Food Alphabet
Animal testes: useful properties of animal testes
Testes of various animals (sheep, bull, pig) in cooking, they refer to the entrails and are considered as an edible part of the carcass. In the old days in Central Europe, testicles were considered a common dish, whereas today they are quite rarely included in the menu of restaurants, cafes and home cooking.
Since most cattle breeders castrated animals in the spring, the testicles of a bull or ram were roasted or grilled most often at this time of year. English cookbooks of the 17th-19th centuries. they contain many recipes for cooking lamb testicles, including fricassee. There are also recipes describing the peculiarities of preparing the testicles of a rooster, which is fed after castration as a capon.
Animal testes: useful properties of animal testes
Since most cattle breeders castrated animals in the spring, the testicles of a bull or ram were roasted or grilled most often at this time of year. English cookbooks of the 17th-19th centuries. they contain many recipes for cooking lamb testicles, including fricassee. There are also recipes describing the peculiarities of preparing the testicles of a rooster, which is fed after castration as a capon.
