From: AAP
From correspondents in Zagreb
September 07, 2005 AN AUSTRALIAN hoaxer left organisers of the
world testicle-cooking championship hanging after claiming he was
Australia's leading kangaroo testicle cook.
A man calling himself Nigel Bevan failed to turn up for the event
after contacting organisers to boast of his credentials and order a
supply of kangaroo testicles for the competition.
Local villagers in Sumska Kuca in northern Serbia turned out in
huge numbers to see what delights the Australian could come up with
and a band was ready to strike up to welcome the mysterious
Bevan.
But they were disappointed and organisers were out of pocket after
buying the kangaroo testicles but with no one to cook them.
"We get cooks from all over Europe who come here to northern Serbia
to take on Serbian chefs, but we have never had a cook from as far
away as Australia, so when we heard that Nigel Bevan, Australia's
top testicle chef, was on his way with a team of Australian chefs
we were really excited," championship organiser Ljubomir Erovic
said.
"The caller told us cooked kangaroo testicles were a popular
delicacy in Australia, and gave us the details of where we could
get kangaroo testicles from so we could have them ready when Mr
Bevan and his team arrived.
"We were disappointed when no Australians arrived, we even had a
band ready to welcome them."
Mr Erovic, who arranged for a hotel for Mr Bevan and a VIP
reception, said the man claiming to be the chef told him he had
read about the contest in an Australian gourmet magazine.
In the end a team of Serbian chefs called Boemi (Bohemians) from
Gornji Milanovac won after beating off stiff competition from 11
other teams.
"They prepared wild boar and bull testicles which delighted the
jury", Mr Erovic said.
"We are sorry Mr Bevan could not make it and hope he might still
turn up next year once he realises that jokers have been pretending
to be him.
"We would like to compare the testicles of a kangaroo to those of
wild boars and bulls. That would really make our unique competition
the world championships."
