From Bob Millar
J. R. Catlin, who suffered a plague of flies, asked for a use for the pickled ones left over from his brandy and orange experiments (Letters, 6 January, p 45). Flies pickled in this way should be served as a main course, flambéed with button mushrooms (avoiding the amanita type). I propose that we call this dish “fly button à l’orange”.
A cure for the plague of flies might be a plague of frogs, which could provide a tasty starter before the brandy-soaked flies. Could anybody suggest a use for legless frogs?
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