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 ?

..and I thought eating gunea pig was exotoc!
;_)

I'd eat it! Twice!
;-)

I had someone else eat my bogey, when I was 3 years old.
I have never eaten my own bogey...

I had someone else eat my bogey, when I was 3 years old.
I have never eaten my own bogey... [/b][/quote]
LIAR!!! you love boogeys admit it!

I ate deepfried grasshoppers once, they were pretty good.

Serges 14 yr old ass tasted pretty good too...

I saw grasshoppers at the Japanese supermarket in NJ, but...I never ventured!

Did I miss a lot?

I saw grasshoppers at the Japanese supermarket in NJ, but...I never ventured!

Did I miss a lot? [/b][/quote]
They were prepared like tv snacks to eat with a drink, somewhat like potato chips.

I was too drunk to remember to tell you the truth.

I ate dog in Nigeria.

Very nice...texture of stewed beef.


(No I wasn't assiting someone to unlock 10b from a bank acct)

Also often eat raw jellyfish salad at my favorite Chinese restaurant. Yum!

You were in Thailand ?

Did u try the deep fried beetles and other assorted crawlies........ ?

in some parts they eat them live....... I couldn`t touch them never mind eat them lol

I think they have that here also ...... so I am going to give it a try !

You were in Thailand ?

Did u try the deep fried beetles and other assorted crawlies........ ?

in some parts they eat them live....... I couldn`t touch them never mind eat them lol [/b][/quote]
He lives there m8;-)))

has for years ;-))

I nearly bought.... well a knocking shop in phuket once with some friends...but we thought we would be robbed blind so passed.

I have a friend that bought a house on one of the golf courses there though..he loves it out there.I hear though that half the year it pisses down.And something like 1 in 4 of the population is in the sex industry?

They have that on Shish Kabobs here also in the provinces....... when I go out there I am going to give it a try !

Maybe I can get a video of them killing it and preparing it for you guys and girls !

You were in Thailand ?

Did u try the deep fried beetles and other assorted crawlies........ ?

in some parts they eat them live....... I couldn`t touch them never mind eat them lol [/b][/quote]
I am going to Thailand at the end of the month so I will get some pics of some of those also !

He lives there m8;-)))

has for years ;-))

I nearly bought.... well a knocking shop in phuket once with some friends...but we thought we would be robbed blind so passed.

I have a friend that bought a house on one of the golf courses there though..he loves it out there.I hear though that half the year it pisses down.And something like 1 in 4 of the population is in the sex industry? [/b][/quote]
There are a ton of Expats living there ! Seems that you can get a lot of bang for your buck.

They have that on Shish Kabobs here also in the provinces....... when I go out there I am going to give it a try !

Maybe I can get a video of them killing it and preparing it for you guys and girls ! [/b][/quote]
yeah that will go down well....

It actually is quite good.Mine was curried.

As an FYI..

Did you know if I was gonna host the dog butchering video on servers in Canada owned through a Canadian company , I would be in breech of Canada's Obscenity law?

I found that out when RawAlex told the authorities when he discovered I had a gore site in beta testing..

interesting point of law...from memory something that will inflame or outrage and shock

Yes and no, there's a rainy season of about 4 months when it will rain really hard for one or two hours a day. But it's very hot and it kind of cools the city down, plus it's better cloudy than having full blast tropical sun all day.

1 out of 4 is BS.

I have also eaten hedgehog.

Its a traditinal gypsy thing.

Ya kill it. Then smear thick mud/clay over it.Bake it. Pull of the clay which takes the spikes with in and viola , bon appetit! LOL

gran cosa!
we have it often in Chinese restaurant in Florida
;-)

NOT a bigie...

Yoo muang Thai chet pee leo khrab. Chop kin ahan italy dee kwa ;-)

gran cosa!
we have it often in Chinese restaurant in Florida
;-)

NOT a bigie... [/b][/quote]
Ok I'll order the bat stew next time ;-)

Lol

1 in 4?

Everyone there has a price......including policemen as Timon will know.

I had a regular taxi driver there..... when i first met him he took great pride in showing me pics of his wife and kids.

Then one night when i was shall we say a little tipsy as we pulled up to Montien Hotel he asked me if i wanted him to come to my room for a massage lol

Needless to say..... i declined.

Timon - How much weight did you lose when u went there and did u get it back?

