By Tamara McLean
From: AAP
February 18, 2011 12:07PM
FORGET pig's snout and ram's testicles.
In the world of extreme food, shots of stallion semen are the treat du jour - across the Tasman at least.
Our Kiwi neighbour will be serving up glasses of horse semen at its famed Hokitika Wildfoods festival next month, a "delicacy" that racehorse owner Lindsay Kerslake says will have extreme foodies "raring to go".
"Horses are pure testosterone you know. They have hardly any cholesterol, so the idea is you knock it back and feel like a stallion yourself," Mr Kerslake, of Christchurch, said.
"You'll have as much zizz as a stallion for a week afterwards."
The NZ$10 shots won't be for the faint-hearted.
Even the organiser of the edgy festival, Mike Keenan, said he wouldn't be letting the drink pass his lips.
"God no, it's definitely not to my taste, but you'll be shocked how many people will go for it," he said.
The keenest will be able to drink it au naturel, but the shots will also be available in cherry, licorice and banoffee pie flavours.
"You often hear from a female perspective that semen has an awful alkaline taste, so we thought we'd better make it more user-friendly. Think of it like a milkshake," said Mr Kerslake, who is yet to sample the delight himself.
"And it's all safe - we're getting the semen in the same way breeders do, using an artificial vagina and storing it in the formula they use."
The drink, to be served up by women brandishing riding whips, will be washed down with a chaser similar to Red Bull but more aptly named "Powerhorse".
On the science, Mr Kerslake is vague.
"We're pretty confident tests will explain how and why it makes you feel so good, but that's still being worked on."
Regardless, he's confident he'll have Kiwis lining up - "there's a lot of nutters over here game for anything you know" - and he reckons he could tempt Aussies into giving it a go too.
"You tend to love our racehorses so why not their product," he said with a laugh.
The festival proudly promotes itself as the the most "outrageous food experience" in New Zealand, a claim that won it a place in Frommer's top 300 unmissable festivals in the world.
Past delicacies have included wild pig gut kebabs with fresh eel slime sauce, wasp larvae ice-cream, bull penis and a pig snout dish that was so effective at strengthening nails that one convert had to use her uncle's pruning shears to trim her toenails.
The festival will be held on March 12.
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/stallion-semen-has-kiwis-raring-to-go-for-hokitika-wildfoods-festival/story-e6frfku0-1226008122105
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Bull semen smuggled in Thermos bottle
May 5, 2010
By TONY BLAIS, QMI Agency
EDMONTON - Did you hear the one about the Alberta cowboy who got hit with a hefty fine after being busted trying to smuggle bull semen across the border in his pickup truck?
Well, it's no bull.
Devin William Warrilow, 22, was dinged $5,000 Tuesday after pleading guilty in Edmonton provincial court to a charge under the Health of Animals Act for failing to present goods to a Canada Border Services Agency inspector.
The Minburn man, whose family runs an Angus operation near the small village 173 km southeast of Edmonton, also had to forfeit the 14 straws (samples) of bovine germplasm, commonly referred to as bull semen, that he tried to smuggle.
According to an agreed statement of facts, Warrilow and a male passenger arrived at the Canada customs office of Del Bonita, Alta. -- three km north of the U.S. border -- about 5:20 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2008, after driving from the United States in his pickup truck.
Warrilow told the customs officer he had been in the U.S. for three days after entering in North Dakota and said he was travelling and visiting various ranches in the area.
Warrilow declared he had bought $260 worth of goods, including two tins of chewing tobacco, two containers of Excedrin, six bottles of body wash, shoes and firearm reloading tools and supplies.
However, the customs officer noted Warrilow "appeared nervous, avoided eye contact and was hesitant replying" so he referred the pair for a secondary examination.
At that point, officers began looking through the pickup and noticed there was a semen nitrogen tank in the box.
When questioned, Warrilow said it was empty because he planned on picking up some semen in Taber.
After verifying this, the officer looked in the engine compartment and found three boxes of undeclared Excedrin bottles stored in the front passenger fender well.
The officer also located a Thermos bottle, painted with a sand/dust coloured textured paint, in the fan shroud near the radiator which contained 14 straws.
When asked about it, Warrilow admitted it was bull semen and said he had no paperwork to cover it.
Court heard a Canadian Food Inspection Agency import permit, a zoosanitary export certificate and a border inspection are required to import frozen semen. Warrilow was then detained.
In a written statement, Warrilow said the reason he hid the bull semen was because he had heard it took three hours to clear semen through the border and he was trying to avoid the delay.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2010/05/05/13829371-qmi.html
By TONY BLAIS, QMI Agency
EDMONTON - Did you hear the one about the Alberta cowboy who got hit with a hefty fine after being busted trying to smuggle bull semen across the border in his pickup truck?
Well, it's no bull.
Devin William Warrilow, 22, was dinged $5,000 Tuesday after pleading guilty in Edmonton provincial court to a charge under the Health of Animals Act for failing to present goods to a Canada Border Services Agency inspector.
The Minburn man, whose family runs an Angus operation near the small village 173 km southeast of Edmonton, also had to forfeit the 14 straws (samples) of bovine germplasm, commonly referred to as bull semen, that he tried to smuggle.
According to an agreed statement of facts, Warrilow and a male passenger arrived at the Canada customs office of Del Bonita, Alta. -- three km north of the U.S. border -- about 5:20 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2008, after driving from the United States in his pickup truck.
Warrilow told the customs officer he had been in the U.S. for three days after entering in North Dakota and said he was travelling and visiting various ranches in the area.
Warrilow declared he had bought $260 worth of goods, including two tins of chewing tobacco, two containers of Excedrin, six bottles of body wash, shoes and firearm reloading tools and supplies.
However, the customs officer noted Warrilow "appeared nervous, avoided eye contact and was hesitant replying" so he referred the pair for a secondary examination.
At that point, officers began looking through the pickup and noticed there was a semen nitrogen tank in the box.
When questioned, Warrilow said it was empty because he planned on picking up some semen in Taber.
After verifying this, the officer looked in the engine compartment and found three boxes of undeclared Excedrin bottles stored in the front passenger fender well.
The officer also located a Thermos bottle, painted with a sand/dust coloured textured paint, in the fan shroud near the radiator which contained 14 straws.
When asked about it, Warrilow admitted it was bull semen and said he had no paperwork to cover it.
Court heard a Canadian Food Inspection Agency import permit, a zoosanitary export certificate and a border inspection are required to import frozen semen. Warrilow was then detained.
In a written statement, Warrilow said the reason he hid the bull semen was because he had heard it took three hours to clear semen through the border and he was trying to avoid the delay.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2010/05/05/13829371-qmi.html
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