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BooDawg
Social climber
Polynesian Paradise
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 24, 2010 - 12:15am PT
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I went to a Christmas BBQ today where all kine local foods were served: Smoked goat meat, Kalua Pig, BBQd donkey, and Rocky Mountain Oysters. I'd heard about the "oysters" for a long time but never had the opportunity to savor (LOL!) them until today. As you can see in the photo below, they are little lumps of flesh which when BBQed resemble other kinds of meat.
Well looking at them is one thing, but trying them is another... But guys say that they taste good so why not? I mean, it's like a vasectomy, right?: The IDEA of someone cutting down by one's jewels is WAY WORSE than the reality...
Then I got my first surge of testosterone..., and I REALLY GOT CARNIVOROUS!
The texture wasn't as firm as ordinary meat, and they had a softer, almost mushy interior. But I did have seconds and thirds...
Any other experiences or questions? Please post 'em up!
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Dec 24, 2010 - 12:19am PT
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We have a Rocky Mountain Oyster Festival nearby......Or we did.
I'm ambivalent.
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nature
climber
Tuscon Again! India! India! Hawaii! LA?!?!
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Dec 24, 2010 - 12:20am PT
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what's the mercury content of the shellfish?
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Dec 24, 2010 - 12:22am PT
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Alleged shellfish.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Polynesian Paradise
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2010 - 12:23am PT
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Probably low-to-no mercury since these are herbivorus animals...
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pocoloco1
Social climber
The Chihuahua Desert
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Dec 24, 2010 - 12:25am PT
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nuts about nuts
AKA calf fries
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Dec 24, 2010 - 12:27am PT
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Boo,
Isn't that supposed to be a delicacy? How come it is offered on a paper plate?
Ken
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BooDawg
Social climber
Polynesian Paradise
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2010 - 12:34am PT
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Ken: It's just local style around the fire! They are tough paniolos!! (cowboys)
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Dec 24, 2010 - 12:44am PT
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Remember supersize me? What do you think would happen if all you ate for a month was RMO. By the way I have dabbled....not that there is anything wrong with that.
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Dec 24, 2010 - 12:55am PT
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I had some at this spot just out of Lander, Wyoming. They were pretty good and Im a picky eater.
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nature
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Tuscon Again! India! India! Hawaii! LA?!?!
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Dec 24, 2010 - 01:02am PT
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but it's an oyster!
close relative to the Owens Valley Oyster if I'm not mistaken.
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john hansen
climber
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Dec 24, 2010 - 01:02am PT
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Boodog,,
You are a braver man than me,,
I know plenty ranch people on the Big Island and have been offered these treats many times,,
The Kalaniopio's , Hoopai's, Greenwell's,,, and in Hamakua, all the portagee's ,, the De rego's , De freitas, the Souza's and Nobriega'z , the Carvahloe's,.the Motta's,, ect
We go up Mana road sometimes to Makala hau and Hania poi and hang out for the weekend at the old Parker ranch bunk houses,,
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 24, 2010 - 01:07am PT
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Up here - well, in Saskatchewan anyway - they're known as prairie oysters.
Another such delicacy is the CPR Strawberry: http://www.bookrags.com/tandf/cpr-strawberry-tf/
(The CPR being our trans-Canada railway, finished in 1886. It took four or more days from Vancouver to the east, and so 'strawberries' were helpful for passengers' digestion.)
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 24, 2010 - 01:28am PT
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The smooth organ fest lives!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dec 24, 2010 - 01:29am PT
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I'm ambivalent.
You mean you, like, sometimes dress up in high heels and fantasize about testicles?
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BooDawg
Social climber
Polynesian Paradise
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2010 - 02:49am PT
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The Fest may live, but the organs do not!!
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illusiondweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 24, 2010 - 03:13am PT
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Bulls balls...oh yeah, and a Mexican "Caballero" friend of mine told me the scrotum sack is then saved, blown into like a balloon, then tied off and dried to be used as water gourds out in the field.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Dec 24, 2010 - 07:59am PT
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Did you lick them before you ate them?
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BooDawg
Social climber
Polynesian Paradise
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2010 - 08:17am PT
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No licking! Just chewing!
A friend laughed, telling me she had much more experience with such things than I! Of course, she was right.
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Dec 24, 2010 - 08:26am PT
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You mean you, like, sometimes dress up in high heels and fantasize about testicles?
Hmmm. Naw. No fantasizing. ;-)
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