ARMENIA: SERVING UP FROGS’ LEGS TO THE FRENCH

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10/19/09

Traditionally known in the Caucasus for its fish, meat, apricots and
cognac, Armenia is increasingly betting on aqua-culture to increase
much-needed export revenue. Largely an agricultural state, Armenia
exports a growing volume of farmed frogs, crawfish and eels to the
European Union and Ukraine, local news services say.

Armenia so far this year has exported as much as five tons of frozen
frogs to France, the world’s culinary capital to be used in such
dishes as cuisses de grenouilles, or frogs’ legs.

Aside from France, Alexander Alksanian, head of the Ministry of
Agriculture’s Border Control Department, said that roughly 600
kilograms of frogs went to Italy this year, the Panorama news service
reported on October 16.