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If you visit some of the 'street food' markets in the urban cores of Rawalpindi or Lahore you can find food cart vendors with fried sheep and goat testicles for

If you visit some of the 'street food' markets in the urban cores of Rawalpindi or Lahore you can find food cart vendors with fried sheep and goat testicles for sale. It's fairly common.

gambiting 5y ago
Even in the US some places eat "mountain oysters" - which are just bull testicles. Not exactly common, but not unheard of either.
- dylan604 5y ago
  Which is doubly weird where in Texas there's nary a mountain found.
  - hprotagonist 5y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_oysters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_oysters "calf fries" is apparently the panhandle localism.
  - leephillips 5y ago
    It may be more common in Appalachia.
  - strait 5y ago
    West Texas is still in Texas.
    - dylan604 5y ago
      This is fun. I can play too. East Texas is also still in Texas. South Texas is still in Texas. And wait for it... North Texas is in Oklahoma? No, that's not right. It's also still in Texas.
- Anarch157a 5y ago
  Here in Sao Paulo, theres a dinner that serves fried rooster testicles. People will eat the strangest things if they believe it will make them more "manly".
- rpmisms 5y ago
  Sheep testicles are actually more common. Bull testicles are a bit more rare, and generally come from old bulls. Lamb testes are pretty big, and absolutely delicious.
PicassoCTs 5y ago
This reminds me of the joke with the tourist in spain, who orders "cohones del toro", the testicles of combat-bulls and likes them so much, it becomes his daily food. One day he gets a much smaller portion. He calls the waiter to complain, pointing first at the arena, then at the plate :"What is this?" The waiter: "Today the bull won."
rpmisms 5y ago
I've had them. We were butchering a lamb, and my sister-in-law noticed that he had a nice pair (I'm being serious, they were very large), so she looked up a recipe. They're incredibly delicious, especially when cooked in cream. It may have been psychological, but we all felt like thumping our chests after eating them. Would recommend trying them if you get the chance. Worth it.
- tomcam 5y ago
  > and my sister-in-law noticed that he had a nice pair (I'm being serious, they were very large) I think this qualifies as the sentence I have least expected to read on this site in my many years of enjoying Hacker News
  - rpmisms 5y ago
    I'm confident that I followed every rule when posting this, and I am very proud of it.
    - tomcam 5y ago
      That’s what makes it perfect, and you should be
selimthegrim 5y ago
Now I was under the impression "gurday" kapooray came with kidneys too?

If you visit some of the 'street food' markets in the urban cores of Rawalpindi or Lahore you can find food cart vendors with fried sheep and goat testicles for sale. It's fairly common.

gambiting 5y ago

Even in the US some places eat "mountain oysters" - which are just bull testicles. Not exactly common, but not unheard of either.

dylan604 5y ago
Which is doubly weird where in Texas there's nary a mountain found.
- hprotagonist 5y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_oysters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_oysters "calf fries" is apparently the panhandle localism.
- leephillips 5y ago
  It may be more common in Appalachia.
- strait 5y ago
  West Texas is still in Texas.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    This is fun. I can play too. East Texas is also still in Texas. South Texas is still in Texas. And wait for it... North Texas is in Oklahoma? No, that's not right. It's also still in Texas.
Anarch157a 5y ago
Here in Sao Paulo, theres a dinner that serves fried rooster testicles. People will eat the strangest things if they believe it will make them more "manly".
rpmisms 5y ago
Sheep testicles are actually more common. Bull testicles are a bit more rare, and generally come from old bulls. Lamb testes are pretty big, and absolutely delicious.

PicassoCTs 5y ago

This reminds me of the joke with the tourist in spain, who orders "cohones del toro", the testicles of combat-bulls and likes them so much, it becomes his daily food. One day he gets a much smaller portion. He calls the waiter to complain, pointing first at the arena, then at the plate :"What is this?" The waiter: "Today the bull won."

rpmisms 5y ago

I've had them. We were butchering a lamb, and my sister-in-law noticed that he had a nice pair (I'm being serious, they were very large), so she looked up a recipe. They're incredibly delicious, especially when cooked in cream. It may have been psychological, but we all felt like thumping our chests after eating them. Would recommend trying them if you get the chance. Worth it.

tomcam 5y ago
> and my sister-in-law noticed that he had a nice pair (I'm being serious, they were very large) I think this qualifies as the sentence I have least expected to read on this site in my many years of enjoying Hacker News
- rpmisms 5y ago
  I'm confident that I followed every rule when posting this, and I am very proud of it.
  - tomcam 5y ago
    That’s what makes it perfect, and you should be

selimthegrim 5y ago

Now I was under the impression "gurday" kapooray came with kidneys too?