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Unsurprisingly, the most colorful euphemisms seem pertain to animal testicles. From bulls, we get rocky mountain oysters and cowboy caviar. If you know where to look, you can also sample some lamb fries and rooster fries (which Lin says aren't too bad, if a bit gamey).

Kleiman and Lin also mention "escargot" and "carpaccio" as food euphemisms. This seems a matter of linguistic perspective to us, although we'd agree that "carpaccio" does sound a lot more appetizing than "thinly sliced raw meat."

"Sweetbreads" gets a few mentions. This term had us fooled through much of our early culinary explorations, and like Kleiman, we were quite shocked when we found out that it actually refers to cooked thymus glands!

What other food euphemisms make you chuckle...or cringe?!

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