In Search of Frog's Legs

This is a compilation of RECIPES collected in FRANCE mainly the Herault, and from a wide selection of kindly French people who have allowed us to put together a selection of their old family recipes, anecdotes and their favourite jokes – the ones which they thought might well suit the British sense of humour … well we’ll see about that!
We set out to distribute exactly 100 questionnaires to various individuals in FRANCE chosen at random. We asked if they would mind giving us an old family recipe (the older the better) of their region, and also to tell us a favourite French joke. We supplied them with a large stamped addressed envelope to use when posting back their responses to us at our base in Valras Plage, near Beziers, Southern France. And do you know what? We had 74 replies!
Incroyable – The French people loved the idea, and they certainly
went to town!
Over a long period of time travelling the backroads of southern France we have gathered a lot of material and from numerous sources. We’ve had papers returned with old documents attached… most with pastis or wine stains – which should add to the ‘atmosphere,’ nay the ‘warmth’ of these returned questionnaires, many including very old jokes and recipes!
Watch out you won’t necessarily be able to decipher everything!