Comments for The Wily Filipino

Comment on On eating balut. by Tony

Tony — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:17:46 +0000

Ya, this is definitely unusual and sort of proves that certain cultures would eat anything. It probably isn’t that healthy just because of the way it’s kept. Food like eggs need to be refrigerated all the time, and incubating them only makes it worse. A cheeseburger is fully cooked. But I’ve seen on TV at asian food markets they sell anything and call it edible, they would even eat a dog’s genitalia.

Comment on On eating balut. by Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:44:33 +0000

YOU ARE FUCKING GROSS!

Comment on On eating balut. by Tahli

Tahli — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:15:37 +0000

I lived in the Philippines for 2 1/2 years, though I never tasted balut it was ny boyfriends favourite… he liked a 16 day old fetus because it was developed but not ultra crunchy.

Classic is that you can buy it in Australia at selected asian supermarkets…

It is only duck so I am sure it is not a sbad for you as a cheese burger is lol

Comment on On eating balut. by jonw

jonw — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:36:54 +0000

We know Oahu’s Windward Community College always has wild chickens with a clutch or two of chicks in various ages. But we could never find the eggs. Yesterday we finally found a nest with 15 eggs and took all but one home. Not knowing how developed they were I tried to fry the first one, but when a twitching embryo plopped into the pan it just spattered hot oil everywhere. It was the perfect stage, just a bit of downy feathers and still a good sized yolk too. Boiled the rest for awesome free range organic balut. My kids tried the yolks and heads for fun, but they liked legs the best. Could not get them to eat a whole body but it’s a good start Much better than paying $5 at the swap meet.

Comment on On eating balut. by ihatebalut

ihatebalut — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:52:19 +0000

Absolutely repulsive

Comment on On eating balut. by Jon

Jon — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:54:40 +0000

To JAN, who says that “hamburger” is an unhealthy American food. Do you not even recognize the language of the word? It’s clearly German. And as for your claim that it’s unhealthy, I’d have to say that depends on how it is prepared. Lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber (pickles), wheat, and beef. What’s so unhealthy about that? The only unhealthy part that might come into the process is if the beef is fried, and any fried food is going to be bad for you. So, please, try to actually think about something before you make silly statements like that.

Comment on Agapito Flores. by Michael D. Edwards

Michael D. Edwards — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:57:37 +0000

Well written narrative description , but it does not answer the most important question; did he really invented the florescent bulb?

Comment on Day 2: Would You Like Some Tea? I Would Love Some Tea! by Matt

Matt — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:39:44 +0000

That was a great lecture on dialogue. It was fascinating to hear how some of the other faculty responded to that talk over the course of the week. I think it ended up being a bit more controversial than she may have expected. We had at least a couple of workshop leaders poo-poo the whole “no exposition in dialogue” idea.

Comment on On eating balut. by lesley

lesley — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 07:15:34 +0000

at which point the body unrolls from its fetal position and its little legs dangle ……..
You can peek inside the balut now and see broth. Is this albumen? (I always preferred to think of it as amniotic fluid.)…..
You can still smell the faint, slightly gamey, deliciously menstrual aroma….

these quotes are added for purely shock factor and not descriptive of any epicurean adventure.

this is not dialog that describes eating ‘food’ ….this is a moron being gross.

I was raised in Hawaii where cultures and foods are very diverse. this blogger does a disservice to Filipino’s and ethnic cultural foods everywhere.

Comment on Day 3: The Literary Liquor Store. by Mayo

Mayo — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:58:03 +0000

I remember the balcony. We are all so bloody earnest, heh.