Thursday, February 5, 2009

I don't get it....

I recently read that several people, in Japan I believe, became very sick after eating Blowfish Testicles that were not properly prepared.
Apparently Blowfish is poisionous if not cooked correctly. You even need a special liscence to prepare it in Japan.
What I don't get, is why on EARTH would ANYONE want to eat testicles??? "properly prepared" or not!
And I didn't even know Blowfish HAD testcles! And they are big enough to eat? Weird.
"Rocky Mountain Oysters" I have heard of, but I don't get that either. They're TESTICLES people! I don't think that part of the body was ment to be sauteed in butter or breaded and fried.
Okay gentlemen, stop for a second and take a peek at your OWN testicles. Go ahead, I'll wait....

Now, imagine lopping them off, tossing them into a frying pan and serving them with a side of greens.
Does that sound Yummy to you? Really?
Granted, I have been a Vegetarian since about 1983/1984, so I don't much get the appeal of ANY meat.
But testicles? How HUNGRY would a person have to be!?!?!
Don't they have a McDonald's in Japan? A pizza place? Heck, SUSHI sounds as lovely as chocolate cake next to the idea of eating fish testicles!
And no, I don't get the appeal of Caviar either. Little black fish eggs....ewwww.

So there you go. If you plan on inviting me to a dinner party any time soon....PLEASE do not serve testicles.
I don't think there is enough ketchup in the WORLD to fix THAT dish!