Bleu Ball Pizza Upsets Female Diner

**Dakota Valkyrie** · February 20th, 2012, 10:47 AM

A trip to a Carytown restaurant left one woman with a bit of a bad taste in her mouth.

Dorsey McFadden said she is usually adventuresome when it comes to trying new foods, but that she got more than she bargained for after ordering the bleu ball pizza at BlowToad.

“It had a funny name but didn’t think too much about it. Later, I came to find out that the steak was bull testicles,” said McFadden.

She admits she didn’t specifically ask what was in the pizza, but when she saw the words swing steak listed on the menu, she didn’t imagine that her topping would be coming from that part of the bull.

“I was more astonished that they wouldn’t just tell you," explained McFadden. "It’s not a question of allergies for me, but it’s a question of full disclosure. Certainly I think there are some people who for religious reasons or personal reasons just wouldn’t want to eat that.”

However, she said when she asked the waiter about the name, he chuckled and said their staff came up with the name together and just thought it was appropriate.

In addition, McFadden said the waiter never explained to her that the swing steak on the menu is poached bull testicles.

“I found out later through some friends that went there and ate the pizza and then found out what it was. Also, there are people on Twitter talking about it and that’s how I found out that I wasn’t the only one,” McFadden added.

BlowToad's General Manager Chris Simons said he understand McFadden's concern.

"We do put on the menu that it’s swing steak. That’s another name generally used for it," said Simons. "We definitely put the burden of explaining on our servers as opposed to the menu. We don’t try to purposely hide it, though.”

Simmons also said n fact, he said when they were creating the menu and researching how other establishments prepared bull testicles, they learned it is the most popular dish at Bronco Stadium in Denver.

In fact, simons said the pizza is one of BlowToad’s most popular dishes.

“It’s a great flavor. It does create a buzz when our servers explain what it is. People ask about it and we even send out samples to their tables and they try it. It’s mental for some people. If they can get past the mental aspect of it, the flavor is fantastic,” added Simons.
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“I think everything else was good about the restaurant," said McFadden. "The beers were excellent. The waiters were good. I just want to know what I’m eating. They weren’t saying what part of the animal it was. I don’t think they were trying to be dishonest, but I do think it was misleading.”

The next time McFadden is in a restaurant, she said she will ask more questions.

http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-blowto...,7330539.story

**Valasca** · February 20th, 2012, 01:49 PM

Whatever. She should have asked.
Whiny bitch.

**cubby** · February 20th, 2012, 03:59 PM

Really? I think that if you eat something and don't have to visit the ER after eating it and don't find out until later that you've eaten something you think is gross (after the fact, that is!) then I would just chalk it up to my stupidity and leave it at that and don't order it again. The End!

**nopatience** · February 20th, 2012, 04:05 PM

I just want to know what I’m eating.

And asking that very question was too difficult?! If someone doesn't know exactly what they are eating but doesn't question it ahead of time, then they deserve to eat bull balls!

**CbabyRKO** · February 20th, 2012, 05:25 PM

Im actually with her on this ONLY becoz who thinks to ask am I eating testicle? I mean just about every menu at every restaurant lets you know what exactly is in your food. You know why they don't specifically put bull penis on there coz no one would order it. They should have just fessed up a head of time as too what "swing steak" meant exactly coz I'm sure she had to have asked. That server was a douchebag imo.
This reminds me of when I was in 6th grade and for out Cinco de Mayo party this kid named Stephen his mom made lengua which is cow tongue. He didn't tell us until someone specifically asked what exactly it was we were eating. I kept eating it coz it was good lol but there were some who threw theres down coz like the guy said it is a mental thing.

**cubby** · February 20th, 2012, 05:39 PM

I agree if I found out what it was WHILE I was eating it I might say something or stop eating it, but days later and nothing happened like an ER visit for bull testicle poisoning I would put it down to me not asking the right question and I damn sure would know the right question next time. I guess it's the ol' learning curve in action.

