Many years ago my wife (from the Northeast) and I were in a restaurant in SLC that had Rocky Mountain oysters on the menu. Now, I knew exactly what they were and had eaten them several times, but SHE thought there must be oysters in the Great Salt Lake. Yep, I'm a jerk, and waved off the waiter before he could spill the beans. I ordered some and she did the same. About the third one in, she mentioned that they didn't really taste like the oysters she grew up with. I lost it laughing, then let her know what they were. I also pointed out that she had eaten three of them and enjoyed them. She kinda picked at the rest of them for a bit, then ate them. She had some trust issues for a while though lol.
Lol funny!!! My mom and I and her cousin and his wife were the ones that were together for all of our rocky mountain oyster endeavors. My mom and her cousin's wife would not touch them. Lol I am from SW PA And as you know in the northeast fried zucchini is a big deal. I said it's just like eating fried zucchini coins with some lemon and marinara! They didn't buy it lol 😆
I grew up eating them and they are one of my favorites. I've had them sliced and deep fried, simmered in beer like you showed, stewed,etc.. they are amazing and when you come from a big family with a limited budget, you learned not to let any part of the animal go to waste, yes even the testicle lol. Thank you for that amazing video. Please make more dealing with the old world foods and flavors. Because you have old school viewers like me who appreciate them
I’ve never tried them but if I get the chance too I hope it’s in this exact position. An old timer who’s cooking in his barn with a pocket knife. That’s an amazing experience in itself. That’s what life’s about. Love this
While working at a precondition feedlot we would brand, ear tag and work semi-trailer truck loads of newly purchased weaned yearlings with many having still been bull calves. We tried banding them at times, but would often have issues with tetanus. We would wind up with several five gallon buckets full of calf fries or “Rocky mountain oysters”. After cleaning and freezing them, we would slice them up in chunks, bread them in a cornbread batter and deep fry them. Served with season salt, ranch dressing or cocktail sauce, it was really good. We gave as much away as possible, unfortunately they couldn’t be distributed to restaurants because they were not USDA grade. It’s interesting how disconnected our culture is to the origins of our food. Everything just shows up in our grocery store or on our plates in a restaurant.
I've spent many a memorial day weekend helping the neighbor do his calves before heading for the grazing permit. At that time in my life, I was the young man that was told to grab a calf and throw it on the ground and hold it while, the more knowledgeable, castrated, branded, dehorned, ear tagged and usually gave them a hormone pellet. At the end of the day, I came home covered in blood, sweat, and cow manure. Feeling totally beat up. One of the older cowboys took the bucket of Rocky Mountain Oysters home or we threw them to the dogs as we cut them out.
Yes sir.... I lived on a dairy farm and at McClura ranch in Ridgway Colorado growing up in the 70's and 80's its a required taste. Make sure you skin them 1st or they get chewy lol. Thanks for the memories Cowboy there are not many of you left out there.
We call them prairie oysters in Saskatchewan But all my friends on the farm/ranch now use Calf rings so it's been many many years since I've had any praire oysters
Yet another excellent production Trinity, thanks for taking us along. I’ve never had the pleasure. Growing up we would crimp our bull calves, now we band them... Might just have to rethink that process! I wouldn’t hesitate to try them. I was the only kid in school carrying beef tongue or tail meat in my sandwiches. It was actually pretty fun to gross out the other kids. They never knew what they were missing! Bless’ns to ya, Tedd
Years ago I tried them in Texas, the texture reminded me of calamari. Actually thought they were pretty good! I’ve traveled a lot around the world and have tried some pretty adventurous food so the thought of eating it didn’t bother me.
If your hungry you will eat anything, and yes I have tried them, some people are just to fussy, a couple of days without food and they would change there minds, thanks for sharing this, it might just open a few peoples eyes.
