[Sca-cooks] Mountain Oysters was Re: Okra

[Terry Decker]

You're reading that wrong.  The term "fries" is Oklahoma usage and I did not 
make any claim to exclusivity.  Lamb fries and Choc beer is good eats in the 
Nations.

Mountain oysters or Rocky Mountain oysters I've encountered across most of 
the western states.

Bear

>I don't think the term "Rocky Mountain Oysters" is exclusive to Oklahoma. I 
>grew up here in California and heard my Mom and Grandfather talk about them 
>all the time. The recipe I do have is from Grandpa.
> My other Grandfather who was a Swedish/Saami used to lament that he 
> couldn't get Reindeer "oysters" in Los Angeles. He said only the men would 
> eat the parts and women weren't allowed to even touch the part. He could 
> find just about everything else. To my knowledge I don't think he ever 
> tried beef "oysters." He would eat the marrow on fresh bread.  In my own 
> research on reindeer cuisine I haven't found any referenced to Reindeer 
> testicle,yet.
> Aelina the Saami
>
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>
> Hmmm, I've only heard the term "mountain oysters" used in relation to 
> cattle
> rather than hogs, although the term might easily be applied to any land
> mammal.  In Oklahoma, the term applied is calf fries or lamb fries for
> breaded and fried testicles.  Haven't heard of any hog fries yet, but
> industrial swine production is only about a decade old and is concentrated
> out in the Panhandle (last I checked).
>
> Bear