Frogs is frogs, but dogs is man's best friend...

That was from a Cajun kid on the reality show Trading Spouses. There was a Californian vegan woman who went to live with a Lousiana Cajun man and child while his Cajun wife went to live with the vegan family. The Cajun woman is 10-15 years older than her husband (20 years married) they have a 12 year old boy who is sassy and talks back to his momma. The Cajun family runs a river boat tour and 'gator park. They live on a river boat. They have gator heads all over the property. Not sure what the vegan family does, but they live in a spiffy house in what looks like the canyons of the LA and San Fernando Valley. One of those homes that is affected by fire and flooding.

The vegan dad and kids are intimidated by their vegan wife/mom, who rules with an iron fist. The kids have never eaten meat, as the family has been vegan for 8 years. The families swap for one week. The Cajun mom learns quickly about the vegan family. Though she isn't use to eating that way, she seems pretty game and follows the rules set up by the vegan mom. She meets the vegan friends who practically cry when they hear that she eats gator meat and works with gators. Then the vegan mom freaks out when she sees all of the gator heads and sees that the family is a bunch of meat eaters. The Cajun dad takes them out to dinner at a "fancy" restaurant, where there is little vegan food on the menu. The kid orders crawfish and friedfrog legs (appetizer), much to the dismay of the vegan mom. She tells them that if dogs were the only thing on the planet to eat, she would eat a dog. Would they? The dad said he wouldn't and the kid agreed. She asked why not, if they eat frogs? That's when the boy said,"Frogs is frogs, but dogs is man's best friend." It was a beautiful and touching moment. The vegan mom is critical and chastizing. She keeps saying that "In California, we eat healthier.... In California, we don't live like this...." The Cajun man retorts, "You ain't in California."

I have to say, that both dads were pretty good with the new moms. If I was the Cajun man, I wouldn't have had the patience to live with that vegan woman. She was horrible. Made vegans and Californians look like crazy people. (Sure, some of us are... but the perception becomes a generalization.) The vegan would pick, pick, pick on everything. At the end of the show, the two women get to decide how the other family gets to spend their $50,000. The vegan mom actually did some good things and the Cajun family was pretty pleased. The Cajun mom gave the vegan dad thousands of dollars to put together his orchard, which I thought was really cool of her. And she gave a thousand to each kid (her kid got $2000 for his mud boat.) Also a trip to Hawaii for the family. But when the vegan mom heard about the thousands going to her husband, she flipped out. She even cried at how reckless the Cajun was for doing that. The vegan dad had been happy about the gift until the vegan mom started freaking out. Then, they also got a jacuzzi. The daughter had told the Cajun mom that she really wanted one. When the daughter heard that they were getting a jacuzzi, she laughed. The vegan mom snapped and wiggled her finger at her daughter." This ins't anything to laugh about." The girl replied,"I thought you would like it." "Well I don't. How could she do this to me?" (yes. It's all about her.) Then she continues reading and finds that she gets $20,000 to do with what she wants. She whoops and hollers. The husband meakly says in the "diary room"," What's mine is hers, what's hers is hers." I think this marriage is doomed. If I were him. I would get out. Oh, I forgot another stunning part of the story. The vegan mom has a BIG confession with her family. She ate gator. The family is shocked. The husband laments that after 8 years of preaching no meat, she goes against everything they believe in. "Just when you think you know somebody, you find you don't really know them at all." Like I said, doomed.

That was a great show. Even if it is on Fox.