BALUT, where please

[lizaphil]

IF I have posted in wrong forum, sorry

I'm trying to get BALUT for my birthday party.
I have about 25 filipinas coming and we all miss BALUT so much
Can anyone help me please?

[Steve.r]

Not sure if it is legal to make them here, never heard of or seem any mentioned before.

[imagine]

IF I have posted in wrong forum, sorry

I'm trying to get BALUT for my birthday party.
I have about 25 filipinas coming and we all miss BALUT so much
Can anyone help me please?

aaaaawwwwwwww i didnt know what balut was, i just googled it,,,,,,,, poor little ducks

[Sim11UK]

Someone was selling them at the Bristol Barrio Fiesta, but sorry I have no contact details.
Maybe you should try contacting a Filipino food supplier, they may supply, or know someone who does?

[Sim11UK]

aaaaawwwwwwww i didnt know what balut was, i just googled it,,,,,,,, poor little ducks

You ain't been to the Philippines until you've tried balut....not for the faint hearted.

[imagine]

You ain't been to the Philippines until you've tried balut....not for the faint hearted.

well i guess i gotta try, another good reason to go to phil.
ps ,,,, cooked or alive ?

[Sim11UK]

Oh cooked....like a well done boiled egg, but with a semi formed chick in it.
To be honest, I've only eaten it once & it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I'm not in a rush to eat it again...Ask Brenda about it.

[Englishman2010]

well i guess i gotta try, another good reason to go to phil.
ps ,,,, cooked or alive ?

Sorry Imagine, I couldn't help laughing thinking about what your reaction would be if someone had said alive.

It's something you have to try at least once, but for me once was enough

[Steve.r]

Here are a few photos of some tasty treats. Chicken guts on a stick are also nice, these ones were on a mobile stand in the middle of Manila. The boiled egg photo is called Penoy, not quite Balut, but close.
Enjoy

[Englishman2010]

Isaw, the chicken guts is nice I dont mind the pig guts on a stick either, although it's a bit chewier. I cant see the point of the chickens feet and chickens head on sticks though, I tried them and all they are is skin and bone and really fidly to eat.

[Steve.r]

Yes Ian, I have not bothered with feet or heads yet, not really what I call a meal, and I dont really like the chew and spit involved in the process.

[Englishman2010]

Yes Ian, I have not bothered with feet or heads yet, not really what I call a meal, and I dont really like the chew and spit involved in the process.

Completely agree Steve. Only today, I've been explaining to Elaine that in the west we dont eat any of the fat, bones, skin, head, feet, offal or any of the other cr@p on a chicken. The breast and possibly legs is all we usually bother with. I don't even buy any chicken meat with bones in it, the pre-packed breasts in shrink wrapped trays is all I can be bothered with these days. Pinoys must think we are extremely wasteful

[imagine]

Oh cooked....like a well done boiled egg, but with a semi formed chick in it.
To be honest, I've only eaten it once & it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I'm not in a rush to eat it again...Ask Brenda about it.

thank goodness its cooked, i had thoughts of it wriggling in my mouth

[imagine]

Sorry Imagine, I couldn't help laughing thinking about what your reaction would be if someone had said alive.

It's something you have to try at least once, but for me once was enough

im so glad its cooked but yeah im game to try

[imagine]

nice pics Steve, looks tasty

[Steve.r]

Completely agree Steve. Only today, I've been explaining to Elaine that in the west we dont eat any of the fat, bones, skin, head, feet, offal or any of the other cr@p on a chicken. The breast and possibly legs is all we usually bother with. I don't even buy any chicken meat with bones in it, the pre-packed breasts in shrink wrapped trays is all I can be bothered with these days. Pinoys must think we are extremely wasteful

Just a case of us in the 'west' losing the ability to fend for ourselves, or just being lazy in our 'fast' lives. Just imagine all the power stations shutting, water supplys running dry, shops empty. I think we would all have a shock. Being resourceful, filipinas can teach us an awful lot about survival. and being able to eat most anything would be the first thing we would have to learn.

[Englishman2010]

im so glad its cooked but yeah im game to try

I've got some pics of me eating one last year, but they're too big to put on here

[ampy]

im so glad its cooked but yeah im game to try

be sure you dont run away when they open balut for you to try,,, i eat balut too ,but i didnt like the pictures of it in here i didnt realised it is that horrible looks in it,

[Steve.r]

I've got some pics of me eating one last year, but they're too big to put on here

Ian, host them on Photobucket, and link them in, thats what I do with my photos above

[sars_notd_virus]

IF I have posted in wrong forum, sorry

I'm trying to get BALUT for my birthday party.
I have about 25 filipinas coming and we all miss BALUT so much
Can anyone help me please?

I don't know your location Lizaphil but they sell'' balut'' here in Mini Siam Oriental Foods, Wiltshire Tel: 01793 824655
Have a nice Birthday!!!!

[ampy]

Here are a few photos of some tasty treats. Chicken guts on a stick are also nice, these ones were on a mobile stand in the middle of Manila. The boiled egg photo is called Penoy, not quite Balut, but close.
Enjoy

i dont know why i dont like this picture of balutt here,i love balut but maybe i am still not over with my migrane, i knew it now why foreign thought it is discusting to eat it,,,,it does look better than century eggs though!

[Englishman2010]

Ian, host them on Photobucket, and link them in, thats what I do with my photos above

Cheers Steve

[imagine]

be sure you dont run away when they open balut for you to try,,, i eat balut too ,but i didnt like the pictures of it in here i didnt realised it is that horrible looks in it,

be fine with a can of coke to wash it down

[imagine]

I've got some pics of me eating one last year, but they're too big to put on here

you can copy you pics and resize the copy, in paint , or host on photobucket you can resize there too, then from there then put on here

[Englishman2010]

sorted it, I cropped them to make them smaller.

Here's some pics of me eating Balut last year. Note the funny face I'm pulling isn't my normal look, it's the revulsion of what I was eating

[Englishman2010]

I did eat it all though, feathers and all....and I didn't pewk either

[sars_notd_virus]

Uh oh!!! did you say hi to the chick inside the shell Ian??

[Englishman2010]

Uh oh!!! did you say hi to the chick inside the shell Ian??

Yeah, just before I ate it

[sars_notd_virus]

Yeah, just before I ate it

Cool ...thats the proper way to eat balut!!!

[South-east boy]

That's another thing to put on my list of things to avoid in the future!