Prairie Oysters?


With all the jokes flying like shrapnel on the train, there was one joke that seemed to have been missed.

Given that prairie oysters is a colloquialism for testicles, it seemed that there should have been some joke... a reaction... anything.

But, maybe having such a joke delivered by an African-American actor to a white woman might have been verboten in 1942.

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I think you may be thinking of "Rocky Mountain Oysters", which are, indeed, bull's testicles.

"Prairie Oysters" are, on the other hand, raw eggs in a concoction intended to cure a hangover.

Hope that clarifies things a little.

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That clarifies a lot, actually.

Boy, sometimes you need a dictionary to watch old movies...

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Can refer to either, possibly double entendre in that scene. Recipe for P.O. perfectly awful. If you can stomach that on a hangover, you are tougher than James Bond supposedly was.

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I believe that prairie oysters were a mixture of raw eggs, Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce. It was always drunk "the morning after" as a home remedy for hangovers (Sally Bowles talks about them in the film "Cabaret".)

I've never, EVER heard it used as an expression for testicles, and I certainly doubt it was intended as such, especially since it wouldn't have made any sense in the context of the scene.

You can't bring a 2011 sensibility to a film made 60 years ago.










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hodie wrote:

I've never, EVER heard it used as an expression for testicles,
Okay, but it is.
prairie oystern.1. Slang A drink made from a whole raw egg yolk, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, and pepper that is taken as a palliative for a hangover or as a cure for hiccups.2. Chiefly Western US The testis of a calf, cooked and served as food.https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=prairie+oyster
prai·rie oys·ternounplural noun: prairie oysters 1. a drink made with a raw egg and seasoning, drunk as a cure for a hangover. 2. North American the testicles of a calf cooked and served as food.https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Rocky_Mountain_oysters[quote]
and I certainly doubt it was intended as such, especially since it wouldn't have made any sense in the context of the scene.
Hmmm. I am not so sure in the context of the entire movie.

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I, too, have never heard of any meaning for Prairie Oyster other than, as hode indicated, a hangover remedy involving a raw egg, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce, Jalapeno and/or black pepper.

The American Heritage Dictionary and Wickiwand notwithstanding, Rocky Mountain Oysters, also known as criadillas, have always meant something entirely different from a Prairie Oyster. (In passing, I note the Rocky Mountain Oysters are always plural, while when a speaking of a Prairie Oyster, it is always singular.)

By the way, the next step up from a Prairie Oyster was an Amber Moon, which contained a raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, and, a shot of whisky or vodka.

While the Prairie Oyster acted as a counter-irritant to the hangover, the Amber Moon's beneficial properties worked more along the lines of "the hair of the dog."



*Edit because the dog got lost from "The hair of the."

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wmousie wrote:

I, too, have never heard of any meaning for Prairie Oyster other than, as hode indicated, a hangover remedy involving a raw egg, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce, Jalapeno and/or black pepper.
Okay.
The American Heritage Dictionary and Wickiwand notwithstanding, Rocky Mountain Oysters, also known as criadillas, have always meant something entirely different from a Prairie Oyster.
The AHD notes that usage is chiefly Western. I believe this is a case of regional variation in meaning.

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