This is a delicacy in the Philippines. For those of you that don't know what you are looking it, it's basically an aborted duck-egg that you crack open and eat with a little salt, of course. I can honestly tell you it wasn't that bad, it tasted mostly of a hard boiled egg and chicken; really.
6 responses
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Melissa gave props (31 Aug 2008):
I saw this on Anderew Zimmern's show the other day!
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Jed Bacason gave props (2 Sep 2008):
haha! this is one of my favorite food! it really DOES taste good.
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Cody Austin said (2 Sep 2008):
Iyon ay kakaiba. I think that says it's strange in tagalog.
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Jerome Daclison said (10 Sep 2008):
oh, i love balut! there's this Filipino belief called "lihi" (I think the direct translation would be a "pregnant woman's cravings"). It is believed that whatever a pregnant woman craves for during pregnancy, the baby will inherit some of its characteristics. Therefore, those who were "ipinag-lihi" on balut, will turn out hairy. Another example would be if you were "ipinag-lihi" on grapes, you will be dark skinned. awesome huh? :-)
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Cody Austin said (11 Sep 2008):
Very interesting Jerome. I did not know that.
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Traci Howard gave props (11 Dec 2008):
ok, yeah, ewww.... amazing composition and awesome image, but ok, yeah, eww!!!
