Comments on: Balut. The final frontier.

By: megwoo

megwoo — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 17:09:00 +0000

Delish, Thanks for the tips! That’s good to know that there are varying degrees of eating balut. The penoy sounds great.

By: delish

delish — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 02:09:52 +0000

so, have you finally tried eating balut?

some tips :) I don’t know how they make them and how long the eggs actually get to clients but here in the Philippines, we usually ask for one-day olds… where the chick is just this small ball of whatever… Filipinos seldom eat chicks that already look like chicks :)

Also, if you’re not brave enough, Just partake of the broth and the yellow part. The white part is eaten too, but it’s not as tender as the yellow part. And the yellow part tastes better with some salt and some spicy vinegar.

A lot of Filipinos also don’t eat the chick, you know.

And we also have what we call PENOY, basically a boiled duck egg that’s also delicious.

By: megwoo

megwoo — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:29:56 +0000

Thanks Kevin,
Glad to be back!

By: megwoo

megwoo — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:29:26 +0000

Hi Eddie,
Yes, I heard about the interview from John. I also heard that Ben tried it!! I’m shocked. I thought you were the only crazy one. Ha ha.

Can’t wait to listen to the podcast!

By: megwoo

megwoo — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:27:46 +0000

Thanks Moira!

By: megwoo

megwoo — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:00:38 +0000

Bill, I haven’t heard of balut in Seattle, but if I find any, I’ll let you know!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:21:04 +0000

Welcome back!

By: Eddie Lin

Eddie Lin — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:32:26 +0000

Hey, Meg,

Thanks for blogging me! Funny that you did because last night I just did the radio interview with your friend’s bro Ben Adair (Pacific Drift on KPCC 89.3fm in Los Angeles). Are you curious to find out if Ben ate balut or not??? Well you’ll have to listen to the podcast to find out…or you can just ask Ben’s brother. teehee.

By: Moira

Moira — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 22:58:33 +0000

Thanks for the link…what a great post!

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:10:41 +0000

I’ve also been fascinated by balut ever since I saw it on a travel documentary about the Phillippines. This of course means I’m going to have to try it like every other exotic thing out there. Now where in Seattle can you get balut?