My grandad was foreman for a ranch here in Oklahoma, so i pretty much grew up horseback. When they got stockers (Angus) they rarely had been castrated, so we would work them all (ear mark, brand, castrate) We would bring them back to his place and he would skin them, grandma would fry em up, so we would have enough for several days for supper and breakfast. He always castrated by sign, said they bled less. He was a Texas native, used to drive horse's up from Texas to Ft Sill that they had sold to the Army. A real cowboys cowboy, watching this made me miss all of that.
They are big here in Florida. They go great with seafood as well. I use lots of Worcestershire Sauce, butter and garlic instead of beer. If u ever had livers, gizzards, giblets or the heart of animal, it’s not much different and cooked about the same. Even if u fry them up.
I’ve never had them before but I’d definitely be willing to try them. I’ve eaten snails, squid, clams, and raw oysters. I’ve found that with the right seasonings and some butter almost anything can taste good.
Do I have to go all the way to Montana to try Rocky Mtn oysters?..im one for trying new foods and this is definitely up my alley!..I am wondering tho how painful is it for the calves?
I've eaten every part of the animal from a farm community in SA. I'm plantbased now for my own reasons, but I'd encourage people to try these. It tastes different, but it sure is yummy. 😋
Not sure if I could eat these or not. They looked good. Didn't get a chance to see your live video but watched it later. Really enjoyed it. We enjoy all your videos. Liked the reference to Teddy Blue. Read one of his books a few years ago. It was a neat read. We currently live in North Idaho so have been in Montana many times. Favorite places are Yellowstone and Glacier. But Montana in general is beautiful. Somewhat stark in places but there is even a beauty in that. Loved the tour of your house!
Fresh from the calf is best. When I was studying to be a vet tech, I had to put in some hours with large animals. I worked at a smaller feedlot in Canyon, TX. They have me all they jobs to do that the guys that really worked there didn't want to do. Stuff like washing out the barns and cleaning lots of, well, you know what. One day, though, we got a special treat. We had a truck come in with some cattle that had to be processed. These were older calves and some older animals. There were some that needed to be castrated and they said we couldn't have any of the calf fries (that's what we call em here in the panhandle) if we didn't castrate them. So, I did it. Wow! That was an experience. These were bigger animals so we did it in the chute. We had to make the slit and then grab the balls, just right, between our fingers and pull them down before using the cutters to go cut them. It was something I'll never forget! Eating them was a treat, too! I cooked them for my birthday and had all my family together. My 3 nephews were between 8 or 9 and 6. May brother had just recently had a similar experiences to what I did to those bulls! I sliced them long and skinny and fried them in a flour batter and called em chicken wings. My mother knew what we were really having. She loved the whole thing! My nephews came in hungry and I had some that were hot and ready. Those boys ate them up and wanted more! Mother was grinning from ear to ear. (She was raised on a dairy farm. She knew all about this!) I finally told the boys that they were fries and oh! it was hysterical! Only 1 of the 3 kept eating them. I made them promise not to tell their dad and they didn't. He put them on his plate but he hadn't tried them yet. The boys asked him to try these "chicken wings" one took many times and he caught on to something. When they told him what it was, he carefully flicked each one off his plate and said "I'd feel like some sort of a cannibal if I ate those"! That was the best birthday present I got that year! Playing that prank on the boys and seeing my brother's face when they told him. 🤣😂🤣🍰
I've eaten them before and loved them. Yes, I knew what they were but that didn't spoil the taste for me. BTW my husband cooked them which probably made them better 🤣
I want to try this with my Ram lambs now 😂 how do I season them? I watched your other video on the castration process as well. Thank you so much for sharing this experience with us. When you think about it, this is probably one of the rarest human experiences.
Try seasoning salt, egg and cracker crumbs. Don't forget to skin them first. Use a real sharp knife, and do it carefully. They are really soft inside until you fry them. I cut them in half the long way to make them thinner. Don't worry about the membrane in the middle. You can't taste it. 😉
Back in the day when I was working in the fine dining part of the hotel, my chef said here try these..... I am sorry to say I chickened out, he was always doing the 'weird food thing and I would always try what he cooked, but could not bring myself to try this one. To this day I am kicking myself for not tring. Hmm thanks for bring back some fun memories to this old guy.
