Cooking with Balls

Posted by Alex in Food & Drinks on October 2, 2008 at 2:42 pm


Chef Ljubomir Erovic of Serbia has published the world’s first cookbook on cooking with balls.

No, he didn’t mean that figuratively (like how to cook boldly or anything like that). He meant cooking testicles!

The Testicle Cookbook – Cooking With Balls includes author Ljubomir Erovic’s favourite dishes, like testicle pizza and battered testicles.

The e-book, available for download, comes with handy video guides showing the Serb peeling the skin off testicles and slicing them up into bite-size chunks.

The ingredients for his testicle pizza recipe include cheese, onion, pepper, bacon and bull’s testicles. "It’s Italian pizza with Serbian balls", explains Erovic. The book also contains more cordon bleu recipes, such as calf testicles in wine and testicles with bourgignon sauce.

"The tastiest testicles in my opinion probably come from bulls, stallions or ostriches, although other people have their own favourites," he said. "All testicles can be eaten – except human, of course."

Link | The e-book at Yudu | Sample pages, with embedded video clips

Here’s the free sample (with video clips): Link


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27 comments to "Cooking with Balls"

  1. CheeseDuck
    October 2nd, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    Why can't human testes be eaten? Are they poisonous?

  2. Kaz
    October 2nd, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    Just reading makes 'em hurt...

  3. Lasse
    October 2nd, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    This is so wrong! We can't let this happen.

  4. Craig
    October 2nd, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    That's Nuts!!!

  5. ImNoMrNiceGuy
    October 2nd, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    "battered testicles", owwweeee

  6. Johnny Cat
    October 2nd, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    Mmmm...Heart-Shaped Turkey Testicles. Valentine's Day dinner! The video of him peeling them is actually quite neat.

  7. SparklingBlue
    October 2nd, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    ::runs to closest bathroom and throws up::

  8. Kate
    October 2nd, 2008 at 5:18 pm

    I don't see why people are getting spooked about eating a different piece of the same animal they'd normally eat. I guess it's the same fear that people have over organ meats. I don't understand it.

    I'm from Calgary, Alberta, in the heartland of Canadian ranch country, and beef testicles are very common. When a calf is old enough to be branded and de-horned and if it is meant to become a steer instead of a bull, it gets castrated. The nuts aren't left to go to waste, they get chucked into a pail of ice and are grilled for a post-branding snack. In Calgary itself we have the annual Testicle Festival, where we serve breaded deep fried calf testicles, also known as prairie oysters.

    I'm quite fond of prairie oysters myself, I find them similar in texture to liver, but much lighter in colour. My favourite place serves 'em with curry sauce! Yum.

  9. JamesB
    October 2nd, 2008 at 6:09 pm

    Lol Craig, your comment made me crack up!
    When I was in Australia a common tourist item for sale was a pair of actual stuffed kangaroo testicles with a bottle opener on top.

  10. choggie
    October 2nd, 2008 at 8:32 pm

    uhhhhh, no one answered CheeseDuck yet. ...whatterya skeeeert?

  11. Courageous Grace
    October 2nd, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    My grandmother has a cane made out of bovine testes. It's a very beautiful translucent amber color and looks like a gnarled twisted piece of driftwood. The only man (besides the one who gave it to her) I know who has ever been able to hold it and not throw it across the room the moment they discovered what it is was my husband.

    An ex boyfriend of mine actually ran screaming out of the house. Chicken.

  12. Yosh
    October 2nd, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    I like my balls raw, thank you.

  13. Miss Cellania
    October 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    Cheeseduck, the only reason they can't be eaten is because cannibalism is illegal. What's really weird about this is that you are eating a part of an animal that is still alive.

  14. Thomas
    October 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 pm

    Doesn't anyone watch Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern? I didn't even flinch when I heard about this. That man puts more balls in his mouth than the village people.

  15. LisaL
    October 2nd, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    Kate... it's the same reason why some people think eating squid is gross, or eating chitlens is gross.
    Just b/c you enjoy eating nuts doesn't make others weird b/c they think it's odd. :P

    Anywho... if people want to grill/fry/boil, whatever some balls, more power to ya.

    I could say something pretty crude right now... something about fiance and yeah... but I'll just keep that to myself heh.

    No cooked animal nuts for me *passes the plate along*

  16. Christophe
    October 2nd, 2008 at 11:31 pm

    So Cheeseduck one day meet a friend, and this friend invits him in a new Spanish restaurant. "Let me order for you their special" the friend says. The waiter comes and bring a huge ball. The meat is delicious, juicy, tender, like nothing Cheeseduck has ever tasted. "well, tell me what it is!" he says. The friend answers : "see, in Spain they have bull fights, and this is a fighting bull testicle".
    Cheeseduck was surprised, but so pleased that he decided to bring his wife there over the week-end : "you'll see it's amazing, I've never eaten a meat so delicious, it was so big I had a hard time finishing it!"
    So, they go to the restaurant and pass his order. The waiter comes and in the plate there only one disapointing tiny ball. Cheeseduck quickly calls back the waiter ; "excuse me, there must have been a problem, I was there earlier this week, and the serving was much bigger"
    "Ah, mister, in bull fighting, it's not always the bull that loses"

    ;)

  17. Lasse
    October 3rd, 2008 at 12:44 am

    We as males must stand together to stop this madness.

  18. mustardhamsters
    October 3rd, 2008 at 1:09 am

    You never make 'em touch.

  19. sdfsgtesfwegjylpoij
    October 3rd, 2008 at 2:25 am

    I've never eaten them however the thought makes me cringe. The title is also out of line. Don't the French have a nice sophisticated sounding word he could have used instead? There will never be a book titled "cooking tits" about how to prepare udders because the feminists would go on the rampage. Males deserve the same respect and consideration as females.

  20. tytreuyufjsrge
    October 3rd, 2008 at 2:31 am

    For those who eat those things...would you have oral sex with bull and swallow it's ejaculate? No? What's the difference?

  21. gl3nk
    October 3rd, 2008 at 10:01 am

    This is sick. How soon until we begin seeing McNut sandwiches on a McDonalds menu... or TV cooking specials like: "Have a Ball with Baking Balls".

    I don't eat fast food; However, I imagine that a McNut sandwich would likely be the most delicious item on the McDonalds menu. You'll still get the McShits, though.

  22. Thomas
    October 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 am

    The vast majority of cultures see no point in killing an animal and throwing any of it away. Just because you hold sentimental feelings toward your balls doesn't mean balls aren't nutritious and delicious. Now, I've never had the opportunity to eat cooked balls before, but I'd probably try them, as I have heard that they're pretty good.

  23. Granturista
    October 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    Nutorama!
    Italian pizza with Serbian balls?
    I'm so proud of this cultural exchange.

  24. Alex
    October 3rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    Hahahaha Christophe!

  25. astrodex
    October 3rd, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    To tytreuyufjsrge:

    Does that mean it's okay for me to eat human testicles?

  26. Pinciano
    October 5th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    In Spain, the bull's balls are called "criadillas". Many people like it, buy I can´t eat it because of their taste. I prefer tongues or faces of the animals (pigs, beef). They taste delicious.

  27. simba
    November 6th, 2008 at 5:06 am

    Fantastic site !
    I realy love it and think it`s realy useful !
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