Hundreds Line Up For Sheep Testicles In Nevada

Hundreds of people waited in lines for up to an hour in Virginia City, Nevada for a chance to taste something different at the 16th annual Mountain Oyster Fry.

What was so special? Servers at five booths dispensed about 130 pounds of "fried oysters", better known as sheep testicles, at the event in this mining town southeast of Reno.

Visitors gave mixed reviews to the tiny morsels, which you could have fried, barbecued, stuffed, or ground up and sauteed.

"People think, `Oh sheep testicles, gross,' but it was pretty good", said one person.

One of the servers, Shauna Reese, said: "We try to get families from all over to try them, but they're all `nuh-uh'... It's just another tender meat".

Reese says among other things, the versatile meat is being used in their tacos and sloppy Joes.

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