Balut... Will you or will you NOT dare?

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Balut. This is a Filipino street food that foreigners might find bizarre. Balut is a boiled fertilized duck embryo. Which can be often seen sold in the streets or by the vendor strolling around the town. The egg should be around 14 to 21 days old, depending on the local practice of the town. And it is boiled or steamed for about half an hour. It is eaten like a regular boiled chicken egg or swallowed whole, not including the hard part. It is best paired with salt and vinegar to compliment the taste. I eat it by putting it in a bowl first and sprinkle salt and put a bit of vinegar for seasoning. It's kinda messy when eaten without a bowl. It is, however, mostly eaten by cracking the top of the egg first and sipping the broth (juice) first and sprinkling salt and vinegar then eat the whole thing (except of course the shell and the white hard part). The hard part is white and the soft part is the yellow one (that's the yolk). Sometimes I do that cause the fun adds to the flavor. It has juice (broth) which actually very good in taste. Speaking of, balut tastes like a regular egg. The yolk is creamy and tastes like a scrambled egg. The embryo, which is the most feared to eat by foreigners (and some Filipinos that eats it the first time) is actually delicious and tastes like chicken. Some foreigners find Balut gross because of the embryo but there is a lighter type of balut that does not have that, it's called Balut Sa Puti or PENOY. It only has the yolk which tastes so creamy and a bit fishy, best resembles a scrambled egg, like what I mentioned earlier. Some say that it is surprisingly delicious, they didn't expect it because of the embryo. Many people say that Balut is an aphrodisiac and it gives a lot of energy, the reason why it is mostly sold at night. And is also believed that it may be a cure for a hangover. It costs about Php15($0.30) or Php16($0.32), not greater than that. But for those who love eating Balut (or thinking to eat balut because it's aphrodisiac), mind that eating too much of it is bad for your health (although it is high in protein and iron) because it is high in cholesterol. Balut has become part of the Filipino culture. It also considered exotic food, especially by foreigners. It is not so bad, the texture of the embryo maybe but the taste is not bad at all. The yolk is like a scrambled egg, the embryo and the broth tastes like chicken.

I have included some youtube videos of foreigners trying to eat balut the first time.

SO, the question is, WILL YOU OR WILL YOU NOT DARE? Let me know if you already tried one, how it tastes, and if you are willing or not to try one.

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Yummmm, my all-time fave local street food ❀ I also eat balut the same way you do--removing the shell, putting in a bowl, sprinkling some salt and adding spicy vinegar

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4 years ago

it's a less messy eh hehe. So I guess, YOU DARED, YOU DARE AND WILL ALWAYS DARE hahah

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4 years ago

Sad to say no to balut..hehe..i prefer to eat penoy,

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4 years ago

Scared of sisiw too? hehe Thanks fine. :)

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4 years ago

scared to eat :)

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4 years ago

haha ok not dare it is ahahaha

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4 years ago

I'm a Filipino but I don't eat balut πŸ˜‚ iwan if ignorante lang or ayaw ko lang talaga.. penoy lang kinakain ko πŸ˜‚

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4 years ago

Takot ka din dun sa sisiw? Penoy is also balut enebe... haha so ikaw, Mejo dare lang haha

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4 years ago

Hahaha at least wlang sisiw yung penoy πŸ˜‚ parang di ko kaya. Pinipilit nga ako nang asawa ko kumain nyan πŸ˜‚ ayoko talaga. Haha

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4 years ago

haha ok lang yan. iba iba talaga tayo ng panlasa tsaka ng lakas ng loob haha

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4 years ago

Ahh i really miss that. Since lockdown, i haven't had a taste of it

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4 years ago

haha. I ate 2 days ago. I brought it outside one of the 7eleven stores here haha

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4 years ago

They sell that in 7eleven now???? Shookdt

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4 years ago

no sis. haha outside lang.. haha may vendor outside haha

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4 years ago

There's no vendor near where i live. I used to only have that when i get home from college

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4 years ago

awwww.... sad.. That's okay. You will eventually eat one soon,

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4 years ago

Probably when the pandemic ends

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4 years ago

maybe... :(

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4 years ago

I don't eat balut before, but now I can do eatπŸ˜‚ so eww lang talaga haha.

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4 years ago

haha eww but yummy.. Do you agree? hehe

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4 years ago

Yung dilaw lang ang gusto ko haha

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4 years ago

penoy is perfect sis haha

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4 years ago

Balut was so good to eat in pilipino thats the part of our food... Good job girl.. I miss that also

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4 years ago

Kulang sa akin ang isang balut nakakadalawa ako nito. Talagang masarap at masustansya. Pero syempre huwag laging kumain nito.

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4 years ago

oo nga. Masarap at masustansya siya perograbe ang cholesterol niya kaya hinay hinay din hehe. ako din bitin ako sa isang balut haha

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4 years ago

oo nga. Masarap at masustansya siya perograbe ang cholesterol niya kaya hinay hinay din hehe. ako din bitin ako sa isang balut haha

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4 years ago

Masustansya to pero mag ingat din kayo haha, ako kumakain din nyan pero nandidiri din

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4 years ago

wow. A lot of Filipinos don't eat this haha

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