I don't know what's out there in Staffordshire, but I've seen them at H-Mart, an asian grocery chain here in the states. They're also sold as "lamb fries"
LOL but whhhhyyyyy is it always the testicles; its so weird that someone just woke up one day and watched a lamb walk by and said, yum, I think I'll boil those balls and have 'em for a snack 🍒
Yuckyuckyuck - so for weirdos in like MT or WY, do you think they buy Rocky Mountain Oysters from like a store, or is that something that comes from a more, shall we say, direct and "fresh" source?
Nevermind, nevermind i do not want to know, lmao
Decades ago, I went to a Turkish cafe in London. Enormous bilingual menu, dubious English translations. Unforgettable entree with no other details - "generative organ of a ram." Definitely a "What? Oh..." moment.
I had to do a deep dive on this one: Lamb testicles are unmistakably lamby with a pungent, grassy smell and an offal-intensive taste that's akin to stomach. Their texture is almost identical to that of a succulent scallop.
Imagine the person incrementally perfecting the amount of ingredients over time for this recipe because that person really loves deez lamb nuts in their mouth
Tried it... not for me.
Chinese food, in China, is very different to Chinese food abroad.
Had casseroled bullfrog once.... very nice.
Salted & dried goose was also good, in a Chinese country pub.
Aww come on! You’ll miss out on the chance to walk into a store, walk down a long aisle, then ask a complete stranger, “Excuse me, but do you have lamb balls?”
Oh live a little. You never know when you'll want to drive a militant vegan nuts at a potluck. Just wait a few days before disclosing what was in your Middle Eastern grandmother's secret family recipe!
When I was a child, my mother often prepared what she termed "lamb's fries", which I loved. It was many years before I tumbled that she'd been feeding me testicles 🙄.
Lamb’s fry was liver in my household growing up. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb%27s_fry says that is usual in Australian so that checks out and that in the US it’s usually the testicles - presumably the OP is from there. I guess you must be from somewhere else?
I mean, the animal dies to provide us with meat. Are we supposed to just eat the rack and shank? I think you're morally obligated to try that recipe. (just kidding, sounds disgusting, I only eat the tasty bits)
This might be similar to the cookbook I received when I was in the Peace Corps. Consider food in other countries as an adventure (but I’m with you in skipping this one!)
They are not uncommon in Italian, Spanish & Eastern European cuisine.
Some are often very squeamish about the "nasty bits" & miss out on many delicious dishes as a result. My Scots mom used to talk about how her and her brothers would fight to see who got to "pick the rabbit's brain"
No, no, I have to defend the shrimp mold. I’ve had something like this, and it was really delicious. The word molded here doesn’t mean moldy rather that it’s placed in a bowl or a tube pan to give it a shape. The gelatin doesn’t make it firmly gelled rather just holds the ingredients together.
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I've got access to a couple of immigrant-oriented grocery stores and they carry some non-standard foodstuffs, but I have never seen testicles (aka mountain oysters) for sale there.
And I'm okay with that! I don't have a recipe for them anyway.
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Still trying to source those lamb testicles in Staffordshire, mind.
Asking for a friend..
Kidding.
I’m currently Googling 6# lamb testictle shakshuka recipes.
Nevermind, nevermind i do not want to know, lmao
Oh, just the one then.
This means it won’t kill you, but you won’t enjoy it either.
Some dishes inspire the same descriptor.
Even if I weren't a vegetarian, I think I'd give this a miss.
But sweet of someone to give you a cookbook
"The lady doth protesticle too much, methinks”… William Shakespeare
Oh, nevermind.
Had a bowl of blood once....
Duck blood and vermicelli soup (Ya xie fen si tang)
Duck blood and vermicelli soup is a traditional Chinese delicacy
You sure you didn’t walk into a Vamp restaurant?
Also how was it? If it’s a delicacy then it was probably surprisingly good
Chinese food, in China, is very different to Chinese food abroad.
Had casseroled bullfrog once.... very nice.
Salted & dried goose was also good, in a Chinese country pub.
Yes I’m that kind of cookbook enthusiast…
Some are often very squeamish about the "nasty bits" & miss out on many delicious dishes as a result. My Scots mom used to talk about how her and her brothers would fight to see who got to "pick the rabbit's brain"
Second would have confirmed it had I been on the fence.
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And I'm okay with that! I don't have a recipe for them anyway.