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I just received a dozen balute (sp?) eggs. I need to "serve" them on
January 8th.

Question #1 - Will they stay fresh until then or do I need to cook them now?

Question #2 - How do you prepare them?

I'd love to hear about any personal experiences with them that you may have
had - texture, taste, what to expect food-wise, etc. Not really interested
in hearing about the aphrodisiac qualities since my wife and I do just fine
already. :)

....Okay... sorry about that last comment, but I'd really love to hear
anything you might know about them and how to prepare / serve / etc.

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Steve wrote on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:30:52 -0600:

??>> I just received a dozen balute (sp?) eggs. I need to
??>> "serve" them on January 8th.
??>>
??>> Question #1 - Will they stay fresh until then or do I need
??>> to cook them now?
??>>
??>> Question #2 - How do you prepare them?

SW> Sounds like you're the subject of a practical joke.

SW> The good news is they won't last until Jan 8th, so you
SW> won't have to worry about any of the above.

Try searching with Google on balute: disgusting idea and it's
amazing how many things are popularly supposed to be
aphrodisiacs!

James Silverton.

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> Sounds like you're the subject of a practical joke.

I'm the one pulling the practical joke. I do a Fear Factor-like competition
monthly with teens... And have been doing so since the late 1980's...
Always looking for new "stuff" and finally found these locally through
someone else.

> The good news is they won't last until Jan 8th, so you won't have
> to worry about any of the above.

Bummer. No way to change that? Cook them now? Freeze them? Keep them in
the fridge for a week then cook them then fridge them, etc?
--


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Steve Wertz wrote:
>
> You don't cook 'em. You're supposed to lop off the top of the
> shell and spoon the goop into your mouth. They last no more than
> 5-6 days when refrigerated.

Spoon? That would be the wimps way. Most Filipinos I know just eat
them from the shell. I think the slurping from the shell helps with
the gross-factor.

Balut
 

> Balut are fertilized duck (or chicken) eggs. Inside you'll find a
> partially formed little duck (or chicken) about 2 weeks old
> (normally these eggs hatch in 18-21 days IIRC).
>
> You don't cook 'em. You're supposed to lop off the top of the
> shell and spoon the goop into your mouth. They last no more than
> 5-6 days when refrigerated.

Do you think I could freeze them in their current state and defrost them a
day prior to use?

> "Balut" is the more common (correct?) spelling. You can look on
> the web for more info about them.

Google is my friend. :)

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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!



"Joe" > wrote in message
news:O9Lof.77$u36.56@trndny01...
>I just received a dozen balute (sp?) eggs. I need to "serve" them on
>January 8th.
>
> Question #1 - Will they stay fresh until then or do I need to cook them
> now?
>
> Question #2 - How do you prepare them?
>
> I'd love to hear about any personal experiences with them that you may
> have had - texture, taste, what to expect food-wise, etc. Not really
> interested in hearing about the aphrodisiac qualities since my wife and I
> do just fine already. :)
>
> ...Okay... sorry about that last comment, but I'd really love to hear
> anything you might know about them and how to prepare / serve / etc.
>
> Joe in Northern, NJ - V#8013-R
>
> Currently Riding The "Mother Ship"
>
> Ride a motorcycle in or near NJ?
> http://tinyurl.com/4zkw8
> http://www.youthelate.com
>
>
>

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>Spoon? That would be the wimps way. Most Filipinos I know just eat
>them from the shell. I think the slurping from the shell helps with
>the gross-factor

Yeah....just break one end gently, peel the membrane then suck the
liquid from it, peel it further and you can remove some feathers ,
beaks etc, (some baluts are already 18-20 days old almost looking like
fullgrown chicks!)
By peeling it gradually as you turn it around and eating and sucking it
until you reach the hardened white portion at the base...
Bon Appetit!

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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....!
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!

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"Roy" > wrote:

>... or they call it in vernacular (this dish ) as 'pulutan'.

Huh? What part of the Pinas are you from?

Everywhere else, it refers to a four-legged "delicacy".

Hint: When my dog had a leg surgically removed, I nicknamed
him Pulutan.

LeeBat

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Not from Phils but have stayed there long enough to absorb some of
their culture
But....
Still I abhor eating dog meat!
Its totally gross!
Besides....
Its against my principle to eat my' best friend'

LeeBat wrote:
> "Roy" > wrote:
>
> >... or they call it in vernacular (this dish ) as 'pulutan'.
>
> Huh? What part of the Pinas are you from?
>
> Everywhere else, it refers to a four-legged "delicacy".
>
> Hint: When my dog had a leg surgically removed, I nicknamed
> him Pulutan.
>
> LeeBat

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> Not from Phils but have stayed there long enough to absorb some of
> their culture
> But....
> Still I abhor eating dog meat!
> Its totally gross!
> Besides....
> Its against my principle to eat my' best friend'

Unrelated question.... Sorta... But I presume the sale of dog meat in the
US is illegal?

....Those of you who have been following my threads know where this is
going...

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>Maybe you should ask one of the vegetarian or PETA groups....

That's a sensible suggestion <LOL>

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Pulutan doesn't necessarily mean "dog". Pulutan can refer to anything
that is consumed alongside alcohol.

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Disgusting is subjective. Most cultures will have some food that will
be "disgusting" to others.

