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Post by aka Cthulhu on Jan 7, 2013 19:35:08 GMT -5
Bought two of them last night. Delicious stuff, and that's not even me ignoring how the thing looks.
You guys speculate, or stand in awe, at the fearsome Filipino thing called Balut!
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 7, 2013 19:52:07 GMT -5
Its name sounds like Mowgli's friend.
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Post by theryno665 on Jan 7, 2013 19:55:11 GMT -5
Bought two of them last night. Delicious stuff, and that's not even me ignoring how the thing looks. You guys speculate, or stand in awe, at the fearsome Filipino thing called Balut! Looks? Just the mere concept of it makes me want to puke. But I have a friend who went to the Phillippines who said it's pretty good though. |
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Jan 7, 2013 19:56:54 GMT -5
*looks it up*
Oh Jesus Christ!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 19:58:32 GMT -5
Its name sounds like Mowgli's friend. Or a bear pilot (Same name and look, not same character. That's how my mind works it) |
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Jan 7, 2013 20:08:25 GMT -5
I'm Filipino and I don't like that. It scares me.
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Post by Burst on Jan 7, 2013 20:21:11 GMT -5
I'll see your disturbing southeast Asian food and raise you... ... Deep-Fried Sparrow.{Spoiler}  |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 7, 2013 20:21:54 GMT -5
I'm Filipino and I don't like that. It scares me. |
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Jan 7, 2013 20:23:26 GMT -5
Been eating it since I was a kid, and back then I thought it was cool so I don't feel grossed out by it, though it's way easy to see why others would. It does taste great, and the thing I look forward to the most is the juices in the Balut.
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Jan 7, 2013 20:25:47 GMT -5
I'll see your disturbing southeast Asian food and raise you... ... Deep-Fried Sparrow.{Spoiler} I see that, and raise you... Day-old chick. {Spoiler}  |
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 7, 2013 20:30:43 GMT -5
Much less apprehensive of eating those than I would be of balut.
Balut, I would eat much sooner than century eggs.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2013 21:08:14 GMT -5
Hmm, surprised we have so many filipinos on the board (I'm half myself).
Never had it, my mom likes it. There was a developmentally challenged boy nicknamed Balut that sold it, so I associate it it with him. Grew up to have a nice family. I'd eat it but I'll eat pretty much anything.
And, as bad as it sounds, I would love to eat those little birds. Chick Adobo would rock or get some hot sauce.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Jan 8, 2013 0:18:42 GMT -5
If I'm going to eat an animal,I want it to have at least had the chance to reproduce.
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Jan 8, 2013 5:14:04 GMT -5
Much less apprehensive of eating those than I would be of balut. Balut, I would eat much sooner than century eggs. The taste of century egg is pretty bleh, but the texture of the thing that makes it feel very gross. |
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Jan 8, 2013 7:07:22 GMT -5
They sell these at the Thai supermarket I go to sometimes. I asked what they were once, when they told me I thought they were joking, which drew laughter from the workers.
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Jan 11, 2013 12:57:02 GMT -5
An amusing thing that I just remembered. In the 7/11s here, they sell balut along the boiled eggs. It'd be hard to mistake one for the other, since the balut shells are darker in color.
Also, IIRC, the day old chicks are usually dipped in spicy vinegar, like chicaron bituka/bulaklak and isaw. Intestines, and they're pretty damn tasty.
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