Just FYI I wouldn't have wanted to eat it. My old uncle used to say that when he was a kid that they ate everything on a pig except the squeal and only because they couldn't catch it. Doesn't mean I want that stuff either.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · February 20th, 2012, 05:53 PM

Like the manager said, it's a mental thing. People eat testicles all the time and seem to enjoy them. The pizza made the menu and gets ordered.

If I ate something and didn't know what was in it and enjoyed it, I'd be happy to discover something new. I've discovered some absolute delights that way. Granted, I've never been able to get over the mental part of some foods... like testicles, raw oysters, or turtle... but many folks enjoy those foods. Maybe if someone snuck 'em to me and they were VERY good, I'd get over it. Sure wouldn't be on the news about it, though.

**biteme** · February 20th, 2012, 06:06 PM

C'mon folks seriously, is it really a big deal?
You've never had rocky mountain oysters?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_oysters
Rocky Mountain oysters are bull calf testicles used as food.
They are often deep-fried after being peeled, coated in flour, pepper and salt, and sometimes pounded flat. This delicacy is most often served as an appetizer[1] with a cocktail sauce dip.
[edit]North America
It is a well-known novelty dish in parts of the American West and Western Canada where cattle ranching is prevalent and castration of young animals is common ("prairie oysters" is the preferred name in Canada, where they may be served in a demi-glace, not deep-fried).[2] In Oklahoma and North Texas, they are sometimes called calf fries

http://www.ifoce.com/contests.php?ac...il&eventID=381
The shirt backs read "Yes, they are. And yes, we eat them." A fitting summation of the Rocky Mountain Oyster Eating World Championship at the Isle and Lady Luck Casinos in Black Hawk, CO. The contest featured a star-studded field of Major League Eaters including five of the top-10 eaters in the world.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · February 20th, 2012, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by biteme

C'mon folks seriously, is it really a big deal?

Not really... it's more about how the stupid woman ate something without complaint and later complained about it. I wouldn't have needed an explanation of the ingredient after seeing the name "Bleu Balls" made of "swinging steak".

**TheMorningStar** · February 20th, 2012, 06:23 PM

Has this person ever eaten sausage? If so, can I be the one to tell her what it is made of?

**Dakota Valkyrie** · February 20th, 2012, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by TheMorningStar

Has this person ever eaten sausage? If so, can I be the one to tell her what it is made of?

Or read the Federal regulations that say how much insect parts and rodent hair/feces is allowable in food?

Fill her in on that when you tell her about sausage.

**nopatience** · February 20th, 2012, 06:55 PM

Has this person ever eaten sausage? If so, can I be the one to tell her what it is made of?

Or read the Federal regulations that say how much insect parts and rodent hair/feces is allowable in food?

I REALLY shouldn't read this site right after dinner...

**Obsolete** · February 20th, 2012, 06:58 PM

I would be more offended by the presence of bleu cheese in my food than the bull nuts.

**malq** · February 20th, 2012, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by Dakota Valkyrie

Or read the Federal regulations that say how much insect parts and rodent hair/feces is allowable in food?

Fill her in on that when you tell her about sausage.

Haha, I worked at Del Monte tomato plant where they made ketchup when I was in high school.
There are 3 kinds of tomatoes, market, stew/canned, and everything else goes to ketchup. It is not red, it is brown and rotten. It stinks and has all kinda of dirt and bugs in it. Sterilize it, add sugar and food coloring, good enough for the queen.

**thehesbomb** · February 20th, 2012, 08:14 PM

People eat testicles all the time and seem to enjoy them.

I only pretend to enjoy it and I do it for my husband's sake.

**MotherManderkin** · February 20th, 2012, 10:02 PM

Um well... I'd rather eat the Bleu Balls than the urine soaked eggs from the other story.

**Deja** · February 20th, 2012, 11:04 PM

I think this phrase bothered me more than anything else in the story -
"... peeled, coated in flour, pepper and salt, and sometimes pounded flat.'