FYI, balut is also consumed by people who don't even know it's
considered an aphrodisiac by others. The aphrodisiac thing is sorta an
urban legend. Most pinoys who eat balut don't believe that. Like many
Pinoy urban legends, it probably started out as a joke that stuck and
got spread around.

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"Roy" > wrote:

>Not from Phils but have stayed there long enough to absorb some of
>their culture

Oh, okay. No biggie. Pulutan, however, is the term for dog meat.
Balut is merely ........ balut.

LeeBat

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>Oh, okay. No biggie. Pulutan, however, is the term for dog meat.
>Balut is merely ........ balut.

I disagree...
I suggest that...
You should take a vacation to Phils and familiarize yourself more of
your eating habits and terminology<grin>.
Cooked Dogmeat is not consumed only as a pulutan it can also be
consumed with rice as a viand.!

Anything that is eaten as an accompaniment to an alcoholic liquour
be... it cooked dog meat(( kaldereta ),chicken any kinds of
meat,,.pork cracklings even raw fish mixed with condiments and spices
and steeped in vinegar etc is called .. is called a PULUTAN in your
Tagalog language....sometimes colloquially called PANTULAK ..
Many drinkers there who introduced and taught me how to eat balut
called it by the same term.....I learned to appreciate balut and
chicharon as a' pantulak' with cold San Miguel beer...but they were
unsuccesful in coaxing me to eat dog kaldereta.

... when I visited the Southern Islands including MIndanao they call
it with another vernacular world...IIRC ..'sumsuman'?

However if any cooked meat, poultry fish cooked or prepared in the
same manner including balut and penoy....
If its eaten with cooked rice..... (or in southern islands) cooked corn
grits....its called IIRC...... ulam or sudan.?

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"Roy" > wrote:

>I suggest that...
>You should take a vacation to Phils and familiarize yourself more of
>your eating habits and terminology<grin>.

heh heh.

Used to go a couple times a year but haven't been home in ages.

>Cooked Dogmeat is not consumed only as a pulutan it can also be
>consumed with rice as a viand.!

True. I oversimplified.

LeeBat
don't eat it either .....

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"Roy" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> >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

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rox formerly rmg wrote:
>
> 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.
>

One of my aunts became a vegetarian decades ago (sometime in the early
'70's, I think). But I remember her occasionally breaking her
meat-free diet to eat balut. She doesn't any more, but I think for the
first 10-ish years of becoming vegetarian, it was one of the meat
things she missed. I guess it's like Filipino bacon in that sense! :-)

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>Oh - I've eaten it before, twice. And I can vouch for it....
">Yuck".

You really need to eat balut a few times more ......in order to
conquer the 'grossness factor'<grin>

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rox formerly rmg wrote:
> "Roy" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>
>>>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
>
>

Keep a Brick of belacan and a flask of JD with you.
Smell belacan, Drink JD, Eat Balute! Very Simple:) (& tasty too!)

peace!

-Blizzard

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Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:09:18 GMT, blizzard >
> wrote:
>
>
>>Keep a Brick of belacan and a flask of JD with you.
>>Smell belacan, Drink JD, Eat Balute! Very Simple:) (& tasty too!)
>
>
> I saw Rachel Ray do this. Then she threw some salt over her
> shoulder. It was that Tony Bourdain meets Rachel Ray episode.
>
> -sw


Like finding a very PHAT crab with eggs....and not enjoying them...oh
sorry wrong episode...:)

-Blizz

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"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On 12 Jan 2006 13:58:05 -0800, "Roy" > wrote:
>
> I love a good waterbug, some sago grubs,
> butterfly pupaes, or a simple 100-year egg yolks, but balut just
> didn't do anything for me. I didn't get a woody. (Oops, TMI,
> eh?)

Hehe, that is one way of gauging whether something agrees with you.

We have lots of "100 year old" eggs in San Francisco and I've always wanted
to try one. I did try tea eggs from a street vendor in Hong Kong and really
liked 'em. They were tucked into a big vat of rock salt and she fished them
out and cracked them, served with some reddish-brown sprinklin's. Very
soulful but not at all "gross."

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>It wasn't the grossness factor that got to me. I've experimented
>with plenty of edibles most would consider gross, this just didn't
>?appeal to me tastewise. I love a good waterbug, some sago grubs,
>butterfly pupaes, or a simple 100-year egg yolks, but balut just
>didn't do anything for me. I didn't get a woody. (Oops, TMI,
>eh?)

Hmm.. that sounds fair....balut is bland tasting as they are just
boiled and eaten with salt compared to insects,grin>...when they are
fried ,( spices can be added ) and some taste like peeled prawns
?<grin>....
There are many ways to cook insects....for example....the locust can be
cooked Szechuan style!

Between prawn and eggs or precisely shrimp and balut ....the former has
more flavor..... and that is why many natives consider insects as
delicacy better than poultry or game animals that they will gladly
offer it to visitors.....as a treat...and would rather eat game birds
themselves....
Me I would rather eat game birds....than the cooked insects.....and the
natives feel insulted<grin> as I refused their highly valued food...?

i think....its a good anthropology lesson ?<grin>...

100year yolk?.....the century egg you mean?

By the way I love also the century eggs.........