Let's Talk Balut....

[Alnamvet68]

I was detailed to the Phillipines for 10 months when I was a NIS agent, and was introduced to a local delicacy favorite called balut, or what some would call 1000 year old eggs. Of course, three of us guys had a bit too much of San Miguel, and it was late and we had the munchies, and this is what some young street hawker served up to us on the street. Have you had it?

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Let's not...........

 

[Arik]

Let's not...........

Lmao!^

No i have not. Not against it though. Do you just swallow that whole or ...? Doesnt seem like much to chew on

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[labworm]

I guess some will eat anything.

I'll pass.

 

[Texas Star]

There are a lot of Filipina nurses here. Do you mean they tend the ill while/after eating that?

Seriously, what the devil IS that? Maybe the Moros ate that stuff and it drove them mad, making them think they were impervious to US bullets. No wonder the .45 was needed!

Lets not eat that, or chew betel nut, either.

 

[diamonback68]

Aw man, I was just getting ready to sit down and eat.

 

[Alnamvet68]

Lmao!^

No i have not. Not against it though. Do you just swallow that whole or ...? Doesnt seem like much to chew on

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It was served up to us already shelled; you eat it like a hardboiled egg, only chewier with some "crunch"; the crunch is very much like sardines that are not boneless. They're actually very tasty, and when one is 3 sheets to the wind, hungry, and it's 'o dark thirty, everything is edible. Needless to say, the next day, I found out exactly what it was that I had eaten that I enjoyed earlier, and when I discovered what they were, I haven't had any since. While they are very good, I couldn't do it today.

 

[Rule3]

Gotta show Mrs Rule this, she HAS to take the umbilical cord looking thing out of fried or scrambled eggs before I scramble them

Yummy!

 

[LVSteve]

I'll see your balut and raise you haggis.

 

[loutent]

Oh man - and I thought I was pushing the envelope with Kimchi

 

[snubbyfan]

Hmm, let's see, starve to death or eat an aborted bird embryo. That's a tough one.

 

[Tenn2]

Al, you just had too bring back the memories. Was there in the early 70s and several of us did eat them. You are correct though that it goes down better with lot's of beer.

Had some Vietnamese in our factory that still got them locally and ate them for lunch. I guess I wised up when offered one and declined.

 

[Arik]

Haggis? Kimichi?

I'm okay with most foods no matter how bizarre. There are very few things I won't eat.

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[timn8er]

While I am a dedicated carnivore, something like that is enough to make me go vegan.

 

[duppie]

I was detailed to the Phillipines for 10 months when I was a NIS agent, and was introduced to a local delicacy favorite called balut, or what some would call 1000 year old eggs. Of course, three of us guys had a bit too much of San Miguel, and it was late and we had the munchies, and this is what some young street hawker served up to us on the street. Have you had it?

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Balut is not 1000 year old egg.While Balut is essentially a fertilized duck egg and eaten with sea salt,seasoned coconut vinegar and a drinker's snack,1000 year old egg is a fresh egg that is encased in mud seasoned sometimes with tea,salt and straw and allowed to age in jars until the yolk is black and firm. taste's rather mild and is eaten in buns,congee and soups.
That being said, I visit the Philippines every year for now 17 years and may even retire there but I WILL NOT eat balut.....never been that drunk.

 

[duppie]

Lmao!^

No i have not. Not against it though. Do you just swallow that whole or ...? Doesnt seem like much to chew on

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You suck out the embryonic fluid,which is supposed to taste like the best chicken soup, chew on the rest of the chick,which depending on the age may include some feathers and leave the beak on the bar to prove how many you've eaten and to pay later.

 

[duppie]

I'll see your balut and raise you haggis.

I'll see your haggis and raise you some Lutefisk.....

 

[Alnamvet68]

Balut is not 1000 year old egg.While Balut is essentially a fertilized duck egg and eaten with sea salt,seasoned coconut vinegar and a drinker's snack,1000 year old egg is a fresh egg that is encased in mud seasoned sometimes with tea,salt and straw and allowed to age in jars until the yolk is black and firm. taste's rather mild and is eaten in buns,congee and soups.
That being said, I visit the Philippines every year for now 17 years and may even retire there but I WILL NOT eat balut.....never been that drunk.

Yes, I never said it was; I did say some will call it that for lack of knowing any better. I've had both, and I do prefer the thousand year old egg, which in Vietnamese is called truong bach thao, and the fact of the matter is that either balut or the 1000 year old egg can be either chicken, duck, geese, or any game bird that is readily available depending on your LAT LONG.

