Responding to today's column, reader Marge Stiemly writes:

Your column regarding your recent purchase of a partial frog leg tickled my funny bone. If you found the experience as exciting as it appeared, I recommend that you travel to the heart of Virginia.  There are two places that I know off that usually have frog legs offered.  Of course, they are prepared Southern style.  They are generally on the seafood buffet on Friday nights at the restaurant at the Peaks of Otter Lodge in Bedford County, VA and appear regularly at the Dogwood Cafe, a local restaurant in Amherst County, VA. 

As you may know, fried chicken is a Virginia specialty.  There are people who will tell you that frog legs are better than fried chicken.  I can remember as a child seeing a huge platter of wild-caught frog legs on the table for my sister's early May birthday.  This was always her birthday request, and my father went "gigging" for frogs to provide the tender, sweet delicacy for her.   

I enjoy my trips to the Dogwood Cafe to indulge in the delicacy and other down-home country cooking as it takes me on a pleasant trip down memory lane.