Of the different nationalities that are on line, how many of you have tried this food?!


Question: Of the different nationalities that are on line, how many of you have tried this food!?
How many of you eat balloot regularly!? And, if it is not part of your national heritage, How many of you have ever tried it !? or Do you know what it even is!?!?!?
I know what it is and the thought of eating it, just plain discusts me, I think it is gross!!!! I was just wondering how many different people eat it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
You mean Balut!? Never eaten them, Never will, Not part of my heritage and YUCK!

fyi folks!.!.!.
Balut= soft-boiled eggs containing partially developed duck embryosWww@FoodAQ@Com

I have never heard of it and the net indicates it isn't a food!.
I am puzzled!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

From the Caribbean and heard about it on television and it is not a part of my country's heritage!. NO, i have never tried it and don't ever plan on doing so EVER!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

so anyways, what is it!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

i think im the only one in my family who doesn't eat balut!. i probably ate it when i was little with my great-grandfather because i ate things like tripe, blood, cow hoof and chicken feet with him!.!.!.i don't really remember eating balut though!. my family both young and old love it! it's at every party on the pupu(hor d'oeuvres) table!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Its definately not part of the aussie cuisine, but i worked in a mexican restaurant with an old asian guy as a chef, and he ate balut a couple of times a week!. He loved it with soy sauce, and loved grossing us all out by eating half and then sneaking up on us with the uneaten half exposed for us all to see!. EEeeeeaw!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No!.!.!.and i am not going to either!.!.!.!.not when i have good fresh chicken eggs in the frig!.!.!.thank you but no thank you!.!.!.good luck in you trying to eat it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

as far as i know its a delicacey in and around the phillipines, i never had it ,but i've had sushi and at least i can say i did not like it at all !Www@FoodAQ@Com

i think is really good you should tasted and i promise you will never stop eating itWww@FoodAQ@Com

I am Indian & balut is a far cry from what we are used to eating - to each his own ,if balut is what makes you happy then happy eating!.
Like you, some foods are just off my list,never understood why one needs to bend over backwards to taste something that does not appeal or frankly freaks one out!.With global cuisine as vast as it is today ,i feel very comfortable with choosing from what foods appeal to me!.
Cheers to those who are open to trying any food,but i am not on this list !.Www@FoodAQ@Com

i havent tried it and never will!.!.!. its a philipino delicasyWww@FoodAQ@Com

NEVER HEARD OF ITWww@FoodAQ@Com

I know what it is!. Its a philipino delicacy!.!.!. Half done egg, right!? Meaning there's a incomplete chick in the egg!.!.!. A dead one for that matter!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Well, certainly balut is a hardcore acquired taste (or sight!?), I think much more so than stuff like durian, century eggs, dim sum chicken feet & other notorious Asian delicacies that most Westerners wouldn't touch unless dead drunk!.

Although I've never tried it & don't intend to (despite having tried other 'weird' stuff), I think the shock factor is probably more of seeing (or imagining) the boiled duck embryo with the head, beak, feathers etc, rather than the taste!.

Although most people won't touch it, at least know what it is just as an education, right!? Warning, the below link will show balut photos from Google Images, don't view before & after meals if you've a weak stomach!. Look at the photo of the balut street vendor so you can recognise & avoid it if travelling in the Philippines :)

http://images!.google!.com!.sg/images!?hl=en!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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