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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Serbia using testicle cooking competition to lure tourists

TOURISM chiefs in Serbia are hoping their annual testicle cooking competition will do for the region what whisky did for Scotland. 


(News.com.au) The Testicle Cooking World Championship in Ozrem takes place for the seventh time this year and is open to cooks from all over the world.

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.
Organisers admit they rarely get chefs from abroad, but they are hoping the festival will start to attract international visitors to sample the food.

"The importance of a recognisable brand to sell a region cannot be underestimated,'' festival organiser Ivo Mokovich said.

"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.''

The cooking contest starts on August 27.

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