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Do you KNOW what Mtn Oysters are?????
Here in North Carolina-perhaps they are something different than where you are, but here they have something to do with male pigs!!

Out here in the Rocky Mountains are made from cows "jewels" and are generally pounded flat (I am told). I have managed to avoid this "food".

AGJ

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Out here in the Rocky Mountains are made from cows "jewels" and are generally pounded flat (I am told). I have managed to avoid this "food".

There is a festival in NE Illinois dedicated to the turkey version of this "food". I can guarantee you, this is one festival that I will never attend!

TG

I think you should really be Mr. Up-Chuck. :)

I've never grilled oKRA that way=-we always grow a lot of okra so I can't wait to try this.
Since our blueberry crop froze this year =( , I'm planning on pickling Okra for christmas gifts-I gave some to our 20 something YO nieces and nephews and they discovered their "new favorite food"!
I have a great recipe using pickled okra, cream cheese, ham and roll it up then slice (looks like sushi).
Gosh, it's good!
Since I'm known in my family for eating "weird" stuff like raw fish, sea urchin, etc, folks were somewhat sceptical until they tried this-it's very good.
What restaurant in High Point?
Mmmmmmmmm

I can't imagine how many turkeys are involved in the "sacrafice" for THAT festival!!

Yup- It's the part that makes the the bull..well, no longer a bull. Where i grew up in Montana, we used to have Rocky Mt. Oyster parties every spring. I guess that is why so many men turn pale at the thought of a vasectomy. (lol)

There is a town out west somewhere that has a festival dedicated to the Rocky Mountain Oyster

The slogan?

Come to ______, and have a ball!

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There is a town out west somewhere that has a festival dedicated to the Rocky Mountain Oyster

That would be Missoula Montana. It's called the Testicle Festival. Seems 2007 is the 25th annual festival (August 1-7 for anyone planning summer vacations.) The website is, of course, http://www.testyfesty.com/ . The cow graphic on it is just....wrong!

No Kids, Hassles or Brought-In Beverages

Probably waaaaaaaaay more info than ya'll wanted to know.

preboxed
(your trusty reporter on things ....odd)

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The Scottish have Fried Eggs. But not like OUR fried eggs. First, you take a hard boiled egg. Then you pack it until it is completely encased in about a half inch of GROUND SAUSAGE. Finally, you immerse it in a deep fryer for about ten minutes.

I adore Scotch Eggs. I get them all the time when I am in Europe at the Marks and Spencer foodcourt!
They are even good cold. :-)

-Amanda from Seattle

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Out here in the Rocky Mountains are made from cows "jewels"

Isn't that the one part that a cow would be guaranteed NOT to have?
Seems to me you'd need a bull for that.

Mariette

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That would be Missoula Montana. It's called the Testicle Festival. Seems 2007 is the 25th annual festival (August 1-7 for anyone planning summer vacations.) The website is, of course, http://www.testyfesty.com/ . The cow graphic on it is just....wrong!

C'mon.... Testy festy That is the funniest thing I have ever heard!

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That would be Missoula Montana. It's called the Testicle Festival. Seems 2007 is the 25th annual festival (August 1-7 for anyone planning summer vacations.) The website is, of course, http://www.testyfesty.com/ .

I just told everyone that I'm not going to the Virgin Islands for a honeymoon..... I'm going to the Testicle Festival and passed around the link!!!

Someone actually asked me if I was serious.

Of course, my fiance doesn't know this yet either!

moonduck

Yep, it erm, "makes the grade". Don't suppose anyone caught "Bull Snort Brew" featured?

And since we started with frozen stuff, what about another truly western phenom, Frozen Dead Guy Days http://www.nederlandchamber.org/FrozenDeadGuyDays/index.html

'box worthy, that one

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(wanders away while whistling, snorting and trying to keep a straight face - not at all successfully...)

There is a town out west somewhere that has a festival dedicated to the Rocky Mountain Oyster

And can't you just hear the wheels of someone on here who says..."What? they have oysters in the Rocky Mountains?????"

Z

Sorry, I'd take maple syrup over baked beans anyday.
Do the Aussie really eat Vegamite sandwiches?

Take care, Orion

I live with my hubby and 5 sons...plus both dogs are male...and I have an additional 4 boys for daycare....when we are all here I say that it is a "testicle festival" at my house. My girlfriends get a kick out of it.....now I will have to tell them there is a real testicle festival!
Thanks for sharing. Funny stuff! :)


~Amy the only girl of LUNA crew

when did cows get "jewels"...I thought only bulls had "jewels" and when the "jewels" were removed they became steers?
Be Safe...
BR1

Haven't seen it yet regarding vegamite sandwiches...but we did have t bones the other night on the barby...the day before they were 3 cows that the local national cooks walked past us though...talk about fresh...
Be Safe...
BR1

I tried to open the "testyfesty" link. The PC here at the High School wouldn't let me open it-I'm assuming there was some questionable material there! Can't wait to get home to look!!

Oh yes, and bless your heart for being the only female!! I guess that makes you THE QUEEN!!

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Out here in the Rocky Mountains are made from cows "jewels" and are generally pounded flat (I am told). I have managed to avoid this "food".

Yeah, the cows (well, the BULLS, anyway) have kinda shunned it as well...!

I've also heard these called Bull Fries......err....I think I'll stick to Pommes Frites!!!

BOIL squash???

Oh..you poor dear...

Did you have to eat canned spinach, too?

There are just somethings that should NOT be done to food.

Now..take a nice acorn squash and BAKE it in the shell with butter and cane syrup or molasses. Steam butternut on the stovetop or spaghetti squash in the oven (yes, steam it in the oven).

Best of all, sautee summer squash (yellow crookneck) in a little Enova oil and breathe across the top of the salt shaker at it!

Vegamite is properly eaten on THINLY sliced bread, well toasted, that has been previously spread with butter.

Or so I'm told by my Aussie pal, who totally disgusted me. I just so happen to know that Vegamite is recycled brewers' yeast. Yum. NOT.

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Best of all, sautee summer squash (yellow crookneck) in a little Enova oil and breathe across the top of the salt shaker at it!

I used to do them that way a lot, too, but since I got my little grill, my favorite way to cook the yellow summer squash is to slice them in half lengthwise, rub them with a little olive oil and flop them on the grill with a bit of freshly grated pepper. Mmmmmmm.... A few red bell pepper halves beside them is pretty wonderful, too. :)

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