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Message 1490405 - Posted: 18 Mar 2014, 0:47:28 UTC - in response to Message 1489922.  

A rocky-mountain oyster scooper?

I'm 56 years old and until this day I have never heard of these things but my best friend who was visiting me when I read this thread knew exactly what they were. He is from New Zealand and I find this a tad disturbing.
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Message 1490421 - Posted: 18 Mar 2014, 1:15:09 UTC - in response to Message 1490405.  

A rocky-mountain oyster scooper?

I'm 56 years old and until this day I have never heard of these things but my best friend who was visiting me when I read this thread knew exactly what they were. He is from New Zealand and I find this a tad disturbing.

The warning in your signature is very appropriate.

What did you find disturbing, what Rocky Mountain Oysters are, or the fact that your friend knew what they are?


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Message 1490434 - Posted: 18 Mar 2014, 1:50:20 UTC

They are very tasty, if cooked right (I grew up in cattle country in western Canada). What I found disturbing was the idea of using this tool to somehow harvest them.

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Message 1490436 - Posted: 18 Mar 2014, 2:01:59 UTC - in response to Message 1490434.  

They are very tasty, if cooked right (I grew up in cattle country in western Canada). What I found disturbing was the idea of using this tool to somehow harvest them.


Bill,

I don't know if you participated in a neutering (not the word we used) before, but typically more than one bull is turned into a steer in the process. We used to do anywhere from 20 to 30 young bulls at a time. The product was deposited into a vat of salted water, and yes, they were scooped out after the work was done. We used a large perforated scoop, not like this one though. They were refrigerated and then prepared pretty quickly for a group gathering since they taste better fresh.

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Message 1490753 - Posted: 18 Mar 2014, 18:00:19 UTC

Could a mod please move all the comments about Rocky Mountain oysters that were made after Luigi posted the current tool (i.e., dated 18 March UTC) to the discussion thread? I don't begrudge the comments, but they're cluttering up the guesses on Luigi's tool.
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Message 1490775 - Posted: 18 Mar 2014, 18:30:05 UTC - in response to Message 1490421.  

A rocky-mountain oyster scooper?

I'm 56 years old and until this day I have never heard of these things but my best friend who was visiting me when I read this thread knew exactly what they were. He is from New Zealand and I find this a tad disturbing.

The warning in your signature is very appropriate.

What did you find disturbing, what Rocky Mountain Oysters are, or the fact that your friend knew what they are?

Both.
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Message 1491108 - Posted: 19 Mar 2014, 7:49:51 UTC

I remember first time I had them. I was working in teh kitchen of an Italian ristorante, and it wasn;t the first unusual thing old John Finni cooked up for us. Breaded and saute'd in garlic and white wine in a 30-inch cast-iron skillet. A little chewy, but not bad. Now I prefer a honey-mustard sauce to dip them in.
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Message 1491149 - Posted: 19 Mar 2014, 9:39:28 UTC

Go figure...from disgust to its own thread...Ha! Cultural diversity doesn't seem to bode well with some. However, I never dissed anyone's joy of tripe or monkey brains...to each their own. Never thought of a tad disturbing as the underlying reason for using censorship. Granted, it was off topic and that is good enough reason, but be honest about it, folks. It was the visualization, not the guess.
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Message 1491167 - Posted: 19 Mar 2014, 11:39:38 UTC

I grew up spending a lot of my young life down in the Snowy Mountains and there they were known as Snowy Mountain Sweetbreads.

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Message 1491176 - Posted: 19 Mar 2014, 11:56:04 UTC - in response to Message 1491167.  

I grew up spending a lot of my young life down in the Snowy Mountains and there they were known as Snowy Mountain Sweetbreads.

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If you go a little further east in Canada they are known as Prairie Oysters.

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Message 1491224 - Posted: 19 Mar 2014, 15:48:44 UTC

Andrew Zimmern would love those!
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Message 1491312 - Posted: 19 Mar 2014, 18:25:21 UTC - in response to Message 1491149.  

Go figure...from disgust to its own thread...Ha! Cultural diversity doesn't seem to bode well with some. However, I never dissed anyone's joy of tripe or monkey brains...to each their own. Never thought of a tad disturbing as the underlying reason for using censorship. Granted, it was off topic and that is good enough reason, but be honest about it, folks. It was the visualization, not the guess.

As I said in my request, I didn't mind the discussion, I just didn't want it cluttering up the Tool thread.

There are many things I will never taste in my life. I hold RMOs among those I might try a bite of once.

Andrew Zimmern has, I'm sure, had them many times. So has Adam Richman. I'd like to see Iron Chef do them some time.
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Message 1491323 - Posted: 19 Mar 2014, 18:38:44 UTC - in response to Message 1490405.  

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Message 1491347 - Posted: 19 Mar 2014, 19:06:19 UTC - in response to Message 1491323.  

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Message 1491720 - Posted: 20 Mar 2014, 7:15:31 UTC

I will try anything once, but I won't repeat this taste test.
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Message 1491737 - Posted: 20 Mar 2014, 7:49:56 UTC

I wouldn't try 'em. I tried chicken livers once and thought they were weird enough.
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Message 1491757 - Posted: 20 Mar 2014, 8:37:48 UTC - in response to Message 1491737.  
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I wouldn't try 'em. I tried chicken livers once and thought they were weird enough.

I'm not much for grilled liver & onions, but I love liverwurst and cheese on taost.

Hmmm.... if we expand the subject matter, may need to rename the thread.......
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Message 1491770 - Posted: 20 Mar 2014, 9:16:55 UTC


Hmmm.... if we expand the subject matter, may need to rename the thread.......

Offal Delicacies? :-D

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Message 1491773 - Posted: 20 Mar 2014, 9:36:25 UTC

Back to Zimmern, and awfully weird stuff he'll try, there was something supposedly popular in his home state of Minnesota that he ate(or attempted to), called lutefisk, which is old fish cured in lye.
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Message 1491782 - Posted: 20 Mar 2014, 10:06:14 UTC

Mmmm, I love oysters! Especially the Zeeland ones. With a bit of pepper and lemon, delicious! You should watch out if they're fresh though, the outskirts have to shrink when you put the lemon on it.
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