Beware of holiday potlucks
Dec. 2nd, 2008 12:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Maybe you should follow the advice of one commenter on this page and just eat what you and your bestest-known friends take to any holiday parties.
I hate you so much for showing me this,
crevette. With the force of a thousand white-hot suns. Really.
ETA for quote from lulu.com: "To relegate semen to the role of “supporting actor” is like asking Tobey Macguire to play an extra in a film for 3 to 15 seconds." I hate men.
I hate you so much for showing me this,
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ETA for quote from lulu.com: "To relegate semen to the role of “supporting actor” is like asking Tobey Macguire to play an extra in a film for 3 to 15 seconds." I hate men.
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Date: 2008-12-02 05:58 am (UTC)DO NOT WANT
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Date: 2008-12-02 02:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-02 07:47 am (UTC)Heeheeheee....
(No, I will NOT do those cosplay photos for you. There's things even I won't do.)
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Date: 2008-12-02 02:29 pm (UTC)/runs screaming
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Date: 2008-12-02 02:33 pm (UTC)/cold shudder
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Date: 2008-12-02 02:08 pm (UTC)That was so much less gross than this.
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Date: 2008-12-02 02:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-02 03:59 pm (UTC)Eh-hee.
/lol, am I gross today... ^__^
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Date: 2008-12-02 05:47 pm (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_oysters
Yes, people do eat them. From Wiki....
Rocky Mountain oysters (sometimes called prairie oysters) is a North American culinary name for edible offal, specifically buffalo, boar, or bull testicles. They are usually peeled, coated in flour, pepper and salt, sometimes pounded flat, then deep-fried. This delicacy is most often served as an appetizer.[1]
It is a well-known novelty dish in parts of the American West and the Canadian Prairies where cattle ranching is prevalent ("prairie oysters" is the preferred name in Canada, where they may be served in a demi-glace, not deep-fried)[2]. In Oklahoma and North Texas, they are sometimes called calf fries but only if taken from very young bulls. [3]. In Spain and many parts of Mexico they are referred to as "criadillas" and are colloquially referred to as huevos del toro (literally, "bull’s eggs" but huevos is also a Spanish slang term for testicles) in Central and South America.[4] Rocky Mountain oysters are sometimes confused with lamb fries or animelles (lamb testicles), which are served in a manner similar to Rocky Mountain oysters. A few other descriptive terms, such as "cowboy caviar," "Montana tendergroins," or "swinging beef," may be used.[5]
The dish, purportedly cowboy fare[6], is most commonly found served at festivals, such as the ones in Montana and Phoenix, Arizona, amongst ranching families, or at certain eating establishments and bars.[7] Eagle, Idaho, claims to have the "World's Largest Rocky Mountain Oyster Feed" during its Eagle Fun Days (typically the first weekend in June).[8] Usually this meat product is sold frozen, as it is inconvenient to get them fresh.[9]
The primary goal of testicle removal is not necessarily culinary. Castration in veterinary practice and animal husbandry is common and serves a variety of purposes, including the control of breeding, the growth of skeletal muscle suitable for beef, and temperament alteration.[10]
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Date: 2008-12-02 06:58 pm (UTC)Also, there's something of a thing nowadays for people to eat their own placenta after they've given birth. Highly nutritious, apparently... But still. EWWW. That's the acceptable face of cannibalism *g*
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Date: 2008-12-02 08:05 pm (UTC)Am now trying not to puke.
Oh, Internet, you never fail...
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Date: 2008-12-03 05:01 am (UTC)