Bull-testicle dinner set up at $50 a head

[WoodysGirl]

Associated Press

March 27, 2009, 10:52PM

OAKDALE, Calif. — The fundraising idea may seem a little nuts, but Oakdale's annual Testicle Festival is always a big hit.

On Monday, volunteers with the town's Rotary Club plan to fry up 400 pounds of the private parts of bulls and serve them to diners who pay $50 apiece for the sit-down meal.

The event, whose proceeds also benefit the Oakland Cowboy Museum, has drawn an average of 450 people and last year raised $28,000.

It's common practice on cattle ranches for young male bovines to be castrated into steers, which after the initial loss, eventually makes them more docile and easier to handle. Fans of the delicacy, also referred to as "mountain oysters," come from around the state.

According to Rotarians, everyone who buys a ticket is guaranteed to "have a ball."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/6347120.html

 

[WoodysGirl]

Some of the comments to the article...

penny_poo wrote:
Also known as calf fries. Anyone that has spent any amount of time on a cattle ranch is familiar with this snack. We used to have them really fresh! We always had a fire going nearby as we castrated the calfs. We had this HUGE old cast iron skillet, you fry a little bacon with some fresh garlic, onion, and jalapenos. Then throw those fresh calf fries in and just cook em enough to get em well singed. YUMMY!

Sat1212 wrote:
"Bull-testicle dinner set up at $50 a head "
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Wade uh minit! The story say testicles but the headline say it's the business end and refers to the "private parts......so shouldn't it be the P-nuts and not the testicles? So how do you know if a bull is tickleish? Give him a couple of tes-ticles!

white-mouth wrote:
mountain oysters and eggs, breakfast of champions.
3/28/2009 7:45:55 AM
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maxttu wrote:
What I'd like to know is who woulda ever thought to grease up some balls and cook 'em? Why, why, why? I mean, I don't walk around looking at animals trying to figure out what part of it I want to fry up next! Know what I mean? lol
3/28/2009 10:16:57 AM

Sat1212 wrote:
CheeryEyed wrote: Right up there with kidney pie
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Q. Do you know how to cook kidneys?
A. You boil the pi$$ out of them! ;o) Bwahahahahahaha!!! Somebody stop me please! ;o) Hee, hee, hee!!!

chippin wrote:
$50!?! That's bull****!

 

[vta]

According to Rotarians, everyone who buys a ticket is guaranteed to "have a ball."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/6347120.html

uke:

 

[cowboyeric8]

Don't knock them until you try them. Granted I didn't know what they were when I first ate them. But they are good.

 

[Hostile]

I bet you can find similar events in just about every state. There's even a Mountain Oyster Club restaurant here in Tucson.

 

[DallasFanSince86]

So many jokes...

 

[CATCH17]

Thats Nut's.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

I bet you can find similar events in just about every state. There's even a Mountain Oyster Club restaurant here in Tucson.

Are you a VIP member?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I bet you can find similar events in just about every state. There's even a Mountain Oyster Club restaurant here in Tucson.

they have on in North Dakota too I believe

 

[vta]

Don't knock them until you try them. Granted I didn't know what they were when I first ate them. But they are good.

Until? :laugh1:
That's not going to happen; I won't knock the guy that'll eat them, but I won't join him either. There are plenty of parts of the animal fit to eat that I can and will avoid their privates and nasty parts like Tripe, Haggis, etc...

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I bet you can find similar events in just about every state. There's even a Mountain Oyster Club restaurant here in Tucson.

Thats not all they eat.

Google
Jamaica Cow Cod Soup

heh heh