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Sunday, September 09, 2012
 
Today at a Farmers Market we bought 4 baluts ($.65/ea) - fertilized duck eggs, where the embryo had died of natural...
Today at a Farmers Market we bought 4 baluts ($.65/ea) - fertilized duck eggs, where the embryo had died of natural causes [1]. One is supped to boil it, but, instead, we decided to crack it open, revealing bloody eggshells with blood vessels, a very cute duckling embryo, and the usual egg stuff.

Our cat Irene, got the embryo, I got the omelet, Marianna Dizik got terrified, as was Dennis. The embryo is supposed to be an aphrodisiac, we haven't seen the cat since, will ask her when she shows up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(egg)
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A balut is a fertilized duck embryo that is boiled and eaten in the shell. Popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac and considered a high-protein, hearty snack, balut are mostly sold by street vendors. It is commonly sold as streetfood in the Philippines, and countries in Southeast Asia, such as Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
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[1] must be true, because it was cheaper than the regular egg ($.85/ea)


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