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I think they have that here also ...... so I am going to give it a try ! [/b][/quote]
make sure it has a lot of spice, otherwise it just tastes like RAT!
;-))

Ok I'll order the bat stew next time ;-) [/b][/quote]
order "Pork pancakes with salted fish" instead.
It smells like a dead scunk, but melts in your mouth!

Anthony, LL, me MikeW love this shit, but Forest declines politely
;-)))

Serge , have the ducks tongues next time you are in a chinese restaurant.

Not to my taste.Has like a little cartelidge thing in the niddle.They give you a bowl of about 50 of the suckers.

I love Salt Fish , can't remember exactly what is in it.But here in Vancouver very few guilo like it.You gotta try it...really nice.Like an anchovie,pork and sardine mix.

ahahahahaha serge , why do we talk!!! LOL

Salty Fish lol

I had duck tongues in NY...and wasn't impressed, the sauce wasn't up to par
;-(

as for salted fish with pork, ask Anthony the local name, he had it in Vancouver and recognised the dish immediatelly!
;-))

I once was in this restaurant in Vietnam where they bring a live king cobra to your table, cut it open and throw the beating heart into a shot glass of rice liqour and people swalyou are supposed to swallow the beating heart whole.

How exotic is that?

ahahhaha,
jinx!
;-))))

:okthumb: on my scale of food values!!!!

Timon, I swear to God, we DO have to hook up next time we are in South Asia!

I'll eat the cobra heart before I eat pork!

I'll eat the cobra heart before I eat pork! [/b][/quote]
Timon, before or after synagoge?
;-))))

I know a restaurant in Vietnam, when you walk through the door there are cages with live snakes, bats, monkeys, turtles and large lizzards.

You pick what you want to eat like you'd pick a lobster from a tank ;-))

Timon, before or after synagoge?
;-)))) [/quote]
during ;-))

LOL He had it with me and Stripclubguru LOL :)

mmmm "The Pelican".

Awesome chinese restaurant in real bad part of town.Great REAL chinese food...and cheap.

For 8 of us dinner with plates of Lobster and crab ,$100 , if that.6 courses.

Mention it to Ant. :)

When you get up this way again...we are there.

:)

I eat crawfish and alligator..... does this count a crazy?

I'd hit that!!




except of course I have vowed never to let alchohol pass my lips again.

passe...




;-))

We'll put the heart in a glass of warm milk for you ;-)

same at the Pelican..all in tanks lots of dhit.

Whats that thing that looks like an Elephants dick called????

Expensive shit , in Chinese restaurants.

But yeah serge , I was not enamoured with ducks tongue.

One of my favourites that I got the usual suspects hooked on is Foie Gras (Unusual to some). Love that shit! :)

I have seen Ant eat 4 orders...for lunch!! :)

I cook it myself now...so easy...so good :)

Sea cucumber, probably Holothuria Atra

oh puuuhleeze!!!!

Next tiem I take you to Silver Pond, you are in for Salty Fish
;-)))

Sea cucumber, probably Holothuria Atra [/b][/quote]
might be.

They said it was like a giant clam thing..

Didn't care for it .

I loved balut

I have all of y'all beat
I once ate at the Circus Circus buffet and went back for seconds....Fear factor wouldn't even touch that one....

there is absolutelly NOTHING small about Anthony....maybe besides his dick, on his own admission, but I do not beleive him!
;-)))

thats some crazy shit

the nastiest shit i've ever eaten was frog legs, I was G'ing out my mind and it tasted like shit. never again.

Any of you guys tried pork fat (sala) Ukranians love that stuff.
Serge knows what i'm talkin about.

there is absolutelly NOTHING small about Anthony....maybe besides his dick, on his own admission, but I do not beleive him!
;-))) [/b][/quote]
I tend to agree...

Cause he has got a huge ass.

And you do not need a sledgehammer to drive in a carpet tack!!



;-)))

Mind you ,on some of our "adventures" he had some strange requests LOL

such as :

"OK , if you hear me scream...that means run into my room , and kick me hard in the ass , as I'll be needing more penetration"

;-))))

Hows it cooked?

me ma...

used to cook the skin of the pork til it was crunchy and really salted.Tastes like heaven

:)

Slav, you gotta have them fresh and not frozen 3 years ago
;-)))

Frog legs are VERY fine piece of meat, very delicate. As for salo...I doubt very much that besides you and me anybody had it on this board
;-))

Hows it cooked?

me ma...

used to cook the skin of the pork til it was crunchy and really salted.Tastes like heaven

:) [/b][/quote]
i think its just salted and thats all
or slightly smoked