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Skriven 2006-08-13 13:25:15 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.0)
   Kommentar till text 4245 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
Ärende: EGGS  60810
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 -=> Quoting Glen Jamieson to Jim Weller <=-

 GJ> fried balut is good to eat.

 JW> Another FIDO first! Nobody on those uppity newsgroups, Yahoo lists
 JW> or foodie boards has ever tried that. Amazingly, Google has only
 JW> three hits on "fried balut". These days you can get a million hits
 JW> on the most obscure subject. And two were jokes. The serious link
 JW> had this to say....

i got four hits... possibly your's didn't get the "Deen End Dining" blog??

 deependdining.blogspot.com/2005/09/balut-egg-of-darkness-pinoy-pinay.html

just add http:// to the beginning of that...

here's a few quotes from it...

"Balut is a popular Filipino street snack and is essentially a duck egg with a
fetus inside, typically between seventeen to twenty days in gestation. In the
Philippines balut is so popular that it is equivalent to what the hot dog is in
the U.S."

"Balut is the culinary heart of darkness. If you eat it, you have reservations
about doing so. If you know about it, you have strong opinions regarding it.
Ask for it in a restaurant and the clerk will visibly react. Devour it at a
table with others who aren't eating it and you're guaranteed to dine solo.
Explain balut to the uninitiated and be prepared for your audience to run away
from you as quickly as possible while seeking sanctuary in something comforting
like a Ding Dong."


it is a pretty good story... dunno about the pictures... some of the comments
are hilarious! others are right rude... 

 JW> "The gourmet balut itself costs 21 pesos to 24 pesos each,
 JW> depending on the flavor. There's curry balut, adobong balut, balut
 JW> a la pobre, and fried balut coated with Japanese breadcrumbs. You
 JW> can enjoy fried balut with any of three sauces: seasoned vinegar,
 JW> barbecue, and sweet chili." 

 JW> Have fun with your new invention. Start a cult franchise fast food
 JW> chain!


hey, while you're visiting eddie's blog, check out this entry, too...

Live Tentacles The Movie. Rated NBL (Not Before Lunch). The Prince Restaurant
Revisited. Los Angeles, CA.

 http://deependdining.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_deependdining_archive.html

i just _can't_ imagine!!

)\/(ark

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