[meteorite-list] Bicentenary of the meteorite of Toulouse

From: Ed Deckert <edeckert_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 22:07:20 -0400
Message-ID: <9B891A61D8B1415CA77ABDD58D045C47_at_MAINPC>

Sterling,

I cannot help but wonder why if there are 80,000 attendees at that frog leg
festival, why are only 7,000 frog leg dinners served? Any ideas why?

Ed

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
To: <element33 at peconic.net>; <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de>;
<mexicodoug at aim.com>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Anne Black"
<impactika at aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bicentenary of the meteorite of Toulouse


Anne, and assorted frog fanciers,

While Turkish frogs in France are delicious,
I'm sure, there are frog legs nearer to hand,
or at least nearer to Colorado (with its very
lamentable lack of swamps).

The Frog Leg Festival in Fellsmere, Florida,
a 4 day event every year in January,
has more that 80,000 attendees and
serves over 7000 frog leg dinners.

You can get frog legs more or less
everywhere along the Gulf coast from
Florida to Texas, with a certain rivalry
between the state of Florida and the
environs of New Orleans as to the relative
superiority of their respective frog legs

Frog legs are available anywhere along
the lower and central Mississippi River
valley as well. I loan you my gig if you
want to get you some...

In 1907, James Scott even wrote a Frog
Legs Rag, published in St. Louis:
http://library.umkc.edu/spec-col/club-kaycee/JAZZNOTE/froglegs.htm


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Black" <impactika at aol.com>
To: <element33 at peconic.net>; <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>;
<karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de>; <mexicodoug at aim.com>;
<Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bicentenary of the meteorite of Toulouse


