Poop. Okay?! It’s poop. I thought a lot about it, and that’s where I draw the line. I won’t eat poop. Non food items should go without saying, and I’m not eating anything that’s going to cause me physical harm. However, after cracking this raw balut egg, I began to question that as well.
I won't lie - that's gross.
In all honesty, I’m not interested in anything that doesn’t at least have a chance of tasting good. I’m not doing this for shock value (though at times it’s a bonus), I’m just genuinely curious about foods that are so popular in other cultures. Now this isn’t the correct, or traditional way to eat Balut, but how bad can a fried egg and a fried duckling be? That’s right, it can’t.
That might be grosser
But it sure can look it. This was the first time in awhile I was given pause in my approach. I wasn’t grossed out so to speak, it was more of a safety issue. Okay there’s another one – I’m not doing raw balut…nobody is.
but then it started to get better.
So once homeboy started to fry, everything began smelling pretty good. Again, it’s really just a fried duck egg, and not-quite-duck. As I mentioned with the traditional preparation, you don’t have to worry about any off textures from feathers or bones – nothing should be that far developed, and any resistance is very slight. In the case that you do get really developed bones – someone let your egg develop a few days past it’s prime. Trust me, I’ve eaten these twice now.
Balomelet TM
This definitely isn’t a surprise breakfast-in-bed type item. A delicious balomelet is not the way most would choose to start their day. Still, if you’re into trying new foods, and can stomach the site, I can’t think of a much tastier way.
…except maybe deviled duck egg with duck embryo confit. Keep on the look out for that one.
Grade: B+
![traditional preparation](<strong><a href="http://www.rodzillareviews.com/?attachment_id=2329" rel="attachment wp-att-2329"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-2329" title="balut 2 006" src="http://www.rodzillareviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/balut-2-006-595x489.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="489" /></a>Poop</strong>. Okay?! It's poop. I thought a lot about it, and that's where I draw the line. I won't eat poop. Non food items go without saying, I'm not eating anything that's going to cause me physical harm..but after cracking a raw balut egg, I began to question that as well.<!--more--><a href="http://www.rodzillareviews.com/?attachment_id=2331" rel="attachment wp-att-2331"><img class="size-large wp-image-2331" title="balut 2 008" src="http://www.rodzillareviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/balut-2-008-595x446.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="446" /></a>In all honesty, I'm not interested in anything that doesn't at least have a chance of tasting good. I'm not doing this for shock value (though at times it's a bonus), I'm just genuinely curious about these foods that are so popular in other cultures. Now this isn't the <em>correct, </em>or <em>traditional</em> way to eat Balut, but how bad could a fried egg and a fried duckling be? That's right, it can't.<a href="http://www.rodzillareviews.com/?attachment_id=2332" rel="attachment wp-att-2332"><img class="size-large wp-image-2332" title="balut 2 009" src="http://www.rodzillareviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/balut-2-009-595x446.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="446" /></a>But it sure can look it. This was the first time in awhile I was given pause in my approach. I wasn't <em>grossed out </em>so to speak, it was more of a safety issue. Okay there's another one - I'm not doing raw balut...nobody is.){kind=link}
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Doesn’t look too bad; I’m kind of surprised that the “yolk” combined with the “white” to really give that omelet/scrambed egg look. I think if you served this as a “duck confit omelet” someone would buy it and tell you you’re a culinary genius.
I will never be this hungry.
So what’s next for your balut adventures, Roddy – balut en cocotte? balut quiche? Ooh… balut scotch egg?
That’s still pretty gross man… but pretty awesome too!
Hmm I don’t think the anti-abortion crowd will take too kindly to this
Sorry, but that is one disgusting first photo. Are you mad at us? I don’t eat anything that bloody. Kudos to you for being able to handle that.
Gotta say–the end result is not that frightening. This is akin to people not wanting to visit farms because they don’t want to know where their food comes from, I realize, but if I hadn’t seen that bloody, bile-y yolk, I would probably think this was sausage and eggs.