This, my friends, is "snow frog side fat." Originally it was translated as "snow pigeon," but we quickly cleared that up. Now, these suckers only live on one mountain which is covered by snow 8 months of the year--or so I'm told. These pigeon-frogs only come out during those four months. I'm not fully sure I understand the process of capture but I think you have to snag them when they first come out of the ground.
Don't worry! While it may seem that Hon's dad has a collection of hundreds of frogs (at 2 pieces of fat per frog, this quart sized bag probably only contains the remains of 70 frogs), these frogs breed like rabbits. Hon's dad assured his wife and me that there is no chance of eliminating the entire frog population.
And while I know you all have a hankering for some medicinal snow frog side fat, a bag this size costs $1000. Clearly, they won't be consumed at as rapid a rate as one might suspect for such an appetizing specimen.
The soup that these frog side fats turned in to was delightfully reminiscent of chicken stock. With some rather gelatinous dumplings. It was cooked in this stone jar (used for medicinal purposes only) along with some pork bones and ginkgo.
And for you mathematically minded people, yes I ate about $50 worth of snow frog side fat.
ballin!
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