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08/15/2008 11:17:45 AM · #76 |
Originally posted by JaimeVinas:
At least you like it. I'm surprised you didnt ask what they were. :P lol |
They were called oysters so, oddly enough, I thought they were oysters. If they had been called TestÃÂculos Gigantes de la Vaca, I probably would have asked some questions since my days of high school Spanish are long behind me. But they were called oysters. No questions needed, so I thought. |
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08/15/2008 11:53:27 AM · #77 |
| This is just too funny. But think about it, now you can go around bragging about how you've "eaten the balls off a bull". Just make sure they haven't seen your profile pic. |
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08/15/2008 12:07:59 PM · #78 |
Originally posted by mad_brewer:
This is just too funny. But think about it, now you can go around bragging about how you've "eaten the balls off a bull". Just make sure they haven't seen your profile pic. |
OMG, TOO FUNNY!!! :-D
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08/15/2008 12:13:18 PM · #79 |
| Well, really the questions begs to asked. Did they taste good??? and if you didnt know what they where would you have them again?? |
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08/15/2008 01:00:49 PM · #80 |
I already answered that waaaaay back... they were delicious when I didn't know what they were :)
Originally posted by JulietNN:
Well, really the questions begs to asked. Did they taste good??? and if you didnt know what they where would you have them again?? |
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08/15/2008 07:39:02 PM · #81 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
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. |
This is so... so... parochial it's mind boggling, Alan :-)
To answer the second question, it's not all that long ago, even in this country, that we didn't have the luxury of discarding parts of the animal we for some reason deem to be unworthy of eating. I mean. c'mon... You love your hot dogs? Even the "all beef" dogs are cased in intestines, and the "regular" hot dogs grind up all the parts nobody wants to buy. Ever hear of "blood sausage"? "Head cheese"? Marrow from the bones? And surely your mother fed you liver? Pretty much the whole animal got used for food. Which, ethically, is surely the way it ought to be?
But I digress from the question of pure palatability. Organ meats, properly prepared, are amongst the most delicious dishes we have in our culinary repertoire. And I can't think of a single, logical reason for being willing to eat liver and unwilling to eat what the Spanish call "testiculos"...
R.
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08/15/2008 07:54:23 PM · #82 |
| Great story! I had a good chuckle over that. Calf nuts are a staple around here. Congrats! They are a tasty treat. :) |
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08/15/2008 09:44:30 PM · #83 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by alanfreed:
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. |
This is so... so... parochial it's mind boggling, Alan :-)
To answer the second question, it's not all that long ago, even in this country, that we didn't have the luxury of discarding parts of the animal we for some reason deem to be unworthy of eating. I mean. c'mon... You love your hot dogs? Even the "all beef" dogs are cased in intestines, and the "regular" hot dogs grind up all the parts nobody wants to buy. Ever hear of "blood sausage"? "Head cheese"? Marrow from the bones? And surely your mother fed you liver? Pretty much the whole animal got used for food. Which, ethically, is surely the way it ought to be?
But I digress from the question of pure palatability. Organ meats, properly prepared, are amongst the most delicious dishes we have in our culinary repertoire. And I can't think of a single, logical reason for being willing to eat liver and unwilling to eat what the Spanish call "testiculos"...
R. |
I would not eat liver anymore. When you consider the function of the liver as the body's filter and decontamination system, the fact that things the body can't dispose of accumulate there and the amount of questionable things being fed to livestock today, no thanks. |
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08/15/2008 09:52:17 PM · #84 |
O M G!!!
Ok...I nearly fell off my chair laughing so hard!!!
Going on vacation with the family = Lots of $$$$
Going to the Big Texan & having Rocky Mountain Oysters = Some $$$$
Learning after the fact that you ate bull testicles = PRICELESS!!!
Oh Alan...hee hee hee!!!
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08/15/2008 10:34:57 PM · #85 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by alanfreed:
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. |
This is so... so... parochial it's mind boggling, Alan :-)
To answer the second question, it's not all that long ago, even in this country, that we didn't have the luxury of discarding parts of the animal we for some reason deem to be unworthy of eating. I mean. c'mon... You love your hot dogs? Even the "all beef" dogs are cased in intestines, and the "regular" hot dogs grind up all the parts nobody wants to buy. Ever hear of "blood sausage"? "Head cheese"? Marrow from the bones? And surely your mother fed you liver? Pretty much the whole animal got used for food. Which, ethically, is surely the way it ought to be?
But I digress from the question of pure palatability. Organ meats, properly prepared, are amongst the most delicious dishes we have in our culinary repertoire. And I can't think of a single, logical reason for being willing to eat liver and unwilling to eat what the Spanish call "testiculos"...
R. |
Have to agree with Robert on this one. Perhaps it is attributable to the fact that I grew up dirt poor, but I can assure you that there aren't too many parts of an animal I have NOT eaten.
Heart, tongue, liver, bone marrow, fish eyes, fish head, kidney, pork hooves, pig tail... these are some of the delicacies that come to mind...and I am no wurse... er wrost... worse off for it.
