I bet you didn’t know there was such a thing as a world testicle cooking championship.  It takes place in Ozrem, Serbia each year.  I bet that’s a damn exciting place – if that is the highlight of the year.

While it is open to cooks from all over the world, organisers admit that it so far hasn’t attracted many chefs from overseas.  That could just be because normal people in most countries don’t view animal balls as eating material.

Dishes, said to have aphrodisiac qualities, are made from the testicles of animals including bull, wild boar, horse, shark, ostrich, kangaroo, donkey, turkey, goat, reindeer and elk.

Serbian tourist officials are hoping that the competition will boost the tourism potential of the area.  Led by the balls. Festival organiser Ivo Mokovich said:

"The importance of a recognisable brand to sell a region cannot be underestimated,”

"Look at how many people go to Scotland because of the whisky or how many people know Switzerland because of their cheese and chocolate.”

"We are now hoping that the many famous and varied dishes that we have created in the region will become world-famous.”

Sure, I’ll go to Serbia to chow down on sheep’s balls as opposed to going to Scotland to sample scotch or Switzerland to eat cheese and chocolate.  Yummy!

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