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31 May 2007

Worst. Snack. Ever. That is all.

post by: essexjan at: 17:12 | 17 comments

You probably shouldn't look at what's inside.

posted by Specklet 31 May | 17:19

You knew, Specklet, you just knew, didn't you, that I wouldn't be able to resist clicking those links?

*pours bleach into eyes*

posted by essexjan 31 May | 17:20

Jan: are you speaking from experience or just from what you imagine it must be like to eat one of those things? If you had one, I simultaneously commend and curse you. You have marvelous gastrointestinal fortitude and in turn you are heartless and evil.

Personally, I probably wouldn't eat one.

Upon viewing speck's links: OH GOD. Make that definitely wouldn't eat one!

posted by CitrusFreak12 31 May | 17:21

Nor would I CF.

posted by essexjan 31 May | 17:27

Ick. Yuck. Disgusting. Not the egg, the idea that eating it would make invalids want to do it.

I bet these would be better if you soaked them in Kool-Aid for a while...

posted by ColdChef 31 May | 17:37

If they can squick out ColdChef, they are truly disgusting.

posted by essexjan 31 May | 18:07

Wimps. They are good and nutritious. I won the balut eating contest at my high school (Wagner High School ,Clark Air Base, Philippines) during my senior year.

posted by alteredcarbon 31 May | 18:09

Nuh UH!

posted by Specklet 31 May | 18:15

Essexjan: Oh thank goodness. I feared the worst.

posted by CitrusFreak12 31 May | 18:24

That is all kinds of repellent. That's just wrong. Really fecking wrong.

posted by TheDonF 31 May | 18:25

Oh, Ewwww. Ewww. Ewww. Ewww. Sorry, I can be adventurous when it comes to food sometimes, but this is not one of those times.

posted by redvixen 31 May | 18:40

I'd never heard of these until I saw Andrew Zimmern eat one on Bizarre Foods.

If you haven’t eaten fertilized duck embryos, then you haven’t lived. They taste like teeny iron-y liver balls with a duck burp on the back end.

I highly recommend that show...that guy is fearless when it comes to food.

posted by Otis 31 May | 19:08

Those are/were popular in the Philippines (I believe "balut" is Tagalog). When I went to high school there, our school had a freshman welcome party. I almost didn't go because it was rumored that as part of an initiation-type thing that we would all be forced to eat one of these things. Thankfully I was wrong. I don't think I'd be able to finish a balut without upchucking.

posted by deadcowdan 31 May | 20:22

Duck upchuck.

posted by ColdChef 31 May | 20:35

Beats the hell out of Kinder Toys, doesn't it?

posted by Zack_Replica 31 May | 21:48

Meh, it's just an egg. A very mature egg, but still an egg.

posted by dg 01 June | 02:40

This? Is me not clicking on Specklet's links.

posted by deborah 03 June | 01:11

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