a teapot.

No, don't ask.

MarkMyWords

My twin sister! Cheers (hic).