In depression-era Louisiana, frog gigging, the practice of hunting frogs with a gig or multi-pronged spear, became a source of supplemental income for Cajuns. Bullfrogs, or “ouaouarons” in Cajun French, could be transported quickly to restaurant tables in New Orleans via rail when their harvest became financially lucrative. The coauthors of “Stir the Pot: The History of Cajun Cuisine” explain that “[i]n 1932...frog exports rose to 163,000 in a six-month period. Virtual armies of impoverished yeo