[Sca-cooks] sheep testicle recipes

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

we did a reconstruction of Taillevents "red deer testicles in hunting
season" which involved meat in a wonderful broth. We didnt have access to
the read deal, and so used the "oysters" from the back of chickens instead,
but it was dang tasty! :)

--AM
(sorry, no notes were taken at that one, but you can check out the original
and play yourself :))



At 02:28 PM 11/7/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Amanda asked:
>> > A bajillion produce vendors carrying local stuff... several butchers who
>> carry everything from beautiful roasts ... to real sausage casings, sheep
>> testicles
>>
>>         OK, wow! What is everyones favourite period sheep testicle
>> recipe, and have you ever served it at a feast???
>
>Well, I think the only one I've had was the one that Ras cooked for
>the SCA-Cook's pot luck at Pennsic serveral years ago from the ram
>from the slaughtering class.
>
>You can find another recipe and some referances to some period
>recipes using testicles from other animals, in this file in the
>FOOD-MEATS section of the Florilegium:
>organ-meats-msg   (92K) 10/ 1/01    Period cooking of organ meats.
>http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/organ-meats-msg.html
>
>>         <extended list of fabulous goodies drooled over and deleted>
>>
>>         So, we are living in a fantastic time, when many of us have
>> relatively easy access to a wealth of exotic foods which would have
>> given a Roman patrician a second thought!  Still, a large fraction of
>> all this good stuff is unappreciated in the areas where it is produced,
>> and has to be carried half-way around the planet by internal combustion
>> engine (two cups of diesel for every cup of 'freshly squeezed' orange juice
>> imported into the UK, some say!).
>
>Just how expensive is the 'freshly squeezed' orange juice there?
>
>Stefan
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