Balut fertilized egg
How do you like your eggs? Sunny side up, Scrambled…? If you’re from the Philippines you’d probably want your eggs Balut style.
Balut is a dish that is common in the Philippines. It is a duck egg that is fertilized and has a partially grown duck embryo inside of it. The egg is then boiled and the embryo and the liquid inside is cooked. Once the dish is served, the shell is punctured and the broth inside is sipped from the shell. Then the shell is peeled so the diner can eat the yolk and the cooked chick. It is common to see vendors selling balut in a bucket filled with sand to keep them warm.
Tyler
This looks so good! I can’t wait to try it when I travel to the Philippines soon!
sydney
you really scare me O.o
Jayson
It looks gross.
Especially the chick. But still want to taste that one.
Heha…
sydney
its really crunch because of the bones O.o
Kees
I wouldn’t eat it, but I guess it’s not worse then boiling a lobster alive (which I wouldn’t eat either for the same reason.)
sydney
i triple dog dare you to eat it, it is crunchy becase of the bones im phillipino O.o
Kali
Seriously, though, I watched episode after episode of this guy eating different kinds of testicles and he thinks balut is disgusting. Credentials have been out the window – I know no one who really cares to watch his show anymore.
rochelle roquim
This balut is inedible. The kind of balut that Filipinos eat are the ones that are not fully developed. Bones should not be distinctively crunchy no feathers and the beak is not fully developed.