Would you Dare to Eat Balut?

So, OK, I had no choice but to look for a Balut vendor on our way home. Next concern was, where are we going to find a Balut vendor? We asked around and fortunately, we found one, although I also told Faye to watch out for the Balut vendor which I usually hear passing by our place every night. I bought one Balut. There was no available Penoy. When I went back to the car, Earvin said he want one also. So, I said, “Are you sure?” His Dad asked, “Do you know how to eat that?” He said “Yes”. OK, go buy one for yourself. He seemed excited and wanted to eat it already, but I said to hold on to it until we reached home because I wanted to take a photo and put it in my blog.

So, when we arrived home, I told Faye that there was no Penoy available. She excitedly told me that the Balut vendor passed by and she was able to buy one Balut, one Penoy and a pack of Chicharon. She even said she ate one pack of quail eggs. Of course, here comes her Mommy’s shocked reaction! What??? You ate one pack? but didn’t you know that it’s high in cholesterol? Of course, she didn’t know, and she even said, “It’s not every day that I eat quail eggs.” Then, we turned to her Lola to ask why she allowed Faye to consume one pack.

Earvin was so eager to eat the Balut, his Dad even showed him how to crack it – through the flatter side of the egg. When he opened it, and Faye saw how gross it looked, she was so shocked and said, there was no way she was going to eat it.

Well, admittedly, Balut eggs really look gross! I have eaten just the yellow and the hard parts before but never the duck fetus inside! And as Faye said, there’s no way that I will ever dare eat it. But Earvin was so adventurous, he ate everything. I asked him afterwards how he felt. He couldn’t describe it, but he said it left a severe after taste and he waited 30 minutes before eating a proper dinner. He couldn’t get the image of the duck’s head out of his mind!