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My first experience with balut
Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:10 pm
S & P Asian mart here in Lafayette has some on occasion, so I picked some up today. Along with the cooked eggs is salt and pepper with lime, and also Vietnamese coriander, also known as Rau Ram.
One down, one to go. Here's the second one broken into...
Poor little guy never stood a chance. You can see how defined he is with his beak and hairlike feathers.
I was expecting it to have an acquired taste, but it wasn't bad at all, especially if you like a good egg yolk. I probably won't be running back to the store for them, but it was a food that was on my bucket list and is now crossed off.
Would you eat it?
One down, one to go. Here's the second one broken into...
Poor little guy never stood a chance. You can see how defined he is with his beak and hairlike feathers.
I was expecting it to have an acquired taste, but it wasn't bad at all, especially if you like a good egg yolk. I probably won't be running back to the store for them, but it was a food that was on my bucket list and is now crossed off.
Would you eat it?
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Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:15 pm to Degas
I'm gonna say no and I'll eat most anything.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:16 pm to LSUEnvy
frick no
Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:19 pm to Degas
my parents would eat that every day for every meal if they could 
Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:21 pm to Degas
Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:46 pm to The Egg
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my parents would eat that every day for every meal if they could
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The Egg
Checks out
Posted on 10/13/17 at 3:50 pm to Degas
frick no, sorry Degas. Dammit.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 4:05 pm to Degas
I now have two things on my Will not eat list.
balut and chitterlings.
sorry, but the answer is no.
balut and chitterlings.
sorry, but the answer is no.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 4:10 pm to Degas
I’ll try anything once but idk about the balut, the texture has to be horrible
Posted on 10/13/17 at 6:24 pm to Degas
I usually try anything. Tripe, pig feet, whatever. But I can’t pull the trigger on balut because of the visual.
If you were blindfolded and had one given to you, what might the taste and texture resemble?
If you were blindfolded and had one given to you, what might the taste and texture resemble?
Posted on 10/13/17 at 6:49 pm to Degas
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Would you eat it?
I'm an adventurous eater. Not no, but frick no.
Did you eat the embryos or throw them away and basically just eat a boiled egg?
Posted on 10/13/17 at 7:40 pm to TigerstuckinMS
My dad was like Andrew Zimmern - he would try anything. But if he knew some people eat it, he'd try it even if it didn't look good.
He cooked eels from the crab trap, Lake Pontchartrain clams (gross because of the dredging in the lake at the time), raw crawfish and shrimp - all kinds of things he came across.
Pier One used to have an imported food section. As kids we'd give him gifts of chocolate-covered ants, chocolate-covered baby bees, kangaroo tail soup, fried crickets (in a can), snails and anything else they sold.
He cooked eels from the crab trap, Lake Pontchartrain clams (gross because of the dredging in the lake at the time), raw crawfish and shrimp - all kinds of things he came across.
Pier One used to have an imported food section. As kids we'd give him gifts of chocolate-covered ants, chocolate-covered baby bees, kangaroo tail soup, fried crickets (in a can), snails and anything else they sold.
This post was edited on 10/13/17 at 7:46 pm
Posted on 10/13/17 at 7:59 pm to Degas
A duck egg? I'm guessing someone local is raising them.
I'd eat it. And I've eaten chitterlings MD and aren't bad if cleaned well and cooked right.
I'd eat it. And I've eaten chitterlings MD and aren't bad if cleaned well and cooked right.
Posted on 10/13/17 at 8:10 pm to Degas
I wish I would’ve looked up what balut was before coming in this thread 
IWNEI but kudos to you for managing
IWNEI but kudos to you for managing
Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:05 am to TigerstuckinMS
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Did you eat the embryos or throw them away and basically just eat a boiled egg?
I ate the whole thing. I only pulled the second one out to get a pic of what it looked like. It really tasted like a good duck egg yolk of course and the embryo didn't really have a strong taste at all...rather good when eaten with the Rau Ram and the salt/pepper with lime juice. The texture wasn't what I thought it would be. I almost expected a mouthful of bones and feathers, which it was not. I did get slight resistance from some underdeveloped bones, but I would say that eating a whole sardine has more of a bone crunch. It was very subtle.
Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:29 am to Degas
Props to you for eating it and reporting on same.
I really wish I could try it, but my culrural background has not sufficiently prepared my palate and brain for it.
I really wish I could try it, but my culrural background has not sufficiently prepared my palate and brain for it.
Posted on 10/14/17 at 12:30 am to The Egg
Is that pig, duck, or goat tiet canh? I usually eat it once a year whenever the Vietnamese church sells New Years.
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