The Weird Egg

I personally thought that it doesn't matter what kind of egg you give me, i'll eat it. I was wrong. I was looking up things to talkabout eggs when i read a horrifying story about the preparation of a boiled duck embryo that is cooked and prepared inside the shell. This is called balut.

Balut has become a bit of a fancy cuisine in some parts of Asia but it looks like something they would eat on 'im a celebrity' its rotten. They can eat the baby duck embryo and the stuff around it. For any pregnant women reading my post apparently it helps with childbirth.

Depending on where you get your balut the Asians have a tendency to put some salt and chilli sauce on it like you would get on your takeaway or throw the wee baby ducks in an omelette.

I believe it is similar to peoples perspectives to veal in some parts of Europe. I admit, im not a vegetarian and ive got crispy duck from the chinese take-away before but even if the local threw in a few baby duck embryo's I would probably have to decline because it is a shame the poor little fella not even being allowed to go for a swim.

If that is not enough to convince you not to eat balut I have attached a video of a sleepy baby duck.

Thanks for reading.