 

[cowboy45]

If I'm hungry enough I could eat the south end of a skunk and swear it was fried chicken, but I ain't eatin that!

 

[duppie]

Yes, I never said it was; I did say some will call it that for lack of knowing any better. I've had both, and I do prefer the thousand year old egg, which in Vietnamese is called truong bach thao, and the fact of the matter is that either balut or the 1000 year old egg can be either chicken, duck, geese, or any game bird that is readily available depending on your LAT LONG.

Damn Hoss.....I wasn't shouting it
My first wife is Chinese and the second is Filipino/German so I've been around them there eggs but the best I've ever tasted is fresh sea turtle I had as a kid.

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

While we're all discussing disgusting here, I submit the following:

1) Casu Marzu
2) Kofi Luwak
3) Natto
4) Fried Brain Sandwich
5) Armpit Sauce (You Vietnam vets should've heard of this one)
Google them, I DARE YOU!

 

[deralte]

When I was there in 1962 I never got drunk enough to try them.

 

[duppie]

While we're all discussing disgusting here, I submit the following:

1) Casu Marzu
2) Kofi Luwak
3) Natto
4) Fried Brain Sandwich
5) Armpit Sauce (You Vietnam vets should've heard of this one)
Google them, I DARE YOU!

I've got a bottle of Kofi Luwak in the fridge right now...the rest I'll get back to you.

 

[Old TexMex]

Weird food. Late night. Smelly, Tropical. Hot sweaty. Yeah, I remember sommething. never mind....

 

[TACC1]

I can see where that "tasty-looking-snack" would satisfy
any hunger pangs I was experiencing.
I have never been THAT drunk!!
JMHO, TACC1.

 

[Alnamvet68]

While we're all discussing disgusting here, I submit the following:

1) Casu Marzu
2) Kofi Luwak
3) Natto
4) Fried Brain Sandwich
5) Armpit Sauce (You Vietnam vets should've heard of this one)
Google them, I DARE YOU!

Inspite of two tours, I've never heard of "arm pit sauce." What I do keep in my fridge always, because it makes my lo mein superb is nuoc mam nhi fish sauce. In fact, I use it as well in my pork, beef, and poultry marinades when I BBQ.

P.S. I order my fish sauce, and other sauces about twice a year from:

N??c m?m Phú Qu?c,FISH SAUCE, nuoc mam phu quoc, nuoc mam, nuoc mam ca com, for the real deal. No La Choy or other imitators made in who knows where.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Definitely used to like balut (actually, I still do, but they aren't kosher so I don't eat them now). They are available in the States, in Chinese stores that cater to, among others, Filipinos. I think that they have to be cooked quite a while. In the PI, they are usually sold with a bit of coarse salt for seasoning, not that they need much. The biggest problem is thinking about it before you actually try it. Yumm!

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

Inspite of two tours, I've never heard of "arm pit sauce." What I do keep in my fridge always, because it makes my lo mein superb is nuoc mam nhi fish sauce. In fact, I use it as well in my pork, beef, and poultry marinades when I BBQ.

P.S. I order my fish sauce, and other sauces about twice a year from:

N??c m?m Phú Qu?c,FISH SAUCE, nuoc mam phu quoc, nuoc mam, nuoc mam ca com, for the real deal. No La Choy or other imitators made in who knows where.

Nuoc mam nhi= Armpit Sauce. That's the stuff. (heard it called that by a lot of Navy/Marine/Army vets. Even when I was in the Corps, a lot of our senior NCO's and Navy Chiefs called it that. Just about every eatery in the far east served some form of it. Name was different, but it was still rotted salted fish juice)

 

[LVSteve]

While we're all discussing disgusting here, I submit the following:

1) Casu Marzu
2) Kofi Luwak
3) Natto
4) Fried Brain Sandwich
5) Armpit Sauce (You Vietnam vets should've heard of this one)
Google them, I DARE YOU!

You must think I'm new.

 

[duppie]

Inspite of two tours, I've never heard of "arm pit sauce." What I do keep in my fridge always, because it makes my lo mein superb is nuoc mam nhi fish sauce. In fact, I use it as well in my pork, beef, and poultry marinades when I BBQ.

P.S. I order my fish sauce, and other sauces about twice a year from:

N??c m?m Phú Qu?c,FISH SAUCE, nuoc mam phu quoc, nuoc mam, nuoc mam ca com, for the real deal. No La Choy or other imitators made in who knows where.

I've got to try that one, I usually season with Golden Boy and use Megachef for dipping. Golden Boy also makes my favorite Cincalok which goes great on green papaya or green mango salads.