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cthulhu_waves · 03-14-2012, 10:44 AM

Only just heard of BALUT, a Southeast Asian dish. I'm generally up for trying absolutely anything. But for some reason this gave me pause. I think, after a little bit of thought, I'd give it a go - I bet it's delicious as long as you switch off the brain. But isn't it weird how the brain quibbles over the eating of an unhatched embryo when most of us are perfectly happy to chow on the adult form?

It's not even a matter of principal (for me, at least), it's just a deep instinctive response akin to revulsion at the sight/thought of a veiny, black-eyed little speck of life stapled to a yolk. There's probably a searingly insightful moral in amongst all this, but I'm fucked if I know what it is. Anyway: Balut. Would you?

Spunky · 03-14-2012, 10:47 AM

I think I'll pass on it

SykkBoy · 03-14-2012, 10:56 AM

I've tried it before...didn't really care for it, but it wasn't quite as bad as I was expecting it to be.

d-null · 03-14-2012, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by cthulhu_waves

There's probably a searingly insightful moral in amongst all this, but I'm fucked if I know what it is. Anyway: Balut. Would you?

most of us are grossed out by the thought of eating eyeballs and beaks and webs too, many cultures are not

LeRoy · 03-14-2012, 11:13 AM

My grandparents would eat that.

I didnt venture into that. Looks foul!

brassmonkey · 03-14-2012, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by LeRoy

My grandparents would eat that.

I didnt venture into that. Looks foul!

03-14-2012, 10:44 AM	#1
cthulhu_waves Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 1,966	Would you eat balut? Only just heard of BALUT, a Southeast Asian dish. I'm generally up for trying absolutely anything. But for some reason this gave me pause. I think, after a little bit of thought, I'd give it a go - I bet it's delicious as long as you switch off the brain. But isn't it weird how the brain quibbles over the eating of an unhatched embryo when most of us are perfectly happy to chow on the adult form? It's not even a matter of principal (for me, at least), it's just a deep instinctive response akin to revulsion at the sight/thought of a veiny, black-eyed little speck of life stapled to a yolk. There's probably a searingly insightful moral in amongst all this, but I'm fucked if I know what it is. Anyway: Balut. Would you? __________________ DATINGFACTORY.COM WE BUILD YOUR BRAND, NOT OURS! Private Label *Dating* Solutions & Affiliate *Dating* Network.

03-14-2012, 10:47 AM	#2
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03-14-2012, 10:56 AM	#3
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03-14-2012, 11:13 AM	#5
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