Well, that and @malq's ketchup info. My friend used to say hot dogs and sausages are made from 'lips and assholes, baby - lips and assholes!' But he said it while we were cooking sausages, so I guess you can put your brain on hold for the sake of a great meal!

**malq** · February 20th, 2012, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by Deja

I think this phrase bothered me more than anything else in the story -
"... peeled, coated in flour, pepper and salt, and sometimes pounded flat.'

Well, that and @malq's ketchup info. My friend used to say hot dogs and sausages are made from 'lips and assholes, baby - lips and assholes!' But he said it while we were cooking sausages, so I guess you can put your brain on hold for the sake of a great meal!

I don't know what the big deal is, we eat Vagina Paillard. MMMmmm

**Deja** · February 20th, 2012, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by malq

I don't know what the big deal is, we eat Vagina Paillard. MMMmmm

Who's "we"? You and the chick in the picture?

**VAS1326** · February 21st, 2012, 12:04 AM

However, she said when she asked the waiter about the name, he chuckled and said their staff came up with the name together and just thought it was appropriate.

In addition, McFadden said the waiter never explained to her that the swing steak on the menu is poached bull testicles.

Am I the only one who read this line? She did ask. The server was not direct in telling her. Obviously she asked because she did not know. I think he should have actually told her what it was. I never heard the term swing steak and would assume it was a form of steak. I don't think I would have thought to ask if it was testicles either.

**malq** · February 21st, 2012, 12:05 AM

Originally Posted by Deja

Who's "we"? You and the chick in the picture?

Nooo that's my buddies grandmother. Those Asians look young for their age, and they, ahem , start young.

**Silvahalo** · February 21st, 2012, 01:21 AM

I've eaten "swinging steak". tasty really. Kinda like blue balls. :p

**AngelFire** · February 21st, 2012, 02:37 PM

This is stupid. Overly sensitive bitch. She placed the damn order. The same way she opened her mouth to order it, she could have very well asked what the "Bleu balls" were. Instead she chose to eat it and then whine like a bitch.

Shut the fuck up and eat some more maybe then you will quit your whiney shit.

My sister once went in to a Chinese Food place and ordered what she thought was Broccoli Beef, only to come home and see that hours after she went to the Chinese Food place it was raided for serving up Broccoli Chihuahua. Now that is something to complain about!

**Marv** · February 22nd, 2012, 05:38 AM

Originally Posted by VAS1326

Am I the only one who read this line? She did ask. The server was not direct in telling her. Obviously she asked because she did not know. I think he should have actually told her what it was. I never heard the term swing steak and would assume it was a form of steak. I don't think I would have thought to ask if it was testicles either.

She asked about the name, but did she specifically ask about the ingredients? If she didn't know what 'swinging steak' was then she should have said ''what's swinging steak? I've never heard of it before''. The pizza was called 'Bleu Ball', it had 'swinging steak' listed as an ingredient, and when she asked about the name the waiter ''chuckled and said their staff came up with the name together and just thought it was appropriate.'' And still she didn't twig? I'm with @nopatience , people that stupid deserve to eat bull balls, ha ha!

And dammit @malq ! Stop putting that fucking picture on here or I'll kick your ass! It grosses me out!

**gee** · February 27th, 2012, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by thehesbomb

I only pretend to enjoy it and I do it for my husband's sake.

Pizza+Bull Balls=Teabagging while eating pizza Whats the problem

**biteme** · February 27th, 2012, 05:37 PM

Like it's been pointed out could've been much worse, she could've ordered the sausage pizza

**TheLittleFriend** · February 27th, 2012, 08:43 PM

If it sound or look funny, don't order. She just wanted attention.

**Gidget** · February 27th, 2012, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by Dakota Valkyrie

Not really... it's more about how the stupid woman ate something without complaint and later complained about it. I wouldn't have needed an explanation of the ingredient after seeing the name "Bleu Balls" made of "swinging steak".

Ditto. I've always heard them called "Rocky Mountain Oysters" but I figured it out pretty quickly.