Oh I saw some bulls pizzles in the garden centre. I thought they might have been willies but then thought no surley not lol
Glad I left them in the shop.
Yesterday, on the Antiques Roadshow, there was a chap on there which was showing this stick like thing to one of the experts which gladly examined it closely....until the chap revealed it was a mummified dogs willy The lady expert completely froze to the spot, holding the 'stick' whilst repeating: OMG, can't believe I'm holding a mummified dog willy in my hand
Natasha
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WLF All the Way!!!!
"Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can´t eat it or hump it. **** on it and walk away..."
And another thing, why is it called a pizzle? Is that supposed to sound cute????? (think I am becoming a bit obsessed with the pizzle, might have to and go and seek one out tomorrow to see what it looks like )
OMG I've given "pizzles" to Rosie and Frank before now. I didn't know thats what they were, I just thought it was a bit of smoked rawhide!!
Frank refused to eat his; he gave me a look that said "Oi is not eatin' that, Mummy!" and sulked, so I had to give him one of his Hilife fresh breath chews which he loves.
But Rosie loves the pizzle's she had both don't think I'll be buying that again.
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They look a bit like rawhide but with a different looking centre, they are about as thick as a human finger (maybe a little bit thicker)- which shocked me and about 6" long. However these are dried and I was told that if a dog buries them and digs them up later the moisture will indeed have made them swell up to a more realistic size
Be warned though, they don't half stink! They are much worse than pigs ears.
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Pizzle is an old English word for penis, derived from Low German pesel or Flemish Dutch pezel, diminutive of pees 'sinew'. The word is used today to signify the penis of a non-human animal.
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Pizzles are almost exclusively used/produced today as chewing treats for dogs. They are a fibrous muscle, and are prepared by cleaning, stretching, twisting and then drying. The result is a very hard, 80–100 centimetres (30–40 in) long brown stick, which is then sawed into pieces appropriate for the size of the dog.
40" long
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In addition to being used as a dog treat, pizzles are also eaten by humans for their health benefits such as being low cholesterol and high in protein, hormones, vitamins and minerals such as calcium and magnesium. Pizzles for human consumption are prepared either by freezing or by drying. Scottish deer pizzles are thought to boost stamina and were used by Chinese athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Pizzles can be served in soup, and if they have been dried they can be turned into a paste. Pizzles may also be mixed with alcoholic beverages or simply thawed (if frozen) and eaten. In Jamaica, bull pizzles are referred to as "cow cods" and are eaten as cow cod soup. Like many pizzle-based foods, cow cod soup is claimed to be a male aphrodisiac
Bleugh! I think I might offer my OH some cow cod soup
Thanks Pam I think I know all I need to about pizzles now!! There's obviously a lot to be done at the pizzle factory with all of the cleaning stretching twisting and drying! That's why I love this forum, you never know what you don't know!
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