Embryo
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
March 15, 2018 10:34am CST
Good evening!
Our beadle did not go to the hospital so I and my 3 colleagues opted to leave. I messaged Sir Sam that we will fill up 2 attendance sheets tomorrow for today and tomorrow's duty.
As usual my son drives the car with my sister in tow. My son sometimes buys food for midnight snacks. Tonight he bought egg porridge for himself while my sister saw a basket with duck embryo. She bought 3- one for each of us.
I know many users here do not like to see how an opened egg of a duck embryo looks like so I added some comic images.
This is called 'balut' and it is an exotic delicacy here. When I was still a staff nurse in 1981-86, I can consume 3 eggs in one sitting. Now I just eat one.
Have you tasted this already? If so, how was it?
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7 responses
@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
16 Mar 18
@ridingbet It is anyway a baby duck killed, boiled alive, poor little thing.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Mar 18
@LadyDuck oh, you are making me feel regretful eating 'balut'. 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Mar 18
that is why i choose the 'balut' at 17-18 days old only because the feathers are small, and the yolk is bigger.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
23 Jul 18
I have read about this dish. I am not sure if I would be able to eat it. Maybe I would eat a little bit of it in order to experience the taste.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
24 Jul 18
@ridingbet I don't know Amazing Race, I have only heard the name. Do people have to do challenges in this show?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
eating this sick embryo is sometimes a challenge in Amazing Race Asia.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
25 Jul 18
@Porcospino yes, it is like the Amazing Race in USA. certain tasks are done by the competitors and here in Asia, eating the duck embryo is always a task.
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@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
26 Mar 18
Have never tried it, or been somewhere that serves it. I have heard from people who have tried it that they liked it
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 Mar 18
some foreigners who come as tourists try this and they enjoy eating these duck embryos.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Mar 18
the yolk is delicious, even the feather-thingy, because it should be small. if big, i don't eat it.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Mar 18
@mydanods no it is not. it is just PhP15 a piece. converting it to a US dollar, it is $0.29 cents.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Mar 18
you wouldn't believe me, but i haven't tasted a Penoy yet.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Mar 18
@JustBhem did you have an unforgettable experience with a balut?
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
16 Mar 18
@ridingbet
I don't really like eating Balut.
And I seldom eat Penoy too.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Mar 18
yes it does differ. duck embryos should be 17-18 days old before being boiled.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
15 Mar 18
I would love to taste it. Ive heard about it.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Mar 18
i hope somebody there (Filipino stores) can sell duck embryos.
