Who among you have tried eating BALUT?

[Ken & Marife 0]

I was introduced to Balut in 1990 when I made my first visit to PI. Being the fine southern boy that I am, I took it as a challenge. I swallowed my 1st one and found it was not so bad. At least it was cooked! If you can eat fresh oysters you can eat Balut.

Edited October 2, 2007 by Ken & Marife

[eau_xplain 2]

Everyone in the family loves balut but not me. Can someone tell me what's the difference between BALUT from PENOY?

Penoy is a "kind" of balut. The embryo has not turned into a chick yet. If you read the article about how Balut is made you will see that the Penoy is a duck's egg that has been incubated for 12 days.

[eau_xplain 2]

and no....I have not (and don't think I ever will) try Balut.

So, my husband was relieved that I didn't "force" him to try it.

[jom 4]

I DID

[Paulily 0]

My husband tried eating Balut the last time he had his vacation in the Philippines and I asked him tonight if he will eat it again....

He said he will because he likes it

[Jasman0717 9]

My husband tried eating Balut the last time he had his vacation in the Philippines and I asked him tonight if he will eat it again....

He said he will because he likes it

It tasted like a hard-boiled egg to me, it was just the image of that little duck

[Jenn! 918]

Is the embryo crunchy?

Edited October 3, 2007 by Jenn!

[Jasman0717 9]

Is the embryo crunchy?

I didn't seem so to me but I did drink several San Miguels before I ate it

[Paulily 0]

Is the embryo crunchy?

I didn't seem so to me but I did drink several San Miguels before I ate it

I didn't find it any different from a hard boiled egg, I found it to be a wonderful experience I'm the man I eat almost all filipino foods except shrimp paste....yucky I can't even kiss my wife after she had that

[Jasman0717 9]

Is the embryo crunchy?

I didn't seem so to me but I did drink several San Miguels before I ate it

I didn't find it any different from a hard boiled egg, I found it to be a wonderful experience I'm the man I eat almost all filipino foods except shrimp paste....yucky I can't even kiss my wife after she had that

My friend's wife was feeding it to me and I thought it was just like a hard-boiled egg but then when I saw that little duck my stomach got a bit upset but I ate all five

[Paulily 0]

Is the embryo crunchy?

A little bit because of the skull and beak Just dont look after you open the shell, drink the juice and peel it and pop it in in your mouth

[Paulily 0]

Is the embryo crunchy?

I didn't seem so to me but I did drink several San Miguels before I ate it

I didn't find it any different from a hard boiled egg, I found it to be a wonderful experience I'm the man I eat almost all filipino foods except shrimp paste....yucky I can't even kiss my wife after she had that

My friend's wife was feeding it to me and I thought it was just like a hard-boiled egg but then when I saw that little duck my stomach got a bit upset but I ate all five

Wow five

[fish 0]

My tatay (father) used to tell us that we're not true "pinoys" if we don't eat balut. One time, I saw the Cojuanco sister's (Mikee, China, Maimai) cooking adobong balut on tv and telling everyone that "balut" is a favorite at the Cojuangco residence I said to myself if these filipino royalty eat it why can't I?

I only tried the yellow part I actually love it. When my husband visited me my brother-in-law brought him 6 baluts and my ever polite husband ate 4 with a bottle of san mig (tho' he's never drink alcohol in 20 yrs). He actually said it taste good.

[kev_n_jena 89]

My wife always told me she wouldn't eat balut, only pinoy. On my second trip there the opportunity presented itself one evening. We were sitting on her uncle's porch drinking SMB and along came a man selling balut. I had drank at least 6 SMB by that time and told her uncle, "we gotta try some balut!". I said, Jena and I have never tried it! Her uncle said YES we must have some and we bought enough for everyone. I ate the entire thing and remember it was quite hard like it was cooked too long but the taste was good. I later found out that Jena didn't really eat the chick, only some of the egg around it. grrrr she fooled me! LOL

I also tried durian at her lola's but neither Jena nor I enjoy it.

I found a funny thing about San Miguel. You have to be carefull how you order it or they will give you SML (San Miguel light). I always drank SMB (San Miguel Beer). They charged an extra 10P for light at the hotel we stayed at near Subic Bay. If I wasn't very careful I wound up getting the light version.

Funny how they use the abbreviation for everything in Phils. My wife says BF for boyfriend and GF for girlfriend. Thats just a couple, she has many many abbreviations she actually says outloud instead of the words.

Kevin

[JelloShotGirl 0]

my dad is american and they have pretty much the same thing in vietnam. the serve it in a clear tall glass??so I kinda wasnt shocked when I heard my hubby talking about how great it is LOL! anyway I never tried.......................maybe some day. hehehe