What retail names map to Testicles?

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How does Testicles relate to nearby cuts?

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Testicles (Global Beef Cut Guide)

Q: Where is Testicles on the cow?

offal primal — Removed at castration — sold as a standalone cut.

This cut has a dedicated page in the Offal section →

Quick Answer

Testicles (testicles (criadillas/Rocky Mountain Oysters)) is Bull testicles. Sold and prepared as a standalone cut across multiple cultures. Known as criadillas in Spain and Latin America, Rocky Mountain Oysters in the US west, and Prairie Oysters in Canada. Typically peeled, sliced, and deep-fried or grilled. It sits on the offal primal (Removed at castration — sold as a standalone cut).Often compared to Sweetbreads (sweetbreads (thymus/pancreas)).

Use the sections below for country-by-country retail names, translation deep-links, and comparisons—terminology matches the Cutranslator canonical entities (testicles (criadillas/Rocky Mountain Oysters)).

Countries that use it

United States · Canada · Mexico · Panama · Costa Rica · Nicaragua · Honduras · El Salvador · Guatemala · Brazil · Argentina · Chile · Uruguay · Paraguay · Colombia · Venezuela · Peru · Bolivia · Ecuador · France · Germany · Italy · Spain · Portugal · Netherlands · Belgium · United Kingdom · Ireland · Switzerland · Denmark · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Austria · Czech Republic · Slovakia · Hungary · Poland · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia & Herzegovina · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Romania · Bulgaria · Greece · Estonia · Latvia · Lithuania · Belarus · Russia · Ukraine · Turkey · Israel · Egypt · Morocco · Iran · Saudi Arabia · Qatar · UAE · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · China · Japan · South Korea · Taiwan · Indonesia · Malaysia · Philippines · Singapore · Thailand · Vietnam · Australia · New Zealand · South Africa · Botswana · Namibia · Zimbabwe · Kenya · Tanzania · Uganda · Nigeria · Mali · Senegal · Niger · Chad · Burkina Faso · Ethiopia · Kerala · Tamil Nadu · Telangana · Andhra Pradesh · Maharashtra · Goa · Karnataka · Pakistan · Bangladesh · Uttar Pradesh · Punjab · Rajasthan · West Bengal · Central India · Meghalaya · Nagaland · Manipur · Sikkim · Northeast India (Other States) · Ladakh · Jammu & Kashmir · Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand · Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman) · Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep) · Sri Lanka · Nepal · Bhutan · Mongolia · Myanmar

Names by country

United States: Rocky Mountain Oysters
Canada: Prairie Oysters
Argentina: Criadillas
Spain: Criadillas

Common confusions

Often confused with or compared to: Sweetbreads.
Also known as: criadillas, rocky mountain oysters, prairie oysters, huevos de toro, animelles.

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