It only comes twice a year and sometimes on leap years when the group sponsoring it can remember when leap year actually comes. The group gathers under this willow tree here in Iowa, away from the corn fields and buffalo that used to roam these lands before the ancestors of these people slaughtered them ruthlessly. It is an event that actually marks the last buffalo killed, when a lone Indian protested the lack of use from the buffalo remains.

In respect to the Indian, they gathered around the last of the buffalo and decided what to do with all the parts. They found uses for many things, and some my editor told me not to write about but are posted in my blog, enjoy the juicy details. The hunters were thusly left with only the buffalo's tongue. After lengthy discussions and much torture pertaining to the whereabouts of Jack Bower, the hunters decided to simply make a sandwich out of the tongue, and that began this wonderful festival.

The turn out, like all tongue sandwich festivals consists of only the family that took part in this hunt many decades ago. Because of that, many outsiders claim this is just a really sick family reunion. Since there are no buffalo's left the rituals they perform here to honor the past is left to something much more imaginative. They create a fake buffalo and use the parts they make as the hunters may have long ago.

The dinner feast however, is something much different. They have tongue sandwiches of course, and this part is not fake. In fact its the most horrifying sight one could possibly imagine. Unspeakable horrors one might say. Well, most of the family members themselves weren't even able to comment on the ritual of acquiring the tongues for the feast. One man I spoke to describes the events as, “A barbecue from hell, or some parts of Texas.”

After dislodging the tongues from each other they are cooked over an open flame for three minutes a side, sprinkled with salt, pepper, and a dash of lemon.

We encourage readers to try this recipe and inform the family from Iowa if the recipe is any good. Apparently, since none of them have tongues anymore, they can't understand how it actually tastes.