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08/14/2008 09:59:35 PM · #51 |
Originally posted by Katmystiry:
Thankfully when someone asked me if I wanted to try them they explained exactly what they were. |
You know, I've been thinking about that a lot, actually. You'd think that when we ordered this, at the very least the waitress would have smirked, or laughed out loud and slapped her thigh, or winked, or something. It's disturbing that right here in the US of A someone could take an order for bull balls and not even pause to think about how damn funny it is that people are going to eat this, and show a little emotion. Have we become this desensitized?
And another thing... what was going through the mind of the first person who decided to try eating such a thing? Were they drunk... or did they lose a bet? And how did they go about it? And what was the bull's opinion of all of this? So many questions.
Message edited by author 2008-08-14 22:00:06. |
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08/14/2008 10:03:50 PM · #52 |
Even bigger question .. What insane person thought up the idea of taking bull testicles, pounding them flat, dipping them in flour/spices, deep frying them and even thought they *might* market this as a tasty appetizer???
Originally posted by alanfreed:
Originally posted by Katmystiry:
Thankfully when someone asked me if I wanted to try them they explained exactly what they were. |
You know, I've been thinking about that a lot, actually. You'd think that when we ordered this, at the very least the waitress would have smirked, or laughed out loud and slapped her thigh, or winked, or something. It's disturbing that right here in the US of A someone could take an order for bull balls and not even pause to think about how damn funny it is that people are going to eat this, and show a little emotion. Have we become this desensitized?
And another thing... what was going through the mind of the first person who decided to try eating such a thing? Were they drunk... or did they lose a bet? And how did they go about it? And what was the bull's opinion of all of this? So many questions. |
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08/14/2008 10:06:57 PM · #53 |
Originally posted by Katmystiry:
Even bigger question .. What insane person thought up the idea of taking bull testicles, pounding them flat, dipping them in flour/spices, deep frying them and even thought they *might* market this as a tasty appetizer??? |
I wonder if they use the same oil to make the french fries as they do they Bull Balls ? |
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08/14/2008 10:08:22 PM · #54 |
Originally posted by Intelli:
Originally posted by Katmystiry:
Even bigger question .. What insane person thought up the idea of taking bull testicles, pounding them flat, dipping them in flour/spices, deep frying them and even thought they *might* market this as a tasty appetizer??? |
I wonder if they use the same oil to make the french fries as they do they Bull Balls ? |
You know they do!!!! LMAO |
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08/14/2008 10:10:04 PM · #55 |
Originally posted by DarkRider:
Originally posted by Intelli:
Originally posted by Katmystiry:
Even bigger question .. What insane person thought up the idea of taking bull testicles, pounding them flat, dipping them in flour/spices, deep frying them and even thought they *might* market this as a tasty appetizer??? |
I wonder if they use the same oil to make the french fries as they do they Bull Balls ? |
You know they do!!!! LMAO |
"I thought my french fries were kinda salty" said Alan |
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08/14/2008 10:10:52 PM · #56 |
| Oh and Alan ... what made me ask what they were was the name .. Rocky Mountain Oysters ... well oysters come from the ocean and I was no where near an ocean so I knew this wasn't at all what my friends thought I would think about them! :D |
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08/14/2008 10:34:15 PM · #57 |
Originally posted by redjulep:
That's some funny stuff!!
Maybe you should go all the way and visit a Testicle Festival. There are several around the country - you know - for the real men! baaahahahahahaha!! |
Been there and loved it... great bar too and the folks are right friendly too. I found the men a mite timid though... but I don't know why.
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08/14/2008 10:35:46 PM · #58 |
Originally posted by Katmystiry:
Even bigger question .. What insane person thought up the idea of taking bull testicles, pounding them flat, dipping them in flour/spices, deep frying them and even thought they *might* market this as a tasty appetizer??? |
Probably the same person who is responsible for the unbelievable increase of poor legless frogs you see wandering aimlessly about the countryside.
Ray |
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08/14/2008 10:37:41 PM · #59 |
1. I can't believe you didn't know that's what "Mountain Oysters" are.
2. HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!
3. I bet you'll never forget the Big Texan.
4. HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!
5. HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!
6. You ate bull testicles. HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA! |
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08/14/2008 11:34:32 PM · #60 |
And yet, he shows no compunctions about the idea of eating an actual oyster ... weird.
"He was a bold man that first ate an oyster."
--Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
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08/14/2008 11:49:26 PM · #61 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
The best-known gimmick of the Big Texan is that they offer a 72 ounce steak for sale. If you can eat it and some other side dishes within an hour, you get it for free. Otherwise, it's $72. |
I bet some folks start to slow down when they get to the bone ;-)
When I was in college (the first time) I knew a guy with a donut shop who had a similar promotion involving two-dozen donuts -- down them in an hour and you got free donuts for a month. Of course, it never cost him much more than the two dozen donuts even on the rare occasion someone accomplished this dubious feat, since no one really wanted another donut for at least a month ... |
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08/14/2008 11:58:37 PM · #62 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by alanfreed:
The best-known gimmick of the Big Texan is that they offer a 72 ounce steak for sale. If you can eat it and some other side dishes within an hour, you get it for free. Otherwise, it's $72. |
I bet some folks start to slow down when they get to the bone ;-)
When I was in college (the first time) I knew a guy with a donut shop who had a similar promotion involving two-dozen donuts -- down them in an hour and you got free donuts for a month. Of course, it never cost him much more than the two dozen donuts even on the rare occasion someone accomplished this dubious feat, since no one really wanted another donut for at least a month ... |
There's quite a list of people who have eaten the 72oz steak at the Big Texan. |
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08/15/2008 12:18:17 AM · #63 |
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08/15/2008 12:48:03 AM · #64 |
| LOL!!! My grandmother used to make these all the time. Thankfully she didn't do it during any time I've ever gone! I can't say the same for my brother though. LOL |
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08/15/2008 01:44:35 AM · #65 |
A man goes to a bullfight in Spain and then to a local restaurant. He orders "cajones" on the menu and gets several meatballs. After eating them, he asks what it means and is told it's the testicles of bulls who were killed in the bullfighting ring. Unlike Alan, he figured they tasted good, so it doesn't bother him, and he returns several days in a row.
One day, they're smaller than usual, so after dinner, he asks the waiter why.
"Senor, the matador, he does not always win!"
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08/15/2008 01:57:49 AM · #66 |
Alan, what did you *think* you were eating?
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08/15/2008 02:07:26 AM · #67 |
You'll be horrified to know that Bruce's shut it's doors this last year. That place was famous alllllllllllllllll around Colorado, and that was pretty much the only reason anybody ever went to Severance (pop. 597 @ 2000). According to this Rocky Mountain News article,, they served 20 tons of balls per year. Think about that. That translates into 110 pounds of balls per DAY. And for the record, folks aren't so much DEsensitized now, as sensitized. If you think Rocky Mountain oysters are stomach turning, you must've passed when you were offered Chitterlings or Haggis or Blood Sausage, or Tripe, or any traditional sausage or Balut eggs, or...............
As soon as I started reading this thread I knew it was going to be golden. Awesome hilarity.
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08/15/2008 07:44:46 AM · #68 |
Originally posted by Intelli:
reminds me of the movie "Apocolypto" where they talk the guy into eating pig balls so he can make babies. |
It was even funnier when the village chief took him aside and gave him some very hot pepper and told him to apply it to ... errrrr, the critical part just before being with his wife. The reason she couldn't become preggers was quickly apparent!!!! |
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08/15/2008 09:53:08 AM · #69 |
ROFLMAO oh my, sorry to laugh at your expense Alan but this is too funny, probably cause I'm from Colorado and had tried them when I was a teenager. I didn't think they were too bad even though I did know what they were. They prepared theirs by cutting them in half then flattening and frying them. In comparison I think they were easier to eat then when I was in Charleston and tried their sample platter of Frog legs (YUCK MAJOR, very slimmy), alligator (No, not testicles) and other items. The alligator was very rubbery and took a long time to chew.
Out of all the funny stuff here, I think this took the cake lol
Originally posted by MichaelC:
errr....ummm.....you may want to change your profile pic. |
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08/15/2008 09:56:34 AM · #70 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Alan, what did you *think* you were eating? |
That's what I want to know too. Didn't you ask what they were? Or you thought they were chicken... because, I haven't heard it yet in this thread, they tasted like chicken. lol
Alan, were they this big? MmMmMmM mmm 
Message edited by author 2008-08-15 10:00:40.
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08/15/2008 10:04:44 AM · #71 |
| I can't stop laughing. I am sorry but your story has made my day. I learned about mountain oysters a few years ago on some stupid show called Fear Factor. The people had to eat them in order to move on to win the big bucks. They were huge and looked disgusting. I couldn't watch the people eat them. Thanks for sharing it really made my day. Oh did it taste like chicken? |
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08/15/2008 10:09:16 AM · #72 |
Message edited by alanfreed - fixing width of page. |
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08/15/2008 10:13:40 AM · #73 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
So we were on vacation out West a few weeks ago... took lots of pictures, had a great time, blah blah blah. On our way home, we stopped in Amarillo, Texas, and enjoyed a really fun meal at the Big Texan steak house. We ordered an appetizer platter, which included among other things "Mountain Oysters."
We really enjoyed the appetizer platter. As a fan of all things fried and delicious, I was in my glory with the oysters, cheese sticks, jalapenos, etc.
Now here it is, three weeks later, and we have learned (thanks to a story on the Food Channel and some subsequent Googling) that "Mountain Oysters" are actually code words for "bull testicles."
I'm going to spend the next several days brushing my teeth. |
LoL looks like another tourist bites the dust lol.
At least you like it. I'm surprised you didnt ask what they were. :P lol |
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08/15/2008 10:16:09 AM · #74 |
Originally posted by Jac:
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Well She looks very Happy
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08/15/2008 11:12:04 AM · #75 |
Well..........did you like them? Were they tasty, before you knew what htey were?
You've got the balls.
Thanks for the warning, I could've been next. |
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