Italian views on Italian-Americans...

[Ulla]

3) At least we don't eat frog legs like people in northern Italy
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Are you so sure that southern Italians don't eat frog legs? A classic stereotype about North and South Italy?

Cous cous alla rane

Sagra della Rana a Paternò - Sagra della Rana a Paternò (Ct). Protagonista indiscussa la rana, in tutte le sue varianti gastronomiche

http://www.saporiesaperidisicilia.it...settembre.html

Is it due to a northern Italian and French influence? Possible, Paternò was a Norman and Lombard town in middle ages. But I'm pretty sure that there are other places in South Italy where people eat frogs.

[Ulla]

Never heard as North Italian dish

Yep, that's an Italian dish too. there are still lots of places in Italy where you can eat fried frogs. Just google it