Do you have a clue of what I’m referring to??? Well, if you don’t, let me just tell you exactly what it is. CALF NUTS, CALF FRIES, or even BULL BALLS! Oh yeah, I bet you’re licking your lips right now ain’t ya?! LOL.
Believe it or not, this is a cowboy favoriteJ Not mine mind you, but definitely a favorite among the fellas. During the cowboy works, the lil’ bulls get gathered to have their manhood taken away from them. It sounds sad to some but we can’t have a million bulls running around trying to breed a handful of cows;)
Anyways, these mountain oysters are usually “chicken fried” but today they are getting grilled. When you chicken fry them, you normally peel off the outer skin layer to cook them but not when you cook them on the grill.
All your gonna need for this Cowboy Cuisine is a little salt & pepper, calf nuts, and a grill. After you’ve cleaned them up, leaving the thin outer skin layer in-tact, you simply throw them on the fire, season them to your taste buds, and wait for them to pop (or split open;).
When you eat them, you only eat the inside, throwin’ the skin away. Doesn’t sound very ladylike I know but I did say it was a favorite among the fellas;)
So here they are, fresh calf nuts on the grill with a little salt & pepper.
Here they are plumping up on the verge of popping and being done.
And VIOLA! Done and ready to eat.
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Waste not want not people. Meat is meat. Why is it more revolting to eat a testicle than a rib or leg or any other part of a dead animal? I don’t understand.
Clearly I’d eat it happily.
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That looks like some fine eatin’. All that’s missing are a few bottles of Tabasco and a beer or four.
WELL…I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THESE ARE A SOUTH TEXAS CAMP FIRE MEAL. I HAVE WORKED ON MANY RANCHES, AND HAVE CUT ALOT OF NUTTS IS MY DAY. THE FRESHER THE BETTER! YOU CAN “Q”‘EM, FRY’EM, AND EVEN DIP’EM. MY PERSONAL FAVORITE IS FRIED, WITH A CORN TORTILLA AND SOME PICO DE GALLO…YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR MISSING. DONT KNOCK IT TILL YA TRY IT…COWBOY UP!!!
When I googled “What are fried calf nuts”, I was really hoping this was NOT what I would find. Oh. My. Word. Logically speaking, I can imagine they taste good because most fried things do but… ewwwww! Really? I couldn’t try it. I hope I’m never so hungry that I’m looking for testicles to eat.
p.s. the veins make the photo even creepier to this city girl
One of my favorite foods! I much prefer the small ones to the large! All the above ways are good to cook them. Hot biscuits and gravy with Mountain Oysters make a wonderful breakfast.
There is a restaurant her in Nebraska that serves them, but they are not nearly as good as fresh out of the branding pen! When I can get them, I keep them in the freezer for my feast alone. My family is not fond of them like my siblings and I were!
I much prefer these over lobster or rattlenake!
One of my favorite foods! I much prefer the small ones to the large! All the above ways are good to cook them. Hot biscuits and gravy with Mountain Oysters make a wonderful breakfast.
There is a restaurant here in Nebraska that serves them, but they are not nearly as good as fresh out of the branding pen! When I can get them, I keep them in the freezer for my feast alone. My family is not fond of them like my siblings and I were!
I much prefer these over lobster or rattlenake!
We served them in our restaurant in Mt. View, Colorado—-They are excellent & were a huge seller!!!!