Explicit Balut
I should warn you. These pictures might be considered gross, graphic, or delicious.
Yesterday I decided to cook the last two of the balut, but I accidentally dropped one egg too hard into the pan, and a piece of shell broke off. I didn’t realize this until the water turned white and started to froth. Since the egg was pretty much ruined for eating, I decided to examine its contents.
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When I removed the shell, I was actually shocked to see what came out:
The baby duck was a lot more developed than I had expected! Before I was only seeing its back. I realized that what I originally thought was its eye could not have been.
This raised some very important questions. I started to wonder just how aware of its environment this embryo was. Does it have a developed nervous system that will allow it to feel the pain of being boiled alive? Does refrigeration humanely euthanize the embryo?
There is only one way I can think of to find the answer to this question: open a fresh, unrefrigerated, unboiled balut. Or look it up. Or ask an expert. Whatever.
Stumble it!
March 12th, 2008 at 8:51 am
I just threw up in my mouth.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
That did not look like something that should be eaten like chocolate. Unless you covered it in chocolate.
March 17th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
I’m actually kind of angry with you now.
Admittedly, for no good reason.
Still, actually pretty angry with you.
May 6th, 2008 at 9:58 am
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