Waiter... what's this doing in my soup?

Looking for something special to do before the summer is over? How about one of those unique food festivals that occur throughout the U.S. and the world? How about deep fried spam nuggets? Nah. Let’s cut right to the chase.

Thanks to Anthony Bourdain, I learned if you happen to be in Serbia this summer, you can eat a Serbian delicacy...testicles. They don't even give it a cutesy name like Rocky Mountain Oysters. They call them what they are. I get the feeling Serbia is a pretty rough place. No room for sissies here!

Every summer they have the world testicle cooking championships where the very best testicle cookers in the world gather to do what they do best, which is again, to cook testicles.

OK, I already think I've used the word "testicle" too many times in this post, so I looked up alternative names and will use some of those throughout the remainder of the story.
Anyway, this deal in Serbia is like the Super Bowl of cujones cooking. Animal (thank goodness) bullocks are a Serbian delicacy believed to help a man’s libido. I can see that. They tell their stud pigs, and horses, etc., to start producing or their boys will be part of the next course. That would make me perk up (as if that were ever a problem…).

This year’s festival featured delicious new pizza to join the menu of other traditional man tonsils dishes. Sue Frederik of St. Louis said, “I especially loved the nad moussaka, ornament goulash, man central "chowdah", and crown jewels tartare. There was stallion, boar, bull… many kinds of delicious junk.”
Oh man! Who does not love a good hanging brains goulash on a hot Serbian afternoon?! There was no mention (by Sue or anyone else) of an all-you-can-eat option. I think not mentioning it was a very good choice.

Just a note here to those who are excited by the idea of the world testicle cooking championship and may be looking for something similar closer to home. The California Nut Festival held annually in Chico, has nothing to do with kerbangers. Please make a note. The focus there has more to do with almonds, cashews, pistachios and the like.
I’d hate for you to load up the kids and drive all the way to Chico only to be disappointed when you get there and find out there are no love spuds... only nuts.

Happy Motoring!