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[edit] Legal

Is this product legal? I only say this because it says it is sold at night? —the preceding unsigned comment is by 7121989 (talk • contribs) 02:57, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes. That's just to say they're mostly a nighttime snack rather than being served for, say, breakfast. -- Krash 04:41, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
There have not been any legislated material prohibiting the abortion of poultry fetuses. At least in the Philippines. =) Kguirnela 09:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
The reason balut is sold at night is because it is eaten warm and the nights are "colder" in the Philippines than the day is. At least that was the reason that was explained to me when I was in the northern Philippines. Useight 00:52, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

what cracks me up is that it says its a delicacy and uses shows to make tht point. It is not even close to a delicacy. here in the PI. It is a provincial leftover of knuckle dragging peoples from, you guessed it, the province. The working girls dont even eat it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.212.59.10 (talk) 22:10, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Balut & beer

"Their high protein content is complementary to the consumption of beer. [citation needed]"

It is usually eaten as "pulutan." (see Cuisine of the Philippines)

Pulutan is a word which means "finger food". Though at times eaten with a fork, Pulutan is served as an appetizer or as a snack accompanied with liquor or non-alcoholic beverages.

This being said, im taking off the citation mark. (Unless theres another reason why its there) Jak722 08:39, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, the reason is because someone needs to explain how "high protein content" is "complementary" to "consumption of beer". Are we simply talking about the common practice of eating snacks with beer? In which case I'm not sure that "high protein content" has to do with anything at all. It would seem more sensible to simply say something like "Balut is often served as a snack accompanied by beer", so that there is no need to explain "complementary" or explain the connection to "high protein content". 24.19.184.243 16:39, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Seeing there are no comments so far, I'm going to change the sentence to something alone the lines of "Baluts are often served as a snack accompanied by beer". 24.19.184.243 04:50, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Animal cruelty concerns

It seems that many people would be offended and sickened by this practice, yet the article just seems to ramble on about how delicious duck fetuses are. Why are animal cruelty concerns omitted from this article?

Probably because most Filipinos don't think this is cruel at all. Either they like eating balut or they just don't like the taste/texture, but they don't think it's offensive. It's just like eating a chicken egg, except it's of a duck and it's in a more mature stage of embryonic development. There's also probably little literature about the offensiveness of it for for some people. --seav 02:48, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Except that chicken eggs are sold unfertilized, whereas balut is.
True -- this makes balut more akin to eating chicken (or any other meat) than it is to eating a Western unfertilized egg. There are always cruelty concerns when it comes to the consumption of any animal byproduct, but there appears to be no particular cause opposed to balut specifically. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.231.123.108 (talk) 09:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC).
It's really not cruel at all, it can be compared to eating just any meat. Animals are raised just to be killed for the meat/fur/food, etc. People catch fish, eat fish, and even eat their fish eggs. Same can be said for this dish. It's cruel if the animal is tortured/abused or killed slowly for some sort of entertainment purpose but this isn't the case. 71.103.78.192

What about the question of cruelty concerns when it comes to eating young animals? There are people I know, myself included who oppose to eating veal, etc.

It isn't cruel just because the animal is young; an animal raised for food exists only because we intend for it to be food. Eating balut is no worse than eating fried chicken or steak. Veal could be considered a little different since the animals may be mistreated, but unborn animals are a different story altogether. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.18.24.155 (talk) 17:11, August 25, 2007 (UTC)

Remember that to include something in the article you would need to cite it, you can't just write 'some people think this is cruel'. I's fairly obvious anyway. It could just be that nobody has come across any articles about Balut in terms of animal cruelty, if you can find some feel free to cite them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Liquidcow (talk • contribs) 22:56, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Balot

uhh isn't it "traditionally" pronounced Balot? BAHH-LOT not BAHH-LUT? Coojah 08:59, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Balot is the Filipino word which means 'to wrap' or 'wrapped'. Balut refers to the duck eggs. A play on words, I guess. Kguirnela 09:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] link 2 utube

should link to different video. right now article links to a fear factor video. Balut is a delicacy and should be portrayed as such. not a fear-factor gross-out food. a DELICACY.


[edit] Fight Quest

Just wanted to note that although I do not have a link, the new Discovery Channel show Fight Quest just recently (within a week of 1/14/2008) featured consumption of balut as well!

[edit] Boiled "alive"?

I've removed the word "alive" from the phrase "boiled alive" in the first paragraph. Using "alive" sounds sensationalist, as if the editor who originally placed the word there (who was anonymous, by the way) did so only to provoke debate over the cruelty of the practice, or highlight the fact that people are boiling a "living" creature. Let's not turn this culinary article into a debate about duck abortion! 172.141.180.67 (talk) 16:52, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Often trigger screaming

The eating of a Balut can often trigger off a fit of screaming, one notable example of this was survivor contestant Denise, Screamed, then didn't even finish it, she was subsequently sick.

This is out of context, and doesn't read very well. The event described may be rewritten and moved to the "In popular media" section. However, the "often trigger off a fit of screaming" claim should be deleted. Fireartist (talk) 16:13, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Magnetic resonance imaging

The existence, age, and size of the fetus are determined using the ancient Chinese science-art of magnetic resonance imaging.

Citation? Street sellers certainly don't use MRI machines (see Magnetic resonance imaging) Fireartist (talk) 16:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)