Balut misadventure in Galera

Balut is one of the delicacies we pinoy love, at night people would hear vendors selling balut and penoy around. According to pareng wiki, a balut is a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. Popularly believed to be an aphodisiac and considered a high-protein, hearty snack, balut are mostly sold by street vendors in the regions where they are available. They are often served with beer. In tagalog, Ang Balut ay isang nilagang itlog ng itik na naglalaman ng sisiw na 18 na araw ang gulang, mayaman sa protina, bitamina, at mineral ang balut kaya itinuturing ng mga Filipino bilang pagkaing pampalakas. Oh diba!

Moving forward, I love eating balut when I was a kid, I grew up with my lolo and lola so madalas kinakain ko mga kinakain nila, isaw, betamax, adidas, bituka ng manok, binatog, penoy and the famous balut. I can remember eating even the 'bato' the white part of the balut, loving the yellow part of it, the juice and even eating the sisw it self, hindi kase mukhang sisiw. Pero nung nag grade six ako natrauma ko in eating balut, pano?

Dahil mahilig ako sa balut(kaya ang lapad ko eh), my cousins and I would always buy balut at night, one time Daniel(my late cousin, he died in an accident a couple of years ago) told us that we can buy balut in a lower price, we just have to get the cracked eggs and manang would give it half the price(nice bargain huh). So off we go, I bought 2 each, while eating it at our terrace, Daniele showed me the balut he got, holding the nearly developed duck in its beak, I freaked out. Hindi ko na nakain ung balut ko, kitang kita ko ung itsura ng duck na halos buo na, may gulay hndi ako maarte or what pero di ko kinaya un. Since then I never ate balut ever, I would jsut buy penoy instead. But last March 20, dinare ako ng mga officemate ko after 13 long years of not eating balut dinare ako to eat one, mygulay never ako nagbackout sa dare, napasubo ata ako suskopo. I first ate 1 penoy, pampagana hahaha.. and then..

the balut

and I ate it

then I loved it...

Ang sarap shoot, ngayon ko lang ulit na try yan at ayun nung gabing nagiinuman hinahanap ko ung nagtitinda ng balut hahaha..

pagdating ko dito sa bahay, nagpabili ulit ako ng balut haha chet bisyo na 'to..