Ok, turkeys don't have the same sort of sex organs mammals have, they are tucked up inside, and I don't know that it would be something I'd want to eat. I think it's a hoax.

That idea briefly occurred to me... what kind of testicles do turkeys have? I considered doing a google search for 'turkey testicles' to see what might come up, but then thought better of it.

I have parakeets, a conure, and a cockatoo. There are slight differences between parrots and foul, but I can tell you there are no outward signs of "organs".
Happy thanksgiving and pass the turkey nuts.

Here we go. One of my wife's colleagues found this for me on Medline:

Anatomy of the Corpus vasculare paracloacale of the male turkey.

Knight CE, Bakst MR, Cecil HC.

The copulatory apparatus of the male turkey consists of two parts: the Phallus nonprotrudens, composed of the paired Corpora phallica lateralia and Plicae lymphaticae, and the paired Corpora vascularia paracloacalia. The Corpus vasculare paracloacale receives its vascular supply and drainage from the Arteria (A.) and Vena (V.) pudenda interna, respectively, and its innervation from the Nervus pudendus internus. During sexual stimulation lymph produced in the Corpora vascularia paracloacalia rapidly flows through the lymph sinuses into larger lymph channels located in the Phallus nonprotrudens producing tumescence. With detumescence, the lymph flows cranially from Phallus nonprotrudens into the Vasa lymphatica pudenda interna, which parallels the A. and V. pudenda interna.

This IS why I keep coming back to museum of hoaxes! I love it

Well, that was certainly more than I wanted to know about a turkey's private parts.
Anyway, some of the more down-home type cafes have this item (male turkeys' whatevers) on the menu, generally fried. They usually call this dish "turkey fries," analogous to lamb fries or calf fries, which are about what you'd think.

Well, everybody, I don't know much about turkeys specifically, but I do know that castrating chickens used to be a very common practice in US. I raise quite a few chickens every year to show and eat and I have castrated them before(they get bigger on the same amount of feed). I am also pretty sure that your giblets in your Thanksgiving turkey don't have testicals. I would bet it would be easy to get them from about any processing plant. Oh, and just guessing by the size of a chicken's (which I have certainly never eaten), but I bet they are big enough to eat if you really, really wanted to. Although it seems this is more of a fun event than anything else, I would say, that they might just have a few Buttered Balls at this festival.

Well, I ventured where Alex dared not... and, among the 421 sites referring to 'turkey testicles' as such found one with this wonderful quote:

'Turkey testicles, on the other hand, are "the Rolls-Royce of the
testicle world" '.

It would appear that eating TTs really is, if not commonplace, at least not merely an odd perversion limited to the more obsure Internet paysites. Shaul Mutzafi restaurant in Tel Aviv, for example, certainly has it on the menu - and nothing in this review (http://tinyurl.com/5pjhk) suggests it's listed as a novelty food:

'...if you like turkey testicles, this is a good place to eat them.'

Turkey testicles are also mentiomned - according to this review http://themodernist.com/terminal3/cuisine.html - in 'Unmentionable Cuisine' by Calvin Schwaber; apparently they're good in margueritas:

'...express the organ from its membrane by squeezing it as one would peel a Concord grape.'

There. If that doesn't satisfy the curious...

Turkey testicles may be "unmentionable," but at least they're kosher (apparently).

I think you're supposed to eat the turkey testes WITH margaritas, not IN margaritas.

The book review Paul in Prague mentions is very interesting. Go to it if you want to read about things like sow's nipples stuffed with sea urchin gonads (and who doesn't want to read about sow's nipples stuffed with sea urchin gonads?). There are also a variety of puppy-meat recipes briefly outlined.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

F. McLintock's restaurant in Shell Beach California serves up over 15,000 pounds of 'Turkey Nuts' annually!

To add to featherhead's comment: anything specific on turkey testicles is hard to find on the Web, but there are some reprints of folksy guides to caponizing chickens. Presumably turkey testicles have a similar location: internal, up near the kidneys.

Howdy! My wife and I annually attend the locally infamous Sierra Valley Turkey Testical Festival held at the Sierra Valley Lodge in Calpine, California (Oct. 6th, this year) which is definitely NOT a hoax. Of course it's intended to be outrageous, but it's also great small mountain-town fun, drawing perhaps 200 people (including many families with young kids, and a healthy number of well-behaved Harley riders).

The lodge's cook (formerly a San Francisco gourmet restaurant chef) also prepares several deep fried whole turkeys and plenty of top-notch side dishes, but we pretty much stick to the nuttier end of the menu. About 2" long, the organs in question are prepared several ways: sauteed; marinated and stir-fried; and dipped in buttermilk and flour then deep-fried. Five or six dipping sauces are set out such as soy sauce, sweet-and-sour, cocktail sauce, jelly or marmalade-based dips, and the ever-ubiquitous Ranch dressing.

A couple of local country and blues bands perform outside on the large eating deck. Special games are set up such as a "turkey nut toss" (using appropriately shaped little bean bags tossed through a miniature netted hoop positioned where it counts on a humiliated-looking painted turkey board), a turkey-calling contest, and so on.

We like these little nuggets so much that our freezer contains about 15 lbs. of Foster Farms' best (frozen in water), a special treat that might show up on the plank table in our log home if you ever get up here in the woods to visit and we take a liking to you!

I've been to this festival a couple of times, they taste good. They're real Turkey testicles, they have them raw so you can see'em if you want, otherwise they're served deep fried and pretty tastey. My parents now live in Byron IL, which is why I've been there a couple times.

Good stuff, ya wimps.

Festival is always good to have and celebrate it with joy. And this turkey festival is very few for me and i have no idea what does people to on the eve of this festival. Can anyone just explain what does people actually do.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE ARE THE TESTICLES? CAN I SEE THEM IF I LOOK FOR THEM?

In the late 60's I ate turkey fries a number of times in Abe's Restaurant here in Shreveport, LA. They were fried and delicious. Abe retired and the restaurant has since closed. Fuchsia

How long do you deep fry, turkey fries?

A have a questions for you, I was told that the turkey testicoles are located under the wings. Is that true? If so where is the male member located

I attended the turkey testicle event this year and have the photos to prove it. They have the texture of fried clam bellies and taste like chicken. They would have been better with salt and hot sauce

I'm originally from KS and went to college in OK. I've have turkey fries several times. If you like calf fries, you'll love turkey fries!

Hey, You guys should come! It is a great time! I wish I could up load pix and show you what we ate. They dish out 700lb. It will be in August next year, 2011. So we don't freeze our nuts off!

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