We were in Cody WY last year and the Irma Hotel fixes those. I wanted to try them but I couldn’t get anyone else to. We are going back this year and I’m definitely going to have some. Big Balls in Cowtown !
Grew up On a farm. Castrated Calves,and pigs, always had a fire for branding and carderizing and throw them right in the edge of the fire and listen for them to pop and hiss, roll them out of the fire brush them off and eat them. Never realized that they was called rocky mountain oysters until I came Out west. What You should really try is stuffed beef heart and beef tongue.
Yeah I really like your page it's really interesting and you give a lot of info back when I was a youngster my grandfather and all of my uncles and auntie would go out and do some branding and we would all be helping we the branding and fixing the fences were they needed to be fixed I miss them days it's been a long time since I have been out to my aunts house that's were we would meet up at her house but I love your channel keep it up I'm going show my Dad your channel I no he going really like it all so
I vaguely remember trying them at a branding when I was a kid here in CA. They were much bigger and they butterflied them and bbq'd them. I don't really remember the taste, but remember the texture. Little chewy. The thing I remember the most is the smell of the raw ones in the bucket. Very distinct smell!
Wow, that's a different way to fix 'em. We always had them battered, so I might have to give that recipe a shot. If anyone would like to come try some, there's a "Testicle Festival" every year in June (Father's Day weekend) near Omaha Nebraska. Quite the sight (and taste) if you've never experience them. Just look-up Round the Bend Steakhouse in Ashland, NE. Thanks for sharing and I can't wait to see what's next.
Back in the 80’s I lived in Oklahoma and 13:31 used to help my future father in law work cattle and part of the reward was the meal afterwards. I think they just called them calf fries and I enjoyed them. I never was squeamish about tying unusual foods and have eaten some strange things.
Had them many years ago, they were sliced breaded cooked in butter, didn’t know what they were until after I ate them. Before I ate them they told me it was veal.😂😂
I find this funny because some influencer went to a old ghost town and saw a sign about Oysters, in the mountains. He said miners loved their oysters so much that they'd be transported all the way up into the mountains. Now I wonder if they were not oysters... but... ya... lol
Sweetbreads are actually a different gland located in the neck and in the pancreas area of a cow. Different from the rocky mountain oysters. My dad was a butcher and also castrated many bulls. I do remember them being slightly similar in taste with the method we used to cook them.
@@kalanigirl623 I well remember the farmers referring to the castrated testicles as Sweetbreads - I was present when they were doing this, I found it shocking - and I usually carried the bucket back for cooking. I'm English, maybe it's a cultural difference, and I'm talking about 65 yrs ago..
Could definitely be possible my dear. Was not saying you were wrong... just stating what they were called by the Germans. And that they were two distinctly different organ meats to them. I too helped butcher, wrapped meat, carried in the organs and fried them up. Great memories of a large family feast.
Haven’t tried testicles. Would love to go to a branding to eat them fresh. In my culture we eat ox tail stew ( rabo encendido). When I go to Miami that’s what I eat at the Versalles restaurant on SW 8 st in Little Havana.
Montana is the state? I wouldn't mind working for a nice family like them. I'm from Oklahoma. Full time rancher with my own moo deer but I ranch for my neighbor who owns 55k acres. I'll tell my story during another one of your video
I loved spring and early summer when all the cows were calving. I love these and we would do em up as soon as they were had. Since we were dealing with some 300-450 cow calf pairs on the first calving, we usually had a least 170-230 bull calves to eradicate. There were times my dad would have me "PREP" them by cutting off the extra vascun and washing them up a bit and putting them in a bag in an ice chest. So we could late have them with a BBQ as a side or redneck horderve. And like some have mentioned it was always fun to see the reaction of the unbaptised farm to table recipient after they made a "to do" over how good these oysters were. Just to find out the only water they ever saw was when mom washed them before breading them. They are best really when nicely cleaned up and breaded with a seasoned rice flour. Truly magnificent...and a great laugh with the unwashed newbie.
