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Balut (food) - is a fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled or steamed and eaten from the shell. (www.wikipedia.org)
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[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Balut is delicious. It’s only “creepy” in the west.

[–] Feidhlim@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I'm from the west and agree.

[–] WillardHerman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Full disclosure, I think the act of eating is creepy.

[–] ElectronBadger@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not creepy. It's cruel.

[–] WillardHerman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It can be both.

Humans seem to not mind the cruelty of what they eat. That alone is creepy. At least, to me it is.

[–] decadentrebel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

My favorite pop culture appearance of balut is on Fear Factor. Joe described the hard white as impossible to eat and ommitted it from the parts you need to eat to advance.

[–] AndreyAsimow@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

People in Cambodia is eating this as snack. Not a nice view.