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Ewww! Testicle Festival Serves It Up (Watsonville Ranching Festival)
NBC Bay Area ^ | Sat, Aug 15, 2009 | LORI PREUITT

Posted on 08/15/2009 9:15:09 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Locals will tell you they taste like chicken, but you'd have to partake to see if they are telling the truth.

They can be called Mountain Oysters, Cowboy Caviar, Swingin Sirloin or Calf Fries. But no matter how you slice them, they are still bull testicles. And they are the main course tonight in Watsonville.

The Testicle Festival gets under way at Casserly Hall. The piece de' resistance will be served up fresh.

The flier boasts only "USDA inspected" testicles will be served. It also refers to the dish as a true delicacy of the America West, not to mention a promise you will have balls of fun. (No bull.)

It's an all-you-can eat deal. For $40 you can scarf down as many testicles as you care to.

For the weak at heart, chicken, pasta, salad and garlic bread will also be available.

The event is a fundraiser benefiting the Santa Cruz Farm Bureau, the local county fair and Ari Culture.


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1 posted on 08/15/2009 9:15:13 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Sometimes you feel like a nut...


2 posted on 08/15/2009 9:17:05 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: nickcarraway

CNN and MSNBC hosts will be there with bells on


3 posted on 08/15/2009 9:18:24 AM PDT by GeronL (http://unitedcitizen.blogspot -Guilty of deviationism- http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: martin_fierro; Slings and Arrows

Ping


4 posted on 08/15/2009 9:20:11 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

‘Sweet meats’, ‘cowboy caviar’, ‘mountain oysters’,.......

Guess it just depends on what side of the world you live. ;-)


5 posted on 08/15/2009 9:20:30 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: nickcarraway

Sometimes you might want to go balls out


6 posted on 08/15/2009 9:21:00 AM PDT by clamper1797 (A Kenyan Muslim KGB agent could not do a better job as president)
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To: GeronL

ESPECIALLY Chrissy Matthews.


7 posted on 08/15/2009 9:21:05 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: nickcarraway
For those who recall The Rocky Mountain Oyster Club which used to be located in the Pioneer Hotel until a tragic fire which cost many lives in the late 1960's, it is apparently alive and well itself. Many years ago, it was a who's who of southern Arizona.
8 posted on 08/15/2009 9:24:28 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: JimSEA

The Rocky Mountain Oyster Club in Tucson, AZ — Sorry for the omission.


9 posted on 08/15/2009 9:25:57 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Skywalk

Bollocks ping, my little nut case.


10 posted on 08/15/2009 9:28:00 AM PDT by radiohead (Buy ammo, get your kids out of government schools, pray for the Republic.)
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11 posted on 08/15/2009 9:28:35 AM PDT by BigCinBigD ('Evil white devil since 1960')
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To: nickcarraway

Something tells me fewer people eat testicles than tongue, or brains. Is this just some Brokeback Mountain thing for the touring Village People crowd?


12 posted on 08/15/2009 9:33:41 AM PDT by fso301
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To: radiohead

Just hope you dont bite into some brass ones.......


13 posted on 08/15/2009 9:33:45 AM PDT by njslim
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To: nickcarraway

Send all GOP members of congress there to get some.


14 posted on 08/15/2009 9:33:51 AM PDT by all the best
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To: nickcarraway

“Everybody’s smilin’
You can’t find a frown...

Big Ball’s in Cowtown
We’ll all go down,
Big Ball’s in Cowtown
We’ll all dance around”


15 posted on 08/15/2009 9:37:04 AM PDT by Liberty Rattler (Don't tread on me!)
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To: nickcarraway
The area is a Haven for illegals I guess that is another one of their delicacies,I am sure they serve it on their local taco wagons parked everywhere free.
16 posted on 08/15/2009 9:38:28 AM PDT by easternsky
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To: GeronL

you betcha, considering they were enamoured with the whole teabagging thing. Must go there to practice :)


17 posted on 08/15/2009 9:47:23 AM PDT by wombtotomb
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To: nickcarraway

It would take a lot-o-b*lls to serve me these. I’d go nuts.


18 posted on 08/15/2009 9:50:13 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: nickcarraway

They taste like beef steak, not chicken - the tradition comes from castrating all the bull calves during spring roundup and wasting protein was not something cowboys did. If you like porterhouse, dig in!


19 posted on 08/15/2009 9:53:41 AM PDT by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, get a dog.)
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To: nickcarraway

Sometimes, when I eat gizzards, I wonder.....


20 posted on 08/15/2009 9:54:48 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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