I always figured the name came from a cattle drive in the rocky mountain with no food at the moment Or some ranch hands ran short while watching the pasture in the rocky mountain Or maybe to the city slickers it looks like rocks lol
Dad and I used to have hog brains and scrambled eggs on Sunday morning. My sister's except for one wouldn't even come around the table. I miss those days, for me I'll never be able to recapture those moments, getting really long in the tooth... Gday
If you bread and fry an oyster they are similar to a Rocky Mountain oyster in shape, taste and texture with a hint of beef thrown in there... lol. My guess is that is why they were named that.
I've never had this... I love deer liver but can't eat beef liver... don't know why. My dad brought home calf brains once... nope, after 45 years, I am not ready to try that again. I do like tongue sandwiches deer heart is good too
I just was able to eat them cooked like that once and man I loved them. Most people bread them and although they are still good they are better in my mind the “cowboy way”. My wife tried some but they were not done so she decided she didn’t like them. Like liver she will cook them for me but still won’t eat them. Y’all havagudun trenity.
On our farm will kill our own animals for us. And l think l have tried most parts of them. But we have dogs that need feeding and it is cheaper to feed our dogs the more uncommon cuts such as testicles, the split head of a beast, the shins and hooves and tail. We have to leave them something because they work so hard for us. And they love it. :)
We make a profit off what our country let's us. It's goat hair, cow milk, horse hair. Horses their self or cattle weights it's self. It could even be grass yall. This life isn't ugly tho there is ugly l, but it's beautiful and lovely and its a way of living I love and many others do while your on a 1 acre yard or apartment complex
Many years ago my wife (from the Northeast) and I were in a restaurant in SLC that had Rocky Mountain oysters on the menu. Now, I knew exactly what they were and had eaten them several times, but SHE thought there must be oysters in the Great Salt Lake.
Yep, I'm a jerk, and waved off the waiter before he could spill the beans. I ordered some and she did the same. About the third one in, she mentioned that they didn't really taste like the oysters she grew up with. I lost it laughing, then let her know what they were. I also pointed out that she had eaten three of them and enjoyed them. She kinda picked at the rest of them for a bit, then ate them. She had some trust issues for a while though lol.
Lol funny!!! My mom and I and her cousin and his wife were the ones that were together for all of our rocky mountain oyster endeavors. My mom and her cousin's wife would not touch them. Lol I am from SW PA And as you know in the northeast fried zucchini is a big deal. I said it's just like eating fried zucchini coins with some lemon and marinara! They didn't buy it lol 😆
@@montanamtngirl 😂
I grew up eating them and they are one of my favorites. I've had them sliced and deep fried, simmered in beer like you showed, stewed,etc.. they are amazing and when you come from a big family with a limited budget, you learned not to let any part of the animal go to waste, yes even the testicle lol. Thank you for that amazing video. Please make more dealing with the old world foods and flavors. Because you have old school viewers like me who appreciate them
I’ve never tried them but if I get the chance too I hope it’s in this exact position. An old timer who’s cooking in his barn with a pocket knife. That’s an amazing experience in itself. That’s what life’s about. Love this
While working at a precondition feedlot we would brand, ear tag and work semi-trailer truck loads of newly purchased weaned yearlings with many having still been bull calves. We tried banding them at times, but would often have issues with tetanus.
We would wind up with several five gallon buckets full of calf fries or “Rocky mountain oysters”.
After cleaning and freezing them, we would slice them up in chunks, bread them in a cornbread batter and deep fry them. Served with season salt, ranch dressing or cocktail sauce, it was really good.
We gave as much away as possible, unfortunately they couldn’t be distributed to restaurants because they were not USDA grade.
It’s interesting how disconnected our culture is to the origins of our food.
