Testicles : balls in cooking and culture / Blandine Vié ; translated from the French by Giles MacDonogh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vié, Blandine.

Contributor:

MacDonogh, Giles, 1955-

Standardized Title:

Testicules. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Testis--Social aspects.

Testis.

Testis--Folklore.

Gastronomy.

Folklore.

Social aspects.

Medical Subjects:

Testis.

Genre:

Cookbooks.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Devon : Prospect Books, 2011.

Summary:

This humorous and interesting work, originally published in French in 2005, provides a natural history, and cookbook, for testicles of all types. The work explores language, myth and historic meaning surrounding this part of the male anatomy while at the same time providing recipes from around the world for ram, bull and cock testicles prepared in a variety of culinary styles. Other sections of the work address the etymology of euphemistic references to testicles, including relevant literary quotes, and methods of castration and other technical topics. The volume includes several illustrations and is translated into English by Giles MacDonogh, a food writer and historian. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Buying balls in Britain

A testicle to serve as introduction

Mythology : Testicultural foreplay ; A short etymology ; Euphemisms and prudish expressions ; The symbolism of numbers ; Metaphors ; Testicles and virility ; Reproductive organs ; Testes in the kitchen

symbol and myth ; Conclusion ; Words and expressions that feature 'them' ; A load of old bollocks

Method

Recipes

Attributes : a lexicon of human testicular terms.

Notes:

Originally published as "Testicules" in Paris by Les Éditions de l'Épure in 2005.

ISBN:

9781903018835

1903018838

OCLC:

704382764

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