[Sca-cooks] Mountain Oysters was Re: Okra

[Elaine Koogler]

Yup...that's the context in which I had heard of it.  From my father and
grandfather...Grandpa slaughtered his own beef and pork, so the parts is
parts aspect of it was part of my knowledge growing up.

Kiri

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Terry Decker <t.d.decker at att.net> wrote:

> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Okra has a distinct flavor (and yes a distinct texture whether raw,
> pickeled, boiled or fried). It is the ingriedent that turns a cajun/creole
> soup or stew into Gumbo. On a different note... the "mountain oysters" that
> are considered a delicacy for the "refined" pallet in the US that I haven't
> seen mentioned are horse testicles.(I always thought that "mountain oysters"
> reffered only to hog testicles only, just shows how regional language usage
> effects us.)
> Lady Lie du Bosc
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