Dish of the month: Rocky Mountain Oysters

this weekend, i had my first tastte of liver, which is beef liver pan fried and sauteed with onions. there is no doubt that it tasted kinda good, especially considering i wasn't expecting much. intrigued, my roommate told me about Rocky mountain oysters.

here's a picture of where the delicacy comes from:


So it's a bull. cool.


now here's a picture of what part it specifically comes from.



and here's how they look, sliced, breaded in flour, salt and pepper and deep fried:


They're rocky mountain oysters because uncooked bulls testicles have the consistency and look of raw oyster, and a large cattle industry is present in the rocky mountains. as the need to pacify aggressive behavior of bulls became relevant in cattle ranching, the testes were removed, and consequently it was added to the cuisine in the west as an intriguing appetizer.


They are not just bull testes, rocky mountain oysters are also from bear or buffalo.

and to top off this wonderful dish, it's also been popularized in different forms in other countries: in jakarta, they are sometimes part of the satay. the rest of the world sometimes calls the dish "sweet meats"

and you thought sweetmeats was candy.

Balls.