Diners can 'have a ball' at testicle festival

[Nagishkaw 510]

OAKDALE, Calif. – The fundraising idea may seem a little nuts, but Oakdale's annual Testicle Festival is always a big hit. On Monday, volunteers with the town's Rotary Club plan to fry up 400 pounds of the private parts of bulls and serve them to diners who pay $50 apiece for the sit-down meal.

The event, whose proceeds also benefit the Oakland Cowboy Museum, has drawn an average of 450 people and last year raised $28,000.

It's common practice on cattle ranches for young male bovines to be castrated into steers, which after the initial loss, eventually makes them more docile and easier to handle. Fans of the delicacy, also referred to as "mountain oysters," come from around the state.

According to Rotarians, everyone who buys a ticket is guaranteed to "have a ball."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090328/ap_on_...IP4vKbbYYjtiBIF

[Marina-Del 10]

Gross

[Ban Hammer 14,286]

are they nuts?

[Nagishkaw 510]

That's just the way the ball bounces.

[SuperDuper! 230]

I've always wanted to have a set of big bull balls.

[Ban Hammer 14,286]

cali gets nuttier by the day.

Edited March 28, 2009 by charles!

[Nagishkaw 510]

They should be hung by the nads!

[SuperDuper! 230]

Itz not everyday a man gets to have 2 nuts under his chin. Sauteed or grilled?

[Nagishkaw 510]

Itz not everyday a man gets to have 2 nuts under his chin. Sauteed or grilled?

0r a woman either, for that matter. I like mine over easy.

[Mary Lou 682]

[Mina76 0]

OAKDALE, Calif. – The fundraising idea may seem a little nuts, but Oakdale's annual Testicle Festival is always a big hit. On Monday, volunteers with the town's Rotary Club plan to fry up 400 pounds of the private parts of bulls and serve them to diners who pay $50 apiece for the sit-down meal.

The event, whose proceeds also benefit the Oakland Cowboy Museum, has drawn an average of 450 people and last year raised $28,000.

It's common practice on cattle ranches for young male bovines to be castrated into steers, which after the initial loss, eventually makes them more docile and easier to handle. Fans of the delicacy, also referred to as "mountain oysters," come from around the state.

According to Rotarians, everyone who buys a ticket is guaranteed to "have a ball."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090328/ap_on_...IP4vKbbYYjtiBIF

yuck!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Oh, thanks! I already told the wife, "NO!" I guess I will have to start sleeping with one eye open now!

[SuperDuper! 230]

If you have yours with hot sauce, do they call them, Great Balls of Fire?

[Amby 490]

I would totally eat it. Try all things at least once