Talk:Balut
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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)
[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
[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)
