"Roy" > wrote in message
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> >Just saw these on a program on National Geographic Channel the other day.
> >The only thing I can say is YUCK!!! I guess to each their own but they
> >showed them from being laid, candled up to 15 days, cooked (boiled like
> >hard boiled eggs) and eaten and it made me swear off all eggs for a
while.
> >The guys in the Philippines seemed to be enjoying themselves however but!
>
> For first timers....
> It takes a lot of convincing to try it!..but once you get the hang of
> it...(after puking a few times),,, if you persist and think of it as a
> very nutritious food....you will gradually like its taste and texture
> ...indeed ...It is an acquired taste....!

FINALLY, someone who vouches for the fact that there ARE people in the world
who enjoy this Asian "delicacy."
I was hoping this newsgroup hadn't deteriorated into a lot of people saying
"yuck" about something truly
authentic and different.

> Besides
> Its good as an accompaniment for cold beer!
> ... or they call it in vernacular (this dish ) as 'pulutan'.
> Other people love to eat insects such as locust, bugs ,worms ....
> But I would rather eat half a dozen balut than a plateful of fried
> insects!

My politically correct indignance aside, I would think the beer would be
absolutely essential :-D