Are you going to eat this? Or atleast have the guts to try?

That looks pretty disgusting and inhumane to me. I don't know if I could bring myself to eating a baby. It makes me want to throw up when I think about biting into a small baby duck phoetus. Uggh

haha...hello danitykane!i like eating 'balot'! yes, but not something like that! huh! that's the worst balot i've seen & if all balot looks like that, maybe i will stop eating as well...hehe the balot that i like eating are those 'balot sa puti' where the chick is not obvious...hehe coz its still covered with white something... and yes balot is really tasty and good with vinegar or salt... and they say that its also nutritious... some eat them in the dark...so that they will not see its appearance...hehe

Hello danitykane. I have heard and tasted "balut". When i was a kid, my grandfather used to eat the fetus of our balut because it is believed that it can strengthen the knees. My second experience was in high school already. I was kind of brave to prove my friends that balut and the chick is delicious so after i sipped on the soup, i swallowed the whole chick and munched it til its gone. I remembered that one of my reactions were unexplainable especially when i was imagining the parts that i was chewing. I almost vomited but hurriedly drank water. Now that i have graduated from college, i think i won't be scared of it anymore. If i bought one, i will definitely eat the whole egg. Though it really isn't my favorite dish so i am better off with chicken skin and tokneneng.

hello danity kane, You know there was a portion in one of the shows back in the Fear factor show where they have asked American Contestants to eat Balut. wow, i just can't stop laughing upon seeing their faces after eating the fertilized duck. but seriously, I rarely eat the duck because i feel disgusting to it sometimes. most specially the bones, i only like the yellow part of it. and what's this You never tried balut? come on, be a Pinoy and eat the balut man! oh, i missed the salt not to mention drinking the fluid inside before eating..other mylotters might find it yucky because it was in their tradition to eat those.

Hi danitykane, I've heard of such thing, but never see someone eating them. For me, it's so disgusting and may be smelly, and i'll never eat it. As for the aphrodisiac effect, that's funny, is that true? I think it's just a tale, haha:) Have a nice day!

I've tried. Yup. And I'm a FIlipino just like you. It looks groos but the taste is superb. :) Try it. :) hehe. don't look at what you're eating to remove the psychological effect of thinking its gross and yucky. :)

Hi, danitykane. My oldest daughter just now tole me not to eat this because it is nasty. And I won't. Thus fertilized egg needs to finish growing. I would never eat a still born egg. That is very disgusting! I would rather just boil an egg and eat that.

I've eaten a lot of disgusting things in my time anyway so I guess one more thing won't matter But seriously, although I do not agree with this "delicacy", I would force myself to try it if only to be able to claim that I have eaten duck fetus (whether or not this is a good thing to be able to say is debatable)

Its a very healthy food. Balut is in fact, as the vendors say it, is a complete meal in its self! Just by the look of it, you can actually imagine it as a big slob of protein the size of a golf ball, minus the grossness,hehehe. But I really don't eat it whole, it just totally gross me out. A few times I've eaten it whole, and my stomach just couldn't accept the package it got. So I pretty settled for the yellow part of the Balut, and most importantly, the natural soup it had in itself, you can make it "higop" means to drink the soup. And boy its very delicious ^^.

Wow, nice word "balut" its my stuff when I'm hang over. This egg is so delicious when mix with chilli vinegar and a pinch of salt. Nice to try it Nitz', would you? I just try my new account created s few minutes. Hope to hear from you soon.

When I was younger and clueless, I gobbled the whole thing up. It's best served hot or warm, with dashes of salt here and there - it removes the raw taste. Now that I've grown though, I'd only eat that when my papa forces me haha And the only parts I can really enjoy are the soup and the yolk. The hair? N-O.

Hi. I am from the Philippines but I have eaten balut only once in my lifetime. I was just dared by my husband to eat it. Oh, I closed my eyes, pressed my nose, and stopped breathing just to be able to eat that duck fetus. I guess I would never do that again - once is enough, twice or more is too much...

#1. I'm a vegetarian, I think it's morally objectionable to eat meat. #2. I'm really weird about the way food looks, like the way it looks get me excited to eat it. This doesn't look good to me. My answer is no. No, I would not eat that. lol

i have tried eating that food. you are not a Filipino if you haven't tried it. Kidding! but it does taste good, but i don't eat the feathery fetus. i just like the rest of it. i don't eat the whole thing because it scares me too... i seldom eat balut because i'm allergic to it..

Hi, I have not seen anything like this before. But iam use to eating raw eggs. In the winter season that is this time of the year I drink 3-4 eggs mixed in milk with turmeric powder, lol. The key is drinking the entire mixture in one go! If u stop, u will not be able to drink it Cheers, Tutul

I am also a Filipino living in the Philippines and yes I eat it. And I love it. 'Masarap', that means delicious in our language (for those who don't know the word). I suggest you try it. There's a good chance you'll love it too.

Hi danitykane, Well, I have seen this at television. I think its not disgusting for some people but tasty. But I will not eat that for sure unless if I perforce to eat that in some cases. Haha. Anyway its good to tell us about your local food.

eeeewww... looks like the world's smallest pen1s yuk that sounds beyond disgusting for my taste

Are you sure you're Pinoy? LOL =) Try it. It's really delicious, I tell you. I always eat balut every afternoon. Well if you really don't like it because of the "sisiw" then I suggest you should eat Penoy instead. It's just a plain duck egg.

Hi danitykane! Yes I love balut! It looks a bit disgusting or nasty but taste really good. It is also rich in protein and we, Filipinos all know, it can make our bones and knees strong. You should try it. Some are putting vinegar on it but as for me plain salt is okay. Just don't look at it and don't forget to ask the vendor to give me small duck fetus. There are baluts that you can hardly see the duck.