I haven’t blogged in a long time, but when you eat balut, you just want to share the experience.
I just returned from Manila where I worked with our Convoy of Hope Intern team. We had fun. Among the fun times…eating balut.
If you don’t know, balut is a partially formed duck fetus, still in the egg and boiled for your enjoyment. It comes in various levels of development, but ours had the beak, feet, eyes, feathers and more. Not all ate it, and we could understand why.
Here’s what they egg looks like…
Shannon went first…you can see the video below.
Others followed. Here’s what the duck looks like out of the egg…
Unbelievable. We ate that. With great pride, Nate, Liz and Erin stayed away. Kevin too…we respect that. Here’s what they thought of the situation…
That’s the story of eating balut. When with future teams, I’ll be able to say, “I’ve had that…thanks though.” Here’s video of Shannon’s tasting:
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