Everything just shows up in our grocery store or on our plates in a restaurant.
i grow up as a ranch kid so ya i have and i like them cooked like that and deep fried with egg batter and rize crackers so good both ways
I've spent many a memorial day weekend helping the neighbor do his calves before heading for the grazing permit. At that time in my life, I was the young man that was told to grab a calf and throw it on the ground and hold it while, the more knowledgeable, castrated, branded, dehorned, ear tagged and usually gave them a hormone pellet. At the end of the day, I came home covered in blood, sweat, and cow manure. Feeling totally beat up. One of the older cowboys took the bucket of Rocky Mountain Oysters home or we threw them to the dogs as we cut them out.
My brother lived in Wyoming for a few years (best years of his life!) and discovered Rocky Mountain Oysters.
While living in Fort Worth had them several times, but they were "chicken fried" served with cream gravy and potatoes .
Love this!! I've had them 4x, twice in Bozeman area and twice in Cody. I was impressed, they were good! 😁😋
Made a little different here in Cowtown. CALF FRIES:
Sourdough battered, crispy fried, spicy red sauce or chipotle gravy on the side
Yes sir.... I lived on a dairy farm and at McClura ranch in Ridgway Colorado growing up in the 70's and 80's its a required taste. Make sure you skin them 1st or they get chewy lol. Thanks for the memories Cowboy there are not many of you left out there.
We call them prairie oysters in Saskatchewan But all my friends on the farm/ranch now use Calf rings so it's been many many years since I've had any praire oysters
I tried them for the first time about 7 weeks ago. I was surprised at them. I am no longer afraid of this as a food group. Welcome to Montana...
7:27 my old man keeping it simple. love it!
Yet another excellent production Trinity, thanks for taking us along.
I’ve never had the pleasure. Growing up we would crimp our bull calves, now we band them...
Might just have to rethink that process! I wouldn’t hesitate to try them. I was the only kid in school carrying beef tongue or tail meat in my sandwiches. It was actually pretty fun to gross out the other kids. They never knew what they were missing!
Bless’ns to ya, Tedd
We clean them..split them and flour them b4 we fry them in bacon 🥓 grease.. very tasty 😋
What you said about learning about things. It Requires more than reading a book or watching a documentary...that is so true!!
Years ago I tried them in Texas, the texture reminded me of calamari. Actually thought they were pretty good! I’ve traveled a lot around the world and have tried some pretty adventurous food so the thought of eating it didn’t bother me.
I used to love these, I can’t remember what they taste like it’s been so long since I’ve had any.
If your hungry you will eat anything, and yes I have tried them, some people are just to fussy, a couple of days without food and they would change there minds, thanks for sharing this, it might just open a few peoples eyes.
My grandad was foreman for a ranch here in Oklahoma, so i pretty much grew up horseback. When they got stockers (Angus) they rarely had been castrated, so we would work them all (ear mark, brand, castrate) We would bring them back to his place and he would skin them, grandma would fry em up, so we would have enough for several days for supper and breakfast. He always castrated by sign, said they bled less. He was a Texas native, used to drive horse's up from Texas to Ft Sill that they had sold to the Army. A real cowboys cowboy, watching this made me miss all of that.
They are big here in Florida. They go great with seafood as well. I use lots of Worcestershire Sauce, butter and garlic instead of beer. If u ever had livers, gizzards, giblets or the heart of animal, it’s not much different and cooked about the same. Even if u fry them up.
I’ve never had them before but I’d definitely be willing to try them. I’ve eaten snails, squid, clams, and raw oysters. I’ve found that with the right seasonings and some butter almost anything can taste good.
@2:46 You talk about how to cook bull nuts.
You said, "steam them with beer".
Is that Bud Light beer you steam them with?
Do I have to go all the way to Montana to try Rocky Mtn oysters?..im one for trying new foods and this is definitely up my alley!..I am wondering tho how painful is it for the calves?
Grew up with brandings, and rocky mountain oysters, I like them.
