Fear Factor: What is the craziest thing you have eaten ? ? ? ( 37 pictures )
 

Balut (Or "Balot") is one of the Philippines' real native culinary delicacy that is sold every where in the streets. It is pretty much a duck abortion. It has to be in the top of some of the most exotic things I have ever eaten in my life. Balot is an aprodhesiac! Of course I had to try it !

What makes balot special is that it is not simply an egg with the white and the yoke. It actually has a half-incubated chick inside it.


Balot is akin to an aprodhesiac; why else would it be sold at night time by wandering salesmen shouting "BA - LUUT!" Of course eggs have that obvious fertility symbolic connection but balut is also considered to be strengthening - providing a burst of protein to replenish lost energy after an amorous encounter... The Filipino equivalent to post loving pizza.

Balut is eaten during the drinking sessions. It is a form of "pulutan" - food eaten when drinking alcohol. Recent studies by scientists confirm the importance of eating high protein foods when drinking alcohol as opposed to sugary or high carbohydrate foods. The visual grossness of Balut might also be stimulating to people lost in a beer haze. Certainly many foreigners need to be in this state before they feel ready to partake of this particular Filipino delicacy.

Filipinos love the shock value of Balot. They take every opportunity to dare foreigners to eat it and consume it teasingly in their presence. I had to try it twice cuase I was smashed the first time........ here are the pictures.....


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What was the craziest thing you have eaten ?

I would have to say the craziest thing I have eaten was a big black christmas beetle. You know the ones that only fly around in the hot summer at nights.

Okay it was a dare and I had been drinking and well went like this. Skull a long neck (750ml bottle) of beer and the last one to finish has to swallow one of those!

I think that party was out of control. :)

My Dad has tried Balut and loved it, I would not have the balls to try that, but I am not big on eggs to begin with.

omg man, that is sooooooooo nasty looking, i cant believe you ate that shit.....well yes i can lol

I was at the Butterfly Conservatory last year and the University of Waterloo had the Chef Class there offering alternatives to meat:

I had Curried Meal Worms

They were pretty good, didn't notice any nasty taste and was a little crunchie :D

i love balut but never look at it when its time to eat...

Did you chew on it or just swallow it ?

To be honest since I am living here it is normal to eat it ... it is not like a once in a life time thing. In fact I think I will go get a few right now !

When you get here......... you will be eating it also !

You should have asked them if they could cook up some of the butterflies !

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Do you drink the juice ? Someone told me it is the duck fetus urine !

hmmmm, we'll see about that :rolleyes: