Trip to Piuntza Frog Farm

The kids and I had the opportunity to join the German dental volunteers for a trip to a frog and tilapia farm in the neighboring town of Piuntza.  I had no idea this place was even there.  Apparently it is the largest frog farm in Ecuador, and they ship no less than 8,000 lbs of live frogs to the US every week to be used in restaurants, etc.  Who knew we consumed that much frog meat?

First of all, let's talk about the size of the frogs...

They are huge!  Holy moly.  The kids had a good time holding the frogs, and then we had a tour of the place.

Tilapia tank 

Tadpole tank

Lots of big frog tanks, with hundreds of frogs in each one

Kids in front of a tilapia pond

 Muchos gringos

The upshot was that we bought some fresh tilapia, as well as some frog meat to take home (though not the cute frogs that the kids were cuddling).  There is a lady that we pay to cook lunch for us during the week, and she cooked up the frog meat for us the next day.  It was delicious.

Those are the frog nuggets on the upper right, with rice, beans, and fried plantains.  Yum!