Balut

Balut is one of the exotic foods in the Philippines. It is said to be a notorious boiled fertilized duck’s egg. Usually duck’s egg usually takes 28 days. In making a balut, it is boiled at 17 days when the chick os still wrapped in white and showing no feathers and beak. duck’s egg usually takes 28 days.

How it eat a balut? First make sure it’s hot. Hold the egg and determine the wider end. Break off a piece and put on a rock salt and sip. Once all soup has been sip break off the rest of the egg shell, peel it and sprinkle with rock salt again, the yolk which is firm and the chick is now ready to eat.

Balut is said to be aphrodisiac. This serve as also a bar chow for menfolks who gather around and drinks beer or gin.

On selling it, a vendor walks on street at night carrying the basket of eggs and bellowing the word ‘Baluuuuut’.