Ray |
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08/15/2008 11:15:47 PM · #86 |
LIver and onions, liver and bacon, is still a main staple in England. My parents love it. Steak and kidney pie. Foie Gras is amazing, we used to eat tongue sandwiches when we where kids. Still get it at the grocery store or butchers. Haggis is intestines tummys. Black pudding. We als hang our beef meat for 28 days before eating it.
When i was in TN my then in laws ate squirrel and racoon. Snails in France. Sheeps eyeballs are meant to be tasty too and a main staple as well.
Nothing wrong with this food, it is food and if it tastes good to you, then go for it
edited to add, bone marrow, where do you think that homemade chicken stock gets it flavor from. Chickens bone marrow.
edited to add : Oxtail Soup, made out of bulls tails, we used to eat that all the time as kids and no mad cow in our family HAHAhhamamammauuaaww (well, my mother but,,,)
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08/15/2008 11:56:10 PM · #87 |
Man I sure do not want to smell you people's farts. ;]
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08/16/2008 02:43:15 AM · #88 |
Originally posted by JulietNN:
LIver and onions, liver and bacon, is still a main staple in England. My parents love it. Steak and kidney pie. Foie Gras is amazing, we used to eat tongue sandwiches when we where kids. Still get it at the grocery store or butchers. Haggis is intestines tummys. Black pudding. We als hang our beef meat for 28 days before eating it.
When i was in TN my then in laws ate squirrel and racoon. Snails in France. Sheeps eyeballs are meant to be tasty too and a main staple as well.
Nothing wrong with this food, it is food and if it tastes good to you, then go for it
edited to add, bone marrow, where do you think that homemade chicken stock gets it flavor from. Chickens bone marrow.
edited to add : Oxtail Soup, made out of bulls tails, we used to eat that all the time as kids and no mad cow in our family HAHAhhamamammauuaaww (well, my mother but,,,) |
Haggis and black pudding. Yummy!
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08/16/2008 03:16:38 AM · #89 |
| Liver and onion gravy with mash is a damn fine winter suppper. And you can't have a full English breakfast without black pudding. All good stuff - but I draw the line at tripe! |
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08/16/2008 05:58:40 AM · #90 |
Originally posted by SaraR:
but I draw the line at tripe! |
I just re-drew my line at Oysters.
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08/16/2008 09:26:44 AM · #91 |
| Overall, I'd say that this is the funniest thread I've read in a long time. |
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08/16/2008 09:33:59 AM · #92 |
reminds me of a joke.
A man goes into a restaurant in Mexico, on the board the special of the day is Bulls Balls. He asks about this special and the waiter says, " Today there was a great bull fight, the bull lost and his balls are served up".
The man being brae ordered them. They where the most blessed thing he has ever put into his mouth.
A few years later he took some clients to the restaurant and was raving about the special. They had to had them. He orders them for everyone and they come. They eat them but the man is not happy. He signals for the waiter and asks:" the last time I came in here, this was the special and they where amazing, today they are tough and small, what happened?"
"Sir," the waiter said, "Sometimes the bull wins"! |
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08/17/2008 05:30:08 PM · #93 |
Hmm I've eaten lots of that yummy British cuisine...steak and kidney pie, blood sausage, cow heart, liver, lamb shanks, raw and roasted oysters, oxtail soup...would love to try roast marrow and foie gras, though not both at the same time! And I LOVE Marmite toast, Twiglets, the occasional big stinky hunk of Stilton with Carr's Water biscuits and Paarl ruby port...
Oh man am I ever getting hungry, and now I want to try some RM oysters too! :-)
PS oh yeah Alan...you really should re-shoot that profile pic...
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01/22/2009 03:19:51 PM · #94 |
I thought I'd revive this thread to share this link:
//www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content/magazine/truestories/
I had sent the story (and photo) to them, and it was published in the new edition of the magazine. Hopefully in years to come I'll be able to horrify my daughter with it.
Message edited by author 2009-01-22 15:20:04. |
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01/22/2009 06:04:28 PM · #95 |
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01/22/2009 06:07:30 PM · #96 |
| Classic! Missed this the first time around. |
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01/22/2009 06:12:31 PM · #97 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
How to create a vegetarian
Last summer, our family spent a night in Amarillo, Tex., and ate at the Big Texan Steak Ranch. Our appetizer platter had mountain oysters, which we enjoyed thoroughly. My wife and I and our daughter assumed they were breaded seafood. Three weeks later we heard the name again—and learned that mountain oysters are actually fried bull testicles! Someday this photo will be great blackmail material. Alan Freed, Ambridge, Pa. |
ACK, and double ACK - ever seen the movie Funny Farm ?
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01/22/2009 06:17:34 PM · #98 |
| omg, I missed this before. I grew up in Colorado, where they're called Rocky Mountain Oysters. I've never heard of anybody eating them. I think they're just something we use to tease the tourists. |
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01/22/2009 06:35:15 PM · #99 |
Wow...this is like people coming to California and not knowing what calamari is.
Don't lie, I know at least a few of you didn't know and tried it |
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01/22/2009 06:43:37 PM · #100 |
Originally posted by Blue Moon:
Wow...this is like people coming to California and not knowing what calamari is.
Don't lie, I know at least a few of you didn't know and tried it |
I freaking LOVE Calamari. |
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