cba with going through the whole thing.. but the balut looks a lot like the chinese 'half born' eggs I've had suggested to me in the past.
Basically the chick is allowed to germinate (correct term?) for a longer than normal period so that when you eat your egg it is 'crunchy' with bones and the like. Not got the cahones for it myself. Serious credit to anyone that does.
I've had the relatively standard..
- chicken heart, feet, head, liver, entrails etc
- brains (think it was sheep or pig) :actually tastes almost exactly like scrambled egg... its in a video on my blog I think, if not i'll upload later.
- 'meat' on a stick.. awesome post night out food!
- 'bamboo rat' curry/ steak/ pie... by this i mean in places where there aren't cows and even fewer dogs we refer to any 'meat' as bamboo rat.. think its a real thing...
And like the photo above I've seen the bull's head on a stick.. still dripping... in Algeria and the like. Little scary, but meh...
Lame scary food though - GREEN KETCHUP!!!! WTF! a few years ago Heinz decided to make haloween ketchup or something.. and despite being chemically identicle except for colouring... I just couldn't eat it.
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