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Platter of lamb fries

Lamb fries are lamb testicles used as food. Historically they were parboiled, cut in half, and seasoned.[1] Lamb testicles are served in a variety of cuisines, including Italian,[2] Basque,[3] breaded and fried in some barbecue restaurants, Chinese,[4] Caucasian,[5] Persian and Iranian Armenian (called donbalan),[6] and Turkish.[7] The dish is rarely served at restaurants in the United States, but can occasionally be found at Iranian restaurants.[6]

Lamb fries, often served in a cream gravy, are a traditional dish in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky.[8]

In the film Funny Farm, the main character, Andy Farmer (Chevy Chase), breaks a local record by eating thirty lamb fries, only to discover what they actually were and spit the thirty-first out in revulsion.

See also

References

  1. ^ The Encyclopedia of Food and Beverage by Artemas Ward New York, 1911
  2. ^ "Canary Chicken House - CLOSED - West Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA". Yelp. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. ^ Brown, Patricia Leigh. "Delicacy of the Wild West Lives on for Those So Bold". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Chowhound (13 October 2005). "Best Kung Pao Lamb Testicles in New York - Restaurants - Outer Boroughs".
  5. ^ "zakusochnaya.com". Zakusochnaya.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  6. ^ a b "Two food writers eat at all the Persian restaurants in SoCal (OK, 18 of them)". LA Times.
  7. ^ "Dinner Menu". Archived from the original on 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
  8. ^ Alvey, R. Gerald. Kentucky Bluegrass Country. University Press of Mississippi, 1992.