I’ve had them pretty much like you just showed. I have never ordered them in a restaurant before. Maybe next time I get a chance. Great video 👍
I've eaten every part of the animal from a farm community in SA. I'm plantbased now for my own reasons, but I'd encourage people to try these. It tastes different, but it sure is yummy. 😋
Yep! January 1979 Norfolk Nebraska. Going away party. Breaded & fried with a 1/4 keg of Olympia beer. A great new experience.
Years ago, when I lived in Wilsall, they had an annual shindig called the "Testicle Festival". Balls and beer, good times.
Not sure if I could eat these or not. They looked good. Didn't get a chance to see your live video but watched it later. Really enjoyed it. We enjoy all your videos. Liked the reference to Teddy Blue. Read one of his books a few years ago. It was a neat read. We currently live in North Idaho so have been in Montana many times. Favorite places are Yellowstone and Glacier. But Montana in general is beautiful. Somewhat stark in places but there is even a beauty in that. Loved the tour of your house!
I've never had them, but am curious to try. We band our calves.
Fresh from the calf is best. When I was studying to be a vet tech, I had to put in some hours with large animals. I worked at a smaller feedlot in Canyon, TX. They have me all they jobs to do that the guys that really worked there didn't want to do. Stuff like washing out the barns and cleaning lots of, well, you know what.
One day, though, we got a special treat. We had a truck come in with some cattle that had to be processed. These were older calves and some older animals. There were some that needed to be castrated and they said we couldn't have any of the calf fries (that's what we call em here in the panhandle) if we didn't castrate them. So, I did it. Wow! That was an experience. These were bigger animals so we did it in the chute. We had to make the slit and then grab the balls, just right, between our fingers and pull them down before using the cutters to go cut them. It was something I'll never forget! Eating them was a treat, too! I cooked them for my birthday and had all my family together. My 3 nephews were between 8 or 9 and 6. May brother had just recently had a similar experiences to what I did to those bulls! I sliced them long and skinny and fried them in a flour batter and called em chicken wings. My mother knew what we were really having. She loved the whole thing! My nephews came in hungry and I had some that were hot and ready. Those boys ate them up and wanted more! Mother was grinning from ear to ear. (She was raised on a dairy farm. She knew all about this!) I finally told the boys that they were fries and oh! it was hysterical! Only 1 of the 3 kept eating them. I made them promise not to tell their dad and they didn't. He put them on his plate but he hadn't tried them yet. The boys asked him to try these "chicken wings" one took many times and he caught on to something. When they told him what it was, he carefully flicked each one off his plate and said "I'd feel like some sort of a cannibal if I ate those"!
That was the best birthday present I got that year! Playing that prank on the boys and seeing my brother's face when they told him. 🤣😂🤣🍰
I've eaten them before and loved them. Yes, I knew what they were but that didn't spoil the taste for me. BTW my husband cooked them which probably made them better 🤣
I want to try this with my Ram lambs now 😂 how do I season them?
I watched your other video on the castration process as well. Thank you so much for sharing this experience with us. When you think about it, this is probably one of the rarest human experiences.
Try seasoning salt, egg and cracker crumbs. Don't forget to skin them first. Use a real sharp knife, and do it carefully. They are really soft inside until you fry them. I cut them in half the long way to make them thinner. Don't worry about the membrane in the middle. You can't taste it. 😉
Back in the day when I was working in the fine dining part of the hotel, my chef said here try these.....
I am sorry to say I chickened out, he was always doing the 'weird food thing and I would always try what he cooked, but could not bring myself to try this one. To this day I am kicking myself for not tring. Hmm thanks for bring back some fun memories to this old guy.
We were in Cody WY last year and the Irma Hotel fixes those. I wanted to try them but I couldn’t get anyone else to. We are going back this year and I’m definitely going to have some. Big Balls in Cowtown !
Grew up On a farm. Castrated Calves,and pigs, always had a fire for branding and carderizing and throw them right in the edge of the fire and listen for them to pop and hiss, roll them out of the fire brush them off and eat them. Never realized that they was called rocky mountain oysters until I came Out west. What You should really try is stuffed beef heart and beef tongue.
