Minnesota Testicle Festival Promises People Will (Literally) 'Have A Ball' (VIDEO)

This past weekend, Zumbrota, Minnesota was home to the Minnesota Testicle Festival, an annual event that specializes in...well you get the idea.

The festival, which was billed as a family-friendly event, featured a beer garden, mechanical bull, rodeo, fashion show and a few concerts. The primary draw, however, were the 2,000 pounds of testicles served.

The testicles, which organizers claim looks like a chicken nugget, are cut into 1/4" pieces, beer-battered and fried and served in a french fry container.

Thousands descended on Zumbrota, including two people who flew all the way in from Germany.

Take a look at the hysterical ABC News video below.

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Comments

[life-of-riley]

09:58 AM on 09/23/2010

Last years Minnesota Testicle Festival's testicle eating champion, Mr. Staines, when asked about his chances of winning the competition again this year, said : 'it's in the bag."

[life-of-riley]

09:44 AM on 09/23/2010

Organizers from the MinnesotaTestical Festival suggest 1st. timers try licking them first, before putting the full testicle in your mouth.

[Ravi Abunijad]

11:45 PM on 09/21/2010

Interesting how this got into Chicago News: "The Turkey Testicle Festival" has been a tradition for quite a long time now in Huntley, Illinois (suburb of Chicago). This seems to be the same thing.

[gogogadget]

11:24 PM on 09/21/2010

Never seen some many smiling having balls in their face. Impressive.

[johnnygoodwud]

10:01 PM on 09/20/2010

i doubt these taste like chicken.

[Gavin Saunders]

09:23 PM on 09/20/2010

This is just demeaning and not that far removed from tiger's penis, bear's spleen or whatever it is that some think will improve their sad lives.
If we chose to eat animals we should do it with respectful gratitude not sensationalistic objectification of the poor creatures.
Animals have by far have more dignity than most humans.

[PamperedHousecat]

05:30 PM on 09/20/2010

Hey, Glen Beck says we have a right to eat anything we want...ESPECIALLY if Michelle Obama tries to switch us to carrots!

[SaraNader]

04:36 PM on 09/20/2010

Americans would eat their young, "cut into 1/4" pieces, beer-battered and fried and served in a french fry container."

[Telemachus]

05:39 PM on 09/20/2010

Throw in tax cuts for the rich and you've got yourself a deal!

[tercio]

10:16 PM on 09/20/2010

You're going to flip out, but in the XVI and XVII Spain, the many executed where cut into 1/4 for real and then thrown in the outskirts of the city for the people to see, like a head on a spike I guess. According to Francisco de Quevedo, the pieces were secretly collected and used to make meat pie ("pastel de a ocho") and then sold, and those who had relatives executed by justice, wouldn't dare to eat them. It's a creepy remark, I know, but I was deeply impressed when I found out, many years ago in High School.

[PamperedHousecat]

12:48 AM on 09/21/2010

Was this on the Prairie State Exam?

[CrankyGal]

10:32 PM on 09/21/2010

The original Soylent Green!

[tercio]

12:50 PM on 09/20/2010

I've eaten those in Italy, thin sliced and coated in bread crumb. Bulls have big ones, so you could make a decent steak, many people wouldn't notice.