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carrie wrote:Went to a friends house one day for dinner, was given these very tasty round things in a crumb batter, asked after what they were to be told they were cow's eggs. Cow's dont have eggs say I only to discover they were testicles.

Just spat coffee all over my laptop screen reading those last words...
Made my day, thanks..

carrie wrote:Went to a friends house one day for dinner, was given these very tasty round things in a crumb batter, asked after what they were to be told they were cow's eggs. Cow's dont have eggs say I only to discover they were testicles.

Happened to me when I first came to Egypt too - actually it didn't taste too bad and I had just eaten it when I found out what it was .................. However I'm glad I didn't try the "sausage" on the same plate.

I have had testicles (Cow's eggs), brains and liver served at restaurants in Cairo and Greece as VEGETARIAN food.

"Madame, I swear that it is not meat!"

:doh:

Iv'e tried most things if and when I come across them, the first was a tin of chocolate ants when I was eight, my Dad let me try anything along as I ate it. Squirrel is quite popular in St Johns'. Love the idea of Oysters but they make me gag trying them…..
Ps: personally not big on pigeon, pheasants ok! though…
Love my Haggis though and love to promote https://www.facebook.com/MacsweenHaggis?fref=ts
Pss: Once had a Vietnamese lunatic chef, Tin-tin he say "velitarians f**em they never live in jungle, they never starve, they never eat snake, snake good, this one bought from pet shop in Brixton! Hai!

Having read all these so called delicacies, I will stick to my steak and chips. The way things mean something entirely different in International speak amuses me though, I had to laugh LLL's head cheese as it means something not for human consumption, but at times does, up north in the UK, and not a dish to wet the appetite.

Who2 wrote: Pss: Once had a Vietnamese lunatic chef, Tin-tin he say "velitarians f**em they never live in jungle, they never starve, they never eat snake, snake good, this one bought from pet shop in Brixton! Hai!

I once knew someone from Guinea who said, "You see a snake in the road, you just catch it and eat it." Buying it at a pet shop sounds perfectly sophisticated compared to that.

BENNU wrote:I have had testicles (Cow's eggs), brains and liver served at restaurants in Cairo and Greece as VEGETARIAN food.

"Madame, I swear that it is not meat!"

:doh:

Since when were testicles "cows' eggs"?

Scrummy, but they come from a bull!

Brian Yare wrote:

BENNU wrote:I have had testicles (Cow's eggs), brains and liver served at restaurants in Cairo and Greece as VEGETARIAN food.

"Madame, I swear that it is not meat!"

:doh:

Since when were testicles "cows' eggs"?

Scrummy, but they come from a bull!

They are also not vegetarian - nor eggs.

carrie wrote:Went to a friends house one day for dinner, was given these very tasty round things in a crumb batter, asked after what they were to be told they were cow's eggs. Cow's dont have eggs say I only to discover they were testicles.

I'm now trying to decide whether or not I share some of my Egyptian and Moroccan holiday photographs.

HEPZIBAH wrote:I'm now trying to decide whether or not I share some of my Egyptian and Moroccan holiday photographs.

If in doubt don't, is my usual reply to any "shall I" query.