Yeah I really like your page it's really interesting and you give a lot of info back when I was a youngster my grandfather and all of my uncles and auntie would go out and do some branding and we would all be helping we the branding and fixing the fences were they needed to be fixed I miss them days it's been a long time since I have been out to my aunts house that's were we would meet up at her house but I love your channel keep it up I'm going show my Dad your channel I no he going really like it all so
They're the best! Loved the fall brandings and eating them nuts in the Sandhills of Nebraska.!!
I'm going to order some, I've heard good things about them.
I vaguely remember trying them at a branding when I was a kid here in CA. They were much bigger and they butterflied them and bbq'd them. I don't really remember the taste, but remember the texture. Little chewy.
The thing I remember the most is the smell of the raw ones in the bucket. Very distinct smell!
We love them! Some places over cook them and make them tough.
Music in this one was awesome.
Wow, that's a different way to fix 'em. We always had them battered, so I might have to give that recipe a shot. If anyone would like to come try some, there's a "Testicle Festival" every year in June (Father's Day weekend) near Omaha Nebraska. Quite the sight (and taste) if you've never experience them. Just look-up Round the Bend Steakhouse in Ashland, NE. Thanks for sharing and I can't wait to see what's next.
A few years ago when the Sheridan Inn in Wyoming had Rocky Mountain Oysters on their menu and they were pretty good.
Yes I’d like to try some. I will be asking some beef ranchers around here
Back in the 80’s I lived in Oklahoma and 13:31 used to help my future father in law work cattle and part of the reward was the meal afterwards. I think they just called them calf fries and I enjoyed them. I never was squeamish about tying unusual foods and have eaten some strange things.
Deer tentacles are pretty tasty with salt and garlic too
Had them many years ago, they were sliced breaded cooked in butter, didn’t know what they were until after I ate them. Before I ate them they told me it was veal.😂😂
I find this funny because some influencer went to a old ghost town and saw a sign about Oysters, in the mountains. He said miners loved their oysters so much that they'd be transported all the way up into the mountains. Now I wonder if they were not oysters... but... ya... lol
I like ‘em large, sliced and breaded!
My kids used to think they were chicken nuggets. 😉
Never had any but sure, I'd try some.
And when I did have them they were cooked exactly like the video
My oldest won't eat them after he found out they weren't chicken nuggets. He's weird that way, but my middle son loves them fried crispy.
In Saskatchewan we called them prairie oysters.
When I was a youngster working on a farm in England, the men called them Sweetbreads, and would cook them....
Sweetbreads are actually a different gland located in the neck and in the pancreas area of a cow. Different from the rocky mountain oysters. My dad was a butcher and also castrated many bulls. I do remember them being slightly similar in taste with the method we used to cook them.
@@kalanigirl623 I well remember the farmers referring to the castrated testicles as Sweetbreads - I was present when they were doing this, I found it shocking - and I usually carried the bucket back for cooking.
I'm English, maybe it's a cultural difference, and I'm talking about 65 yrs ago..
Could definitely be possible my dear. Was not saying you were wrong... just stating what they were called by the Germans. And that they were two distinctly different organ meats to them. I too helped butcher, wrapped meat, carried in the organs and fried them up. Great memories of a large family feast.
I couldn’t bring myself to even try one, unless I was starving. I grew up on a farm but never were these cooked on it. 13:31
Love me some rocky mnt oysters, tougne,liver,n heart ,possibly some head cheese as well
Haven’t tried testicles. Would love to go to a branding to eat them fresh. In my culture we eat ox tail stew ( rabo encendido). When I go to Miami that’s what I eat at the Versalles restaurant on SW 8 st in Little Havana.
Montana is the state? I wouldn't mind working for a nice family like them. I'm from Oklahoma. Full time rancher with my own moo deer but I ranch for my neighbor who owns 55k acres. I'll tell my story during another one of your video
A lot of people have eaten them and never knew it. Often they are marketed as Steak Fingers.
