# What the heck are "Dude Eggs"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 29, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712 "2004-05-29T22:00:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/1 "2004-05-29T22:00:03Z")
I was watching Viva La Bam on MTV, and there’s a scene where they buy a jar of “Dude Eggs”, and coerce uncle Vito to eat one. When he discovers that they are labled “dude eggs”, he spits it out and claims they are human testicles from cadavers??? That can’t true, can it? What are they, really? Google no helpy. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/2 "2004-05-29T22:09:28Z")
Any human body parts will be labeled with rather intimidating verbiage and one or two of those neat biohazard symbols. They will _not_ be called “dude eggs” and they will _not_ be sold to anyone doing a reality TV show. They could have bought prairie oysters, which are bull’s testicles. Those are common enough that my mom’s hometown (Clinton, Montana) has an annual Testicle Festival where the local delicacy is sold and, reputedly, eaten. I’ve never had the pleasure, but bull’s testicles are something your average nobody could buy over-the-counter. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/3 "2004-05-29T22:21:26Z")
Hmm… I think they were too small to be bull balls. These were smaller than a chicken egg, roughly the same size as people balls. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/4 "2004-05-29T23:12:28Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > I was watching Viva La Bam on MTV, and there’s a scene where they buy a jar of “Dude Eggs”, and coerce uncle Vito to eat one. When he discovers that they are labled “dude eggs”, he spits it out and claims they are human testicles from cadavers??? > > That can’t true, can it? What are they, really? Google no helpy. In a movie or tv show, they’re no doubt props. Not real. In real life, you _could_ always have human-cadaver-testicles-in-a-jar for lunch, but the formaldehyde smell might give them away. If they were harvested from _live_ donors (crosses legs and yells “ouch!”) then they could be pickled in a vinegar brine I guess. Probably a bit more tasty. (Did I just say that?) You were watching a freakin’ movie, for Cecil’s sake!! Shake it off. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/5 "2004-05-29T23:26:17Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > You were watching a freakin’ movie, for Cecil’s sake!! Shake it off. _Viva La Bam_ a reality TV show. These things do exist. . . as to what they are I’ve no idea. Perhaps someone will come along and enlighten us. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/6 "2004-05-31T00:01:46Z")
Well, it on was again and my Tivo picked it up. I paused when Bam held the jar up to the camera, and the top two ingredients were eggs and vinegar. So apparently they are just some kind of spicy pickled eggs. They still look smaller than your average chicken egg, but they could be just small chicken eggs. They were too big to be quail eggs or the like. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/7 "2004-05-31T06:00:35Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > Hmm… I think they were too small to be bull balls. These were smaller than a chicken egg, roughly the same size as people balls. “Ah, senor. Sometimes the bull wins!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/8 "2004-05-31T13:33:09Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > They still look smaller than your average chicken egg, but they could be just small chicken eggs. They were too big to be quail eggs or the like. As an experienced egg-pickler, I can testify that eggs shrink notieably when pickled. ---
**Author:** ![Melissamccreless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melissamccreless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melissamccreless)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/9 "2018-12-31T05:19:58Z")
These are quail eggs that are pickled jarred and sold by Skipper Food Processing in Geraldine, Alabama. I know this because I am employed there. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/10 "2018-12-31T06:22:26Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > …my mom’s hometown (Clinton, Montana) has an annual Testicle Festival where the local delicacy is sold and, reputedly, eaten… Did they really pass up the opportunity to call it the Testival? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/11 "2018-12-31T06:27:30Z")
> [@Melissamccreless](#): > > These are quail eggs that are pickled jarred and sold by Skipper Food Processing in Geraldine, Alabama. > I know this because I am employed there. Do you know anything about the origin of the expression? Googling just says that it’s used in the South, but I can’t find anything more. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/12 "2018-12-31T07:06:24Z")
Are y’all aware that this thread is 14 years old? At least the company’s still around. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/13 "2018-12-31T07:26:39Z")
Credit where credit is due … it’s taken 14 years to get a definitive answer. \*\*Melissamccreless \*\* I doffs me lid to ya, gov. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/14 "2018-12-31T10:19:07Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Credit where credit is due … it’s taken 14 years to get a definitive answer. > > \*\*Melissamccreless \*\* I doffs me lid to ya, gov. Yes thank you for the answer, \*\*Melissamccreless. \*\* Hope you stick around! ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/15 "2018-12-31T10:25:39Z")
While it is nice to get information from the horse’s mouth so-to-speak; a quick google comes up with the same information from multiple sites (including this one). Of course, this may not have been the case 14 years ago. > **[Urban Dictionary: dude eggs](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dude%20eggs)** > > Dude eggs are quail eggs that have been peeled and pickled in brine. The brine may be salty or spicy, depending on what brand you are purchasing. They are generally sold in the southern United States. > **[Amazon.com : Cajun Style Pickled Quail Eggs - 2 Pint Jars : Grocery &...](https://www.amazon.com/Farms-Pickled-Cajun-Style-Quail/dp/B00C9RRTOC)** > > Amazon.com : Cajun Style Pickled Quail Eggs - 2 Pint Jars : Grocery & Gourmet Food ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/16 "2018-12-31T20:19:37Z")
> [@Melissamccreless](#): > > These are quail eggs that are pickled jarred and sold by Skipper Food Processing in Geraldine, Alabama. > I know this because I am employed there. Wow. See? This is one of the phenomena that makes the Dope so great. Go, Melissamccreless!! What about zombie testicles. What are those called? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/17 "2018-12-31T20:44:01Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Wow. See? This is one of the phenomena that makes the Dope so great. Go, Melissamccreless!! > > What about zombie testicles. What are those called? Raisins. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/18 "2018-12-31T21:29:06Z")
> [@Eleusis](#): > > Hmm… I think they were too small to be bull balls. These were smaller than a chicken egg, roughly the same size as people balls. Actually, most bulls are made into steers before they are 100 days old – pre-puberty. At that time, their testicles are much smaller. The ‘bulls balls’ that you see in photos are from quality breeding stock animals, several years older and much more developed. ‘Prairie oysters’ available for eating are usually from the gelding of young male calves (technically, not even a bull yet) and as such are much smaller than the testicles of a mature bull. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/19 "2018-12-31T23:16:54Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > “Ah, senor. Sometimes the bull wins!” 😃 LOL! Priceless! ---
**Author:** ![Melissamccreless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melissamccreless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melissamccreless)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712/20 "2019-02-18T01:02:35Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Do you know anything about the origin of the expression? Googling just says that it’s used in the South, but I can’t find anything more. The gentleman who originally began making and selling this product was named Dude Berry and that is where the name came from. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-are-dude-eggs/247712.md?page=2)