Once a poor man's food, suggests Roland. He is right. When we dissected in a college lab in 1965, there was a charge of half a rupee, whilst the frog came free. The tail survived intact, and I once brought home a dozen. " Not in my kitchen " was my mother's response. Our maid was Bassein Catholic and a dalit woman came to clean. The two partied. Much is found in Canadian waters and we pay as much as thirty dollars for a pound of tails. They discard females when trapped, and males smaller than 16 inches. These measure have greatly increased the catch.
