Testicle festival

A testicle festival is an event held at several small towns where the featured activity is the consumption of animal testicles, usually battered and fried.[1]

A visitor consuming a deep-fried testicle at the Tiro Testicle Festival

The oldest of such festivals takes place in Byron, Illinois, US,[2] and features turkey testicles. Similar festivals in the US are held in Deerfield, Michigan; Olean, Missouri; Tiro, Ohio; Oakdale, California; Ashland, Nebraska; Huntley, Illinois; Stillwater, Oklahoma;[3] Salmon, Idaho;[4] Clinton, Montana; Dundas, Wisconsin, LaValle, Wisconsin, and Bentonville, Arkansas,[5] some of which feature Rocky mountain oysters (cattle testicles).[6][7] The Montana State Society has held an annual Rocky Mountain Oyster Festival in Clinton, Montana, since 2005.[8]

Every year in September the villages of Ozrem and Lunjevica in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, host the World Gonad Cooking Championship.[9] The festival serves up a variety of testicles, including wildlife. It also gives awards for "ballsy" newsmakers. U.S. President Barack Obama and pilot Chesley Sullenberger won awards in 2010.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Turkey Testicle Festival draws crowd to Huntley". DailyHerald.com. November 24, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  2. "Turkey Testicle Festival". 2camels.com. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  3. "Tumbleweed Dance Hall". calffry.com. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  4. http://salmonidaho.com/calendar.html?btn=showe&event_id=9243&calendar_id=4
  5. "Testicle Festival, Bentonville". BK Promotions. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  6. "Diners can 'have a ball' at testicle festival". msnbc.com. March 28, 2009.
  7. Offer 'foodies' something new to boost tourism, expert says Archived September 4, 2012, at archive.today
  8. "This Year's Testicle Festival Theme: 'A Royal Ball'". ARLnow.com. April 30, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  9. "Ballcup.com". www.ballcup.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012.
  10. "Chefs compete at World Testicle Cooking Championship". August 29, 2010 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
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