Has anyone eaten this?

[cheeseprata]

I first saw this in Vietnam and then yesterday they had some philipino girls on some weird channel eating these.

It's duck eggs with almost a fully formed foetus inside.

So I know it's done in Vietnam and the Philipines.
Does anyone know if any other countries do this?

I thought I was pretty good at most stuff having eaten insects and pig organ soup before...but this is enough for me to go vegetarian...

[╗]

YES!!! I actually eat that all the time (well, whenever I get the chance to). Filipinos call it "Balut."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut

I guess I understand why people think it's gross. But the only thing gross about it is the way it looks. The taste is something like a combination of chicken and egg (not surprising because it's a chick).

[shugi]

Before even opening this thread I knew it was about Balut.

Its soo wierd, It freaks me out everytime.

[TeeHee]

omg, i love that stuff! it's called "hot vit lon" in viet. i actually mentioned about it in this thread, "foods i love that you probably hate" eurasiannation.proboards48.com/index.cgi?board=language&action=display&thread=1130529373&page=2

hmm, cheeseprata, when you said "pig organ soup", are you referring to the "quyet" that i talked about in that same thread? b/c i love that too ;D

[cheeseprata]

I ate pig organ soup when I lived in Singapore. Didn't like it.

I'm not sure of the vietnamese version, but for my birthday this year my family and I went to a Vietnamese resturaunt where they ordered pig organs which were dry and cut into circular pieces.

They then proceeded to tease the sh*t outa me as I didn't want to go near it....haha...I rather my pho any day!

[dela cruz]

Tasted it first time in phils, no more... just the look of it is nauseating :X

"hi sir you taste... masarap!"

[maow]

I saw someone eat this once and was offered to try some but I couldnt bring myself to it!

[Yoomy]

omg that looks ..... :S

I heard about this...I would'nt want to eat that tbh.

[Farmer Moustachio]

ARGH... my uncle serves these at his restaurant and gave me a tray to take home to my mum last week *puke*

[rudiger]

i like century eggs but this... no thanks :S

[etudes]

ofcourse i've eaten those. maybe hundreds.

[meep]

my god.

I think I may never eat an egg ever again.

[halfbreed]

^ Ditto.

[erinny2000]

Nope don't care to try it because it just looks too gross but my dad loves it.

[bulaklak]

Yah my dad says its good. I'll try it when I go to the Philippines and report back.

I used to get these salty eggs at the Filipino grocery before it closed down. They are colored pink/purple on the outside. Yummy.