Nuts …..

By Uncle Hans

I have blogged before about the long winter in Wisconsin and the strange things we do to combat winter fatigue.  Yesterday we went to three events.  One was a fishing contest at the neighborhood bar.  Pretty common.  Then we went to an event combining airplanes on skis' and antique snowmobiles.  Interesting, but small.  It is in it's first year.  The last festival was the ultimate excuse to get out of the house and fight cabin fever...........

....Yes.   You are reading the sign correctly.  A friend of ours has a large "ranch" on which he raises, of all things, long-horned cattle. He has to "convert" all the bulls born each year to steers.  Bluntly put, this involves castration (which will NOT be shown on this blog, but maybe later).  This results in a large number of testicles.

      Naturally, combining a very bored and frozen populace, with a large number of testicles, and one deep fat fryer, and, PRESTO, you have a festival.

     Like all, festivals here, it all starts with beer, preferable a keg.................

....................the testicles are sliced and battered in preparation..............

...then they go into the fryer.....

.........this shows the fried vs the raw testicles...............

.......they are not bad, kinda like a tasteless chicken nugget.............

...............a little sauce helps the flavor along.............

............the event is in a garage, complete with tools and a refrigerator like all garages...........

.....eventually, with beer pressure and peer pressure, I got Renee to try one.............

.....She made a funny face, looked around, quietly spit it back into the napkin, and headed for the door.

     Thus ends my blog on the Testicle Festival.............

By Uncle Hans