In a message dated 03/16/2000 13:52:22 Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< A mountain oyster is a cooked testicle from one of several large farm
 > animals:  Cattle, Swine, Sheep.  In the west they are Rocky Mountain
 oysters
 > and are either sheep or cattle.  You can cook them several
 ways--basically
 > any way you would prepare any other white meat.  I've eaten all three and
 > find Bull and Boar to be pretty delicate and tender, but easily
 over-cooked.
 > This tends to toughen them a bit.  Sheep (Ram) testicles are foul, IMHO.
 > >>
PETA would be raging up a storm on this.  LOL