>A few years ago, I had some near Lyon.
> I was told they came from Turkey. They were quite good, of course with a
> garlic and white wine sauce.
>
> Anne M. Black
> www.IMPACTIKA.com
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
> Vice-President of IMCA
> www.IMCA.cc
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Bross <element33 at peconic.net>
> To: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>; karmaka
> <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de>; MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>;
> Meteorite-list <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sun, Apr 8, 2012 4:17 pm
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bicentenary of the meteorite of Toulouse
>
>
> Hello Martin, Sterling and all
>
> I am not a specialist but French and loving frog legs (with garlic of
> course)
>
> As far as I know, we only eat frog legs, not toad legs.
> But more importantly, frogs and toads belong, for many years now,
> to the endangered species list in France, thereby, you will eat
> frog legs coming from Asia (which are much much bigger
> and much less tastier... quite disgusting actually) unless you are in one
> of
> the
> few areas where they are not in danger, like in Alsace... and a very very
> few more !
>
> I would have to check, Toulouse might be one of them, but not sure
>
> Anyway...
> Enjoy your trip to Toulouse, Martin.
>
> Michael B.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 5:10 PM
> To: "karmaka" <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de>; "MexicoDoug"
> <mexicodoug at aim.com>; <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bicentenary of the meteorite of Toulouse
>
>> Dear Martin,
>>
>>> Does the hallucinogenic alkaloid of a toad's skin
>>> secretion still have an effect once they are deep-fried?
>>
>> The answer is YES.
>>
>> Bufotenin (also known as bufotenine and cebilcin),
>> or 5-hydroxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-HO-DMT or
>> 5-OH-DMT) has a very high boiling point of 320 C.
>> The vapors above or below that temperature are still
>> psychoactively potent, as are the liquid and crystal
>> forms (melts about 146 C).
>>
>> Depending on the mode of administration, bufotenin
>> is more likely to produce dangerous cardiac effects
>> than visions.
>>
>> While it is possible that deep-frying would evaporate
>> the bufotenin and hence remove most of it from the
>> toad's skin, I'd stick with the frogs' legs, if I were you.
>>
>>
>> Sterling K. Webb
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "karmaka" <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de>
>> To: "MexicoDoug" <mexicodoug at aim.com>;
>> <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 2:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bicentenary of the meteorite of Toulouse
>>
>>
>>> Hi Doug,
>>>
>>> don't worry. You can rely on the fact that if I manage to visit the
>>> Toulouse exhibition
>>> this summer, I will provide you all with some interesting photos. ;-)
>>>
>>> As for toads, escargots or anything else that might pour down
>>> on me, there is no worry either since I bought THIS at the last art
>>> exhibition I visited.
>>>
>>> FRITTI NIRODA - the METEORITE TRAP
>>> made out of baskets for deep fat fryers
>>>
>>> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3403/5794279846_b9ab0fc403.jpg
>>> http://vimeo.com/24591320
>>>
>>> I will carry it on top of a rod instead of a sunshade when being in
>>> Toulouse. ;-)
>>>
>>> I'm a bit worried though...
>>>
>>> Does the hallucinogenic alkaloid of a toad's skin secretion still
> have an
>>> effect
>>> once they are deep-fried?
>>>
>>> I don't want to be stoned before seeing the stones...
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>> Von: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>
>>> An: karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de, rm31 at free.fr,
>>> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Bicentenary of the meteorite of
> Toulouse
>>> Datum: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:15:38 +0200
>>>
>>> Dear List, Dr. Mathieu, and Martin;
>>>
>>> Martin, if you do or anyone does make it there, please remember your
>>> friends on the list who won't have the opportunity to vacation or
> visit
>>> the lovely southern latuitudes of France and post us a nice picture
> for
>>> the admiring meteorite-list of this historical group of stones. So
>>> much to do on vacation there - see this Toulouse meteorite exhibit,
>>> then go to the Space Center and Space City, the Kennedy Space Center
>>> analog and lots more, of France.
>>>
>>> Watch out if you take the low road, as nearby Toulouse was the site
> of
>>> a Toad-storm from an inclement thundering sky, Two shocked horsemen
> had
>>> to put on their overcoats while being Toad-hammered, and gallop out
> of
>>> their as fast as they could, to reach a stage coach also on the way
> to
>>> Toulouse that witnessed the event, saw many small toads still on the
>>> unfortunate horsemen's cloaks and when it passed through the spot
>>> trampled many thousands of toads of all sizes. (I wonder if the
>>> meteorite in any way biased this report?)
>>>
>>> A rain of escargot snails might have been more comical for France,
> but
>>> maybe they were toads, frogs, whatever -- after all the toadstorm was
>>> 1834 and even today frogs and toads are varied and not recognized by
>>> science as distinct animals. Fried frogs are a delicious part of
>>> French cuisine that is required to try for all Beefeaters attending
> the
>>> exposition ;-)
>>>
>>> Kindest wishes
>>> Doug
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: karmaka <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de>
>>> To: rm31 <rm31 at free.fr>; Meteorite-list
>>> <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Sent: Sun, Apr 8, 2012 7:31 am
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bicentenary of the meteorite of
> Toulouse
>>>
>>>
>>> Congratulations, Dr. Mathieu, on having organised this very
> interesting
>>> exhibition.
>>>
>>> The beautiful city of Toulouse, la ? ville rose ?, is always worth a
>>> visit !
>>>
>>> I'll try to visit this exhibition this summer!
>>>
>>> Best wishes
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>> Von: rm31 at free.fr
>>> An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Bicentenary of the meteorite of Toulouse
>>> Datum: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:11:07 +0200
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> I'm pleased to invite you to the conference and exhibition for the
>>> bicentenary
>>> of the fall of the meteorite of Toulouse, april 10th 1812. The
>>> exhibition will
>>> remain until september 2nd.
>>> This event is the materialization of 2 1/2 year of historical and
>>> scientific
>>> researches. It benefited from the early support of the Museum of
>>> Toulouse (SW
>>> France). Most of the main samples of the fall, loaned by the Museums
>>> of New
>>> York, Chicago, Geneva, London, Vienna, Stockholm, Troyes, Paris, and
>>> from the
>>> University of Tuebingen will be reunited close to their place of
> fall,
>>> 200
>>> years
>>> later to be shown to the public.
>>>
>>> http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2373/invitationmtoritedetoul.jpg
>>>
>>> J'ai le plaisir de vous inviter ? la conference et a l'exposition qui
>>> auront
>>> lieu au Museum de Toulouse, en celebration du bicentenaire de la
> chute
>>> de la
>>> meteorite dite de "Toulouse", le 10 avril 1812. L'exposition durera
>>> jusqu'au 2
>>> septembre.
>>> Cet evenement est la concretisation de deux ans et demi de recherches
>>> historiques et scientifiques. Il est le fruit de la collaboration
>>> entre
>>> l'auteur
>>> et le Museum de Toulouse et a beneficie de l'apport de dizaines de
>>> contributeurs. Fait exceptionnel: les principaux specimens de la
>>> meteorite de
>>> Toulouse, pretes par les Museums of New York, Chicago, Geneve,
>>> Londres, Vienne,
>>> Stockholm, Troyes, Paris, et par l'Universite de Tuebingen seront ?
>>> nouveau
>>> r?unis ? Toulouse 200 ans plus tard pour ?tre montres au public!
>>>
>>> R. Mathieu
>>> geologist
>>>
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