Cooking with Balls
October 2, 2008 12:14 PM Subscribe
Chef Ljubomir Erovic has written a cookbook drawing attention to the World Testicle Cooking Championship.
It's already in the comment section of the article, but what the heck:
WARNING: "May contain nuts"
posted by yhbc at 12:24 PM on October 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
WARNING: "May contain nuts"
posted by yhbc at 12:24 PM on October 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
What, a kick in the balls?
posted by StickyCarpet at 12:25 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by StickyCarpet at 12:25 PM on October 2, 2008
As seen on Iron Brass Chef.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:33 PM on October 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:33 PM on October 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
I'll stick to worms.
posted by StickyCarpet at 12:39 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by StickyCarpet at 12:39 PM on October 2, 2008
I was pretty pleased to see while driving through Montana this summer signs for the annual Testicle Festival (the url of which is, charmingly, 'testy festy'). A shame I couldn't go.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 12:40 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 12:40 PM on October 2, 2008
I see he likes to cook from first principles.
I'm a bit lazier & tend to go for the processed ingredients: Cooking with Cum.
posted by UbuRoivas at 12:43 PM on October 2, 2008
I'm a bit lazier & tend to go for the processed ingredients: Cooking with Cum.
posted by UbuRoivas at 12:43 PM on October 2, 2008
OW MY BALLS
posted by porn in the woods at 12:46 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by porn in the woods at 12:46 PM on October 2, 2008
And they say MetaFilter's a boyzone.
posted by Crabby Appleton at 12:56 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by Crabby Appleton at 12:56 PM on October 2, 2008
Ljubomir Erovic Ate My Balls.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 1:03 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 1:03 PM on October 2, 2008
Ljubomir Erovic Ate My Balls.
I hear they make an ointment for that now.
posted by loquacious at 1:08 PM on October 2, 2008
I hear they make an ointment for that now.
posted by loquacious at 1:08 PM on October 2, 2008
Ointment Ate My Balls.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 1:13 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 1:13 PM on October 2, 2008
And they say MetaFilter's a boyzone.
Mostly because "castratozone" doesn't quite roll off the tongue.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:17 PM on October 2, 2008
Mostly because "castratozone" doesn't quite roll off the tongue.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:17 PM on October 2, 2008
(plus, you wouldn't face that problem if you chewed with your mouth shut)
posted by UbuRoivas at 1:21 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by UbuRoivas at 1:21 PM on October 2, 2008
They're delicious, but very irregular in size.
posted by jbickers at 1:34 PM on October 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by jbickers at 1:34 PM on October 2, 2008 [1 favorite]
I hear they're rather... nutty.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 2:03 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by grapefruitmoon at 2:03 PM on October 2, 2008
I've eaten lamb testicles (lamb fries) and they were damn nice; only tried pig testicles once and they were not so pleasant, though they could have been badly cooked (I haven't eaten enough to have a frame of reference).
posted by mandal at 2:38 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by mandal at 2:38 PM on October 2, 2008
Can you believe it's been 12 years since the debut of Mr. T Ate My Balls?
12 years! That's like a Thousand Years in Internet Time.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 4:14 PM on October 2, 2008
12 years! That's like a Thousand Years in Internet Time.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 4:14 PM on October 2, 2008
Fairly certain this isn't vegan.
posted by turgid dahlia at 4:27 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by turgid dahlia at 4:27 PM on October 2, 2008
There was a taco truck about 2 kilometers from my high school, Taqueria Don Pepe, and you had to call before 8:00 a.m. to reserve the tastier bits, testicles and eyes. You could also call and hour or so in advance to ask for extra crispy tripe. The hungover phone call and 2km. Monday walk was completely worth it, my typical order would be 1 sesos (cow brain), 1 or 2 buche (pig's esophagus), 1 lengua (tongue), 1 cachete (cheek), 1 creadillas (testicles) and sometimes 1 ojo (eye). My friend Alan would eat 6 or 7 tripa dura (crunchy tripe).
Sometimes the taco trucks in Oakland and around Potrero Hill, and some taquerias in 24th St. in the Mission will have creadillas, and buche is quite common. I encourage you to try them. Testicles are surprisingly soft and mild; brain and eyes are a lot more weird. The butcher shop on Mission between 23rd and 24th sells all this parts.
I am happy to see this delicious food getting its due. I predict Creadillas will become the Bacon of 2010.
Completely unrelated, there was only one butcher in my grandmother's town, and they only killed one animal a day. My dad's favorite food was creadillas in green tomatillo sauce, and my uncles favorite was beef stew with lots of udder and bone marrow. The both visited from college on the same day, and my grandma ran to the butcher and ordered udder and balls. The butcher said "If I had such an animal, I wouldn't kill it, and I'd be rich." She never lived that down, and my veterinarian uncle tried for years to find an hermaphrodite calf to buy her. He found one years after she died.
posted by dirty lies at 6:38 PM on October 2, 2008 [2 favorites]
Sometimes the taco trucks in Oakland and around Potrero Hill, and some taquerias in 24th St. in the Mission will have creadillas, and buche is quite common. I encourage you to try them. Testicles are surprisingly soft and mild; brain and eyes are a lot more weird. The butcher shop on Mission between 23rd and 24th sells all this parts.
I am happy to see this delicious food getting its due. I predict Creadillas will become the Bacon of 2010.
Completely unrelated, there was only one butcher in my grandmother's town, and they only killed one animal a day. My dad's favorite food was creadillas in green tomatillo sauce, and my uncles favorite was beef stew with lots of udder and bone marrow. The both visited from college on the same day, and my grandma ran to the butcher and ordered udder and balls. The butcher said "If I had such an animal, I wouldn't kill it, and I'd be rich." She never lived that down, and my veterinarian uncle tried for years to find an hermaphrodite calf to buy her. He found one years after she died.
posted by dirty lies at 6:38 PM on October 2, 2008 [2 favorites]
And that book? Eponisverical or antieponisverical?
posted by dirty lies at 6:53 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by dirty lies at 6:53 PM on October 2, 2008
They used some of these recipes on America's Testicle Kitchen.
posted by erpava at 7:17 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by erpava at 7:17 PM on October 2, 2008
I'll try damn near anything once (got fooled into okra twice -- shame on... shame on... won't get fooled agin) but I simply, and unapologetically, draw the line at bugs and balls.
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:12 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:12 PM on October 2, 2008
From the dedication: "to my parents and my grandmother ... for introducing me to the delicious world of testicles ..."
posted by zippy at 8:48 PM on October 2, 2008
posted by zippy at 8:48 PM on October 2, 2008
I got sent this link at work yesterday. I assumed it was some kind of threat.
posted by Sparx at 2:55 AM on October 3, 2008
posted by Sparx at 2:55 AM on October 3, 2008
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