The Bulls Balls
We felt a bit guilty after eating German sausages yesterday lunchtime, so for dinner we went to a traditional Brazilian Churrascaria.
It´s a great concept, you pay a set price and you have unlimited access to a buffet with anything you could ever want, then they bring you fries, rice, polenta and lots of side orders. But that´s not what it´s all about, it´s really about the meat.
A constant stream of waiters parade succulent lamb, beef, sausages, chicken and pork on giant skewers. They carve big pieces off and you pick it up with little tongs and slop it on your plate, the meat is amazing!!!
You have a token which is green on one side and red on the other. When you have the green part facing up it means serve me, and when you flip it to red it means give me a break.
I had my token on green when the waiter offered me 6 little pieces of meat, which I accepted with a smile. Chris declined and stared at my plate very intently.
I thought they might be liver or something, but anyway I am fairly adventurous when it comes to eating, so I cut one in half and was about to put in my mouth when Chris yelled out ¨That´s a testicle!!!¨.
Startled I moved my head away from the fork with a yerk, and stared down at the flap of meat. I´d heard that eating bulls balls was very common in Brazil, and on close inspection it became very obvious that I had six testicles on my plate!!!!
I screwed up my nose in disgust, but then remembered that I have a responsibility to make the blog interesting for you guys. To the background sound of ¨No Way´s¨from Chris I popped it in my mouth, and chewed it as fast as if it was a fish eye and I was competing in ¨I´m a Celebrity get me out of here¨.
To be honest it tasted awfull, very strong flavour, and it had a horrid texture. But I would still eat half a dozen of them over a sip of Durian juice ANY day.
Sam
P.S. The lamb and that was really nice though.
It´s a great concept, you pay a set price and you have unlimited access to a buffet with anything you could ever want, then they bring you fries, rice, polenta and lots of side orders. But that´s not what it´s all about, it´s really about the meat.
A constant stream of waiters parade succulent lamb, beef, sausages, chicken and pork on giant skewers. They carve big pieces off and you pick it up with little tongs and slop it on your plate, the meat is amazing!!!
You have a token which is green on one side and red on the other. When you have the green part facing up it means serve me, and when you flip it to red it means give me a break.
I had my token on green when the waiter offered me 6 little pieces of meat, which I accepted with a smile. Chris declined and stared at my plate very intently.
I thought they might be liver or something, but anyway I am fairly adventurous when it comes to eating, so I cut one in half and was about to put in my mouth when Chris yelled out ¨That´s a testicle!!!¨.
Startled I moved my head away from the fork with a yerk, and stared down at the flap of meat. I´d heard that eating bulls balls was very common in Brazil, and on close inspection it became very obvious that I had six testicles on my plate!!!!
I screwed up my nose in disgust, but then remembered that I have a responsibility to make the blog interesting for you guys. To the background sound of ¨No Way´s¨from Chris I popped it in my mouth, and chewed it as fast as if it was a fish eye and I was competing in ¨I´m a Celebrity get me out of here¨.
To be honest it tasted awfull, very strong flavour, and it had a horrid texture. But I would still eat half a dozen of them over a sip of Durian juice ANY day.
Sam
P.S. The lamb and that was really nice though.
posted by Chris at 6:50 PM
7 Comments:
You go girl - I always knew you had it in you, and now you really HAVE!! Yuk, though.....
who's the weirdo?
anyway sam...you're mad too!! but you've just given everyone in the office a good laugh! x
have you forgotten that they sell them in most of the butchers in spain ... they call them criadilla and you've probably eaten them before in one of your auntie's stews without realising!!!!
So...how did the testicles compare to the snake?
xx
:-o Sam you are crazy! Can't believe you still went through with it even when warned!
Sam,
Do you want us to get some in?
Snake is better than balls Sue, and no thanks to getting them in for when I get back Matt!!
Sam x
P.S. Thought so mum, but then I have eaten so many dubious things in Spain, like brain. Hey that rhymes!
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