I loved spring and early summer when all the cows were calving. I love these and we would do em up as soon as they were had. Since we were dealing with some 300-450 cow calf pairs on the first calving, we usually had a least 170-230 bull calves to eradicate. There were times my dad would have me "PREP" them by cutting off the extra vascun and washing them up a bit and putting them in a bag in an ice chest. So we could late have them with a BBQ as a side or redneck horderve. And like some have mentioned it was always fun to see the reaction of the unbaptised farm to table recipient after they made a "to do" over how good these oysters were. Just to find out the only water they ever saw was when mom washed them before breading them. They are best really when nicely cleaned up and breaded with a seasoned rice flour. Truly magnificent...and a great laugh with the unwashed newbie.
Love em...from an Iowa farm girl
I always figured the name came from a cattle drive in the rocky mountain with no food at the moment
Or some ranch hands ran short while watching the pasture in the rocky mountain
Or maybe to the city slickers it looks like rocks lol
Does it have the texture of chicken gizzards? I love eating them.
I would like to try some. Do they taste like fat? Or how would you describe the texture?
Sounds good have had brains from sheep with scrambled eggs.
Dad and I used to have hog brains and scrambled eggs on Sunday morning. My sister's except for one wouldn't even come around the table. I miss those days, for me I'll never be able to recapture those moments, getting really long in the tooth... Gday
Had them cooked the same way.
I was pleased when one farmer only used rubber bands on calves and lambs..
If you bread and fry an oyster they are similar to a Rocky Mountain oyster in shape, taste and texture with a hint of beef thrown in there... lol. My guess is that is why they were named that.
I've never had this... I love deer liver but can't eat beef liver... don't know why. My dad brought home calf brains once... nope, after 45 years, I am not ready to try that again. I do like tongue sandwiches deer heart is good too
I just was able to eat them cooked like that once and man I loved them. Most people bread them and although they are still good they are better in my mind the “cowboy way”. My wife tried some but they were not done so she decided she didn’t like them. Like liver she will cook them for me but still won’t eat them. Y’all havagudun trenity.
Love them any way. Better at the brandin pen though.
Mmmmmmm...Montana Tendergroins
We call them Prairie Oysters here on the prairie.
Just to avoid syllabic congestion: calf fries.😊
If you go to Texas, they are called bull fries😊
Don’t forget the Tobasco. 😋
Delicious when chicken fried .
Had them pretty good
I've had good ones and horrible ones. All depends on how they are cooked.
Hey by the time I got to 1:19, you explained what happen to the men of America.
Brother, where are you?
Bahahahahaha!
what do taste like?
They are yummy😁☕
making me hungry!!
some crabs eat the claws to grow back
Calf fries, Clarendon Texas
yes yes yes
Spurs on the dinner table? 😄
I might try it if I knew i could take out if I didn't like the taste. I like liver so 🤷.
I've ate them for years.
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On our farm will kill our own animals for us. And l think l have tried most parts of them. But we have dogs that need feeding and it is cheaper to feed our dogs the more uncommon cuts such as testicles, the split head of a beast, the shins and hooves and tail. We have to leave them something because they work so hard for us. And they love it. :)
No can eat. Can’t eat liver either unless I were starving.
Rocky mountain oysters are the best yummy to bad there aren't more than two per animal
7:27 😅 no kidding
Do you think cooking BUL NUTS, makes them not BULL NUTS!
SERIOUSLY!
BAHAHAHAHAHA!
Deep fried taste like chicken 😮😊
We make a profit off what our country let's us. It's goat hair, cow milk, horse hair. Horses their self or cattle weights it's self.
It could even be grass yall.
This life isn't ugly tho there is ugly l, but it's beautiful and lovely and its a way of living I love and many others do while your on a 1 acre yard or apartment complex
I don't eat rocky mountain oysters out of sympathy of the bull!