Thursday, June 26, 2008

Rooster Testicles

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Confession: Sometimes even I have trouble stomaching this stuff... well... of course, I was hungover again.

taipei, taiwan, snake alley night market

Taipei, Taiwan

We were looking for the infamous Snake Alley night market in Taibei, when I spotted a tray of gross looking balls. We weren't sure what they were at first, but the thin veins and tight plump shape hinted that they weren't just a stomach or kidney. We asked... Chicken testicles! "Good for the skin," the lady told us. "Good for male strength," the guy told us, motioning to his groin. That's what it all boils down too -- good skin for women, good erections for men.

chicken testicles, rooster

We ordered a half dozen of these rooster nuts. They're actually impressive in size, for a bird. As much as I loath to admit, they're bigger than mine. Hard to imagine, eh? Wait, let me check again.... Yep! Wow.

Male chickens are called "roosters" in American English, and "cocks" in English English. Cocks don't have a penis. Go figure. So some scientists (but probably not chicken farmers) call their sexual glands "rudimentary copulatory organs." That's nice and polite, but it probably wouldn't work well when your girlfriend is asking you to talk dirty to her.

In case of a rooster or cock attack, here's what to do... and if you like cocks, there's more info on Wikipedia about them.

dave rejects the rooster cock balls
Dave refuses to eat the rooster testicle ... but after a sip of beer, realizes he has the balls to eat it...

Snake Alley is funny. They've perfected their trade. Between the restaurants selling deer penis, snake blood, and cock balls (these are all aphrodisiacs), there are sex toy shops, massage parlors, hair salons, and if you wander off the main path, red lights. So within one small alley block, you can get your erection and then lose it -- so efficient! Or get a hair cut to go with your glowing skin. Whatever you fancy.

chicken testicles balls nuts gonads

So we ate the rooster testicles. We asked the chef to cook them simple, so we could really check out their natural flavor. She boiled them in water. They're too big to eat in one bite. The flavor is fairly neutral, and would be good in a curry or with hot sauce. Soft white like soft tofu, in a tight skin like a sausage. The center was liquid like an under-cooked egg or a creamy custard. Is that sperm? Chicken jizz?

inside chicken testicle ... is that rooster sperm?

More on Snake Alley later...

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10 Comments:

At Friday, 27 June, 2008, Anonymous Hermes Birkin said...

you might have outdone yourself on this on. naasssty!
-Hermes Birkin
http://shopcrocodile.com

 
At Friday, 27 June, 2008, Blogger Coal Miner's Granddaughter said...

"Chicken Jizz"

You just had to go there, didn't you? And I had to go reading this over my peanut butter & jelly.

Glad the jelly wasn't actually custard.

Yep, I just went there, too.

 
At Saturday, 28 June, 2008, Anonymous Lix said...

i love all parts of the chicken even chicken feet needlessly to say . but rooster nuts??? man.... i dont know if i'd try them . they just look so... wrong??? cant find a word here.
but great site indeed!
:)

 
At Saturday, 28 June, 2008, OpenID spambait9876 said...

You should really try prairie oysters. They are great lightly sauteed.

 
At Sunday, 29 June, 2008, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, you ate Taiwanese cock balls - you're my hero! I have problems with any part of a chicken that isn't normally used at an American KFC.

 
At Sunday, 29 June, 2008, Anonymous Anonymous said...

@ anonymous,
So how do you know there isn't any rooster testicles in KFC ???

 
At Tuesday, 01 July, 2008, Anonymous Genie said...

So was this more a miss than a hit? Would you do it again?

 
At Thursday, 03 July, 2008, Blogger Michael said...

@ genie,
Yeah sure I'd eat them again, preferably not when I'm hungover. And I'd have them in a dish with sauce instead of plain like this...

The taste is neutral, if I didn't know what it was there'd be no issue really.

 
At Monday, 07 July, 2008, Anonymous Anonymous said...

They look somewhat dry in the close up picture. And you look as though you might vomit in the first. How silly.

 
At Friday, 08 August, 2008, Blogger snb980 said...

I am fascinated. I learned a lot, even though I've been interested in birds and raised chickens and other fowl for a few years now.

 

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