Frogs Added to In-Flight Salad Menus

A passenger traveling on Qantas Airlines from Australia to New Zealand was dismayed to find a frog in her in-flight salad, New Zealand authorities reported. “Naturally there was a bit of consternation by the passenger who called back the attendant,” Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry quarantine general manager Fergus Small said.

The flight attendant then informed the passenger of the recent changes to the airline's menu. "The frogs are part of the airline's effort to offer more low-carb foods to our customers," a Qantas company spokesman said, adding that the company's in-flight meal coordinator had first hatched the plan after a visit to his daughter's high school biology class. "He was watching her dissect the frog's abdomen and the idea just came to him, 'I bet those frogs are low in carbs!'" The passenger was not given a refund, the spokesman said, but she was allowed to substitute other low-carb salad toppings for the frog, including earthworms, jellyfish, or cow tongue.