# Phillipine Food Delicacy
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillipine-food-delicacy/513797
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 14, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillipine-food-delicacy/513797 "2009-10-14T16:10:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillipine-food-delicacy/513797/1 "2009-10-14T16:10:40Z")
I recently I visited a Phillipine market with a friend who was passing through town and she bought something she said was considered a delicacy back home in Manilla, something children ask for as treats, something sold by street vendors the way American street vendors sell hot dogs. I forget the name and when I have described it to friends, they don’t believe me, they think I am making it up. It is, AND I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!, birds eggs which have been allowed to develop enough that the bird parts such as beak, claws, etc. have formed. Does anyone know its name?
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### Author:  [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillipine-food-delicacy/513797/2 "2009-10-14T16:25:56Z")
[Balut](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_%28egg%29).
CMC fnord!
My shortest post, ever.
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillipine-food-delicacy/513797/3 "2009-10-14T16:39:48Z")
My wife is filipina, and I get a lot of exposure to filipino culture. Balut is an, at best, acquired taste. Many filipinos do like to test foreigners on it, in the _Will he actually eat that_ test. Not one of my in-laws and extended family like it. I’ve not once seen it in any family gathering or filipino food banquet I’ve attended and I’ve been to many (and don’t get me started on filipino ‘cuisine’). I get to try just about any and every filipino market and restaurant in Queens and Brooklyn, most in Manhattan, and many in Nassau County. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I’ve seen balut (though most will probably make it as a special order).
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### Author:  [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillipine-food-delicacy/513797/4 "2009-10-15T04:50:42Z")
Ah, yes, balut. I actually saw two people I work with (both Vietnamese, BTW) eating balut in the employee break room. I had to leave the room. Sorry to be so provincial, but I just couldn’t handle it.
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### Author:  [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillipine-food-delicacy/513797/5 "2009-10-15T10:25:18Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> My wife is filipina, and I get a lot of exposure to filipino culture. Balut is an, at best, acquired taste. Many filipinos do like to test foreigners on it, in the _Will he actually eat that_ test. Not one of my in-laws and extended family like it. I’ve not once seen it in any family gathering or filipino food banquet I’ve attended and I’ve been to many (and don’t get me started on filipino ‘cuisine’). I get to try just about any and every filipino market and restaurant in Queens and Brooklyn, most in Manhattan, and many in Nassau County. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I’ve seen balut (though most will probably make it as a special order).
minor hijack … ate in a filipino ‘chinese’ place in Norfolk VA, and they had a stewed dish called pork adobo, very heavy on the vinegar … any chance of scoring a recipe? it didnt have the normal spanish aisle adobo seasoning as the flavoring …
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillipine-food-delicacy/513797/6 "2009-10-15T10:35:59Z")
When I was in Manila, I heard them called:
Nike: chicken feet
Adidas: balut
Walkman: chicken heads
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillipine-food-delicacy/513797/7 "2009-10-15T14:00:14Z")
> [@aruvqan](#):
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> minor hijack … ate in a filipino ‘chinese’ place in Norfolk VA, and they had a stewed dish called pork adobo, very heavy on the vinegar … any chance of scoring a recipe? it didnt have the normal spanish aisle adobo seasoning as the flavoring …
Here are some adobo recipes:
[Pork / Chicken Adobo](http://www.filipinofoodrecipes.net/adobo.htm)
[Pork Adobo (Adobong Baboy)](http://www.kumain.com/?p=show&id=408)
[Pork Adobo](http://www.kumain.com/?p=show&id=266)
I usually go for the lumpia (filipino egg roll) and chicken adobo when I eat in filipino restaurants. I also like pancit, but quality is all over the place with that dish. Adobo is a safe bet.
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### Author:  [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillipine-food-delicacy/513797/8 "2009-10-15T14:07:38Z")
Before I even opened the thread, I knew you were talking about balut. Once I was watching Fear Factor and one of the stunts was to eat a half-developed duck egg. I remember thinking, “What, balut? Big fucking deal.” Then again, I’m from a place with a fairly large Filipino population.
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### Author:  [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillipine-food-delicacy/513797/9 "2009-10-15T19:52:03Z")
My first assignment in the military was in the Phillipines, and I actually did try balut. I can’t tell you much more, because before that, I drank a lot of \*‘Red Horse’ \*beers, which is the ONLY reason I can think of for anyone to ever eat it.
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### Author:  [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillipine-food-delicacy/513797/10 "2009-10-16T01:31:04Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> Here are some adobo recipes:
> [Pork / Chicken Adobo](http://www.filipinofoodrecipes.net/adobo.htm)
> [Pork Adobo (Adobong Baboy)](http://www.kumain.com/?p=show&id=408)
> [Pork Adobo](http://www.kumain.com/?p=show&id=266)
> I usually go for the lumpia (filipino egg roll) and chicken adobo when I eat in filipino restaurants. I also like pancit, but quality is all over the place with that dish. Adobo is a safe bet.
thanks+)