Eating balut the first time...Balut is not really an egg and not really duck, but somewhere in between by Dr. Dave!

Eating balut the first time...Balut is not really an egg and not really duck, but somewhere in between! by Dr. Dave

This was the day I finally ate balut. 

Nick Helm (the Food Truck Junkie), Brian Webb and I along with a one other ate BALUT for the first time in front of a television audience.  As both, the Eat St. TV crew (Canadian Food Network) and Taryn Rosenbalm Jeffries  (writer for Phoenix Bites) were filming our Balut eating experience.

For those not familiar with balut.   Balut is not really an egg and not really duck, but somewhere in between!

Balut are fertilized duck eggs that are at the stage of development where there is a nearly developed embryo inside. 

Now doesn't that description make you want to run out to the Hey Joe Filipino Food Truck and get one for yourself?

Of all the Filipino foods I have experienced over the last 20 years, I think balut might just be the yuckiest looking of them all.

When I first attempted to eat balut, over 20 years ago, I just could not get it past my lips and into my mouth.  Today was different.

Although I have no hesitation when it comes to eating eggs, ducks or chicken, balut just pushes all of the ‘eww’ buttons in my brain.

Before eating ... the balut eggs are boiled like a traditional hard boiled egg.  And when it actually came down to eating it the balut was like eating a hard boiled egg.  Well sort of.

 

 Brian described that we break open the larger side of the egg shell. I sprinkled a little salt on top followed by a little spicy vinegar.  Then we each drank the juice inside first.

So far so good.  Not too bad.

Then, after the camera crew took lots of pics, revealing the duck fetus inside... Then we ate the rest.

Thinking back to that experience...

Although I know I removed all of the shell before eating it.  When I put it into my mouth it felt as if there was still a little piece of the shell still there.  That being said I must assume what I felt inside my mouth was the duckbill.

I am curious as to what all of our faces looked like, on camera, as we put this into our mouth.  We will just have to wait until it shows on tv to know for sure.

No longer do we have to wait to see our faces as Taryn Rosenbalm Jeffries writer for Phoenix Bites video taped the television crew filming us.  She shared her video of the experience with us.  Here is a link to her video.


Link to her video on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151061516087222&set=vb.814672221&type=2&theater&notif_t=video_comment_tagged




This describes my Balut eating experience.

-=-Dr. Dave-=-



***Taryn Rosenbalm Jeffries -=- Thanks for sharing this video with us *** 

                                                               The above pic shared with us by Phoenix Bites.


Here you can see the back of the girl from Eat Street Food Network in Canada filming us.



Be sure to visit the following website/Facebook Pages.

Hey Joe Filipino Food Truck

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hey-Joe-Truck/171382589570245
Website:http://HeyJoeTruck.com
Email:  Brian@HeyJoeTruck.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/HeyJoeTruck


Food Truck Junkie

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FoodTruckJunkie
Website: http://www.thefoodtruckjunkie.com/
Email:  foodtruckjunkie@hotmail.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/foodtruckjunkie


Eat Street Tv Show -=- Schedule Tuesdays on Cooking Channel US (8pm) / Fridays on Food Network Canada (9pm)

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EatSt
Website: http://eatst.foodnetwork.ca/

Phoenix Bites:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PhoenixBites
Website: http://www.PhoenixBites.com
Email: info@phoenixbites.com
Twitter:  http://twitter.com/#!/PhoenixBites

Dr. Dave's Filipino Scene. 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Daves-Filipino-Scene/159834104096974
 Email:  Filipino.Scene@yahoo.com
Twitter:  http://twitter.com/#!/FilipinoScene1

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