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Post by justjohn on Nov 13, 2005 7:34:42 GMT -7
In our previous cultural discussion, Bob and I both agreed that this delicacy should be tried by one and all. Since kimchi and saurkraut have both been recently discovered as anti flu maybe this will work also. For those not familiar with this delicacy, you punch a hole in the top of the egg and suck it out. Followed quickly by a very cold San Miguell. ;)This is a must. If you omit the San Miguel than all those side effects on every medication you take may take hold in protest. Did you know that … The balut to a Filipino is best served when it is seventeen days old. It is eaten as just one of the stages from egg to duck. Balut, the fertilized duck’s egg generally believed to be an aphrodisiac or at least an aid to virility, is familiar to Chinese, Vietnamese, and Filipinos, and perhaps to other Southeast Asians. It is eaten as just one of the stages from egg to duck, with its own special taste and excellence. For Westerners to understand and to eat it, however, a cultural leap is required. To some foreigners, they think we are insane. Others are adventurous enough to try it. The prime balut to a Filipino is seventeen days old, with the embryo enveloped in a white membrane (balut sa puti), very soft and tender, with no feathers of beak visible yet. The Vietnamese prefer their balut much older- nineteen to twenty days old, and therefore much further along the line of development towards the fowl. A balut-maker has said that his very best customers, his suki, who buy regularly, are given the best 16- or 17-day-old eggs. The eggs that he considers overgrown, at nineteen days, he sells to vendors in bus or train terminals, who sell to customers whom they will probably never see again. A rip-off if you come to think of it. The suki relationship, a bond central to Philippine commerce, is thus not developed in such a case, and not violated.
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Post by forza on Nov 13, 2005 8:25:32 GMT -7
This balut doesn't look tasty but perhaps it is. ;D
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Post by justjohn on Nov 13, 2005 8:57:35 GMT -7
This balut doesn't look tasty but perhaps it is. ;D Ahhhh Forza, that brought tears to my eyes.
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Post by bescheid on Nov 13, 2005 16:53:42 GMT -7
Ooooh John, you lost me with the balut, I don't know about that..... Sauerkraut makes my mouth water now that you mentioned it.
Kim chi though, I am not sure of that, isn't that what the Koreans eat? Wont that come out of the pores of your skin?
Charles
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Post by Bob S on Nov 13, 2005 17:46:02 GMT -7
;D There are some cultures in the world who think that eating cheese in any form is just too gross. I'll never forget those street vendors who sold noodles. I never realised that there were so many different ways to make noodles and, and this was inexpensive. ;D
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Post by bescheid on Nov 14, 2005 9:29:17 GMT -7
Bob, I have always liked noodles even when just plain, it is quick and easy. When left home alone, a boiled egg thrown into the noodles with a spoon of Indian Ginger powder tast good.
A quick and easy fix lunch.
Charles
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Post by leslie on Nov 14, 2005 9:34:46 GMT -7
Hey, I still think you Poles and Americans are obsessed by food - this is about the longest thread we've had, counting the original Bella Online!!! I'm still slim and young-looking because I do not stuff myself so much!!! The young slim Leslie
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Post by jimpres on Nov 14, 2005 9:37:33 GMT -7
Your photo on the left of your posts does not reflect your young and slim comment ; )))
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Post by Pawian on Nov 14, 2005 13:59:42 GMT -7
This balut doesn't look tasty but perhaps it is. ;D I am not oversensitive to food. It is me who usually makes my family or friends sick when I tell them about things I have eaten (in Poland eating seafood like octopus, squid, mussels, shrimp etc is still considered shocking). But this balut is too much for me. I am sure I would give up immediately. I would rather eat a dog or a cat in some Asian restaurant, not this balut. Yyyyuk!
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Post by nancy on Nov 14, 2005 14:10:32 GMT -7
(in Poland eating seafood like octopus, squid, mussels, shrimp etc is still considered shocking). WOW! really? Even on the coast? Why is it shocking?
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Post by Bob S on Nov 14, 2005 14:28:15 GMT -7
Leslie, Charles, Forza et al in this thread. Yes Americans do obsess with food but that may be Americans have recepies and dishes from almost every culture in the world. We even have what one may call "An English Breakfast" (Bacon, Eggs and toast". We may have made a few modicications such as Pancakes, Coffee, Grits and SOS but the basics would still be recognized in the UK. Now about Poland, I love squid, Octopus, Raw Oysters. Clams, Crawfish and a host of different types of seafood. I even like the fisn N' chips of England as long as it is wrapped in a newspaper with a shot of malt vinager. At home I can still make homemade Kluski (almost like the German and Austrian type of noodles). I can make Potato Pancakes and like them with real Maple Syrup. To enjoy yourself , try a taste from all parts of the world, discard and ignore health warnings given out by "Health Departments and other bureaucratic organizations). We even had a health warning for the UK "avoid the Bangers and don't eat the Haggis. The only time I really got sick was when I came back to the ship and made the mistake of drinking the water. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by bescheid on Nov 14, 2005 14:31:54 GMT -7
Well Gee Wizzz Leslie,
Food is very well advertised here on the tele and I like to hear what other folks are eating. Besides, I might hear of something new to eat.
Charles
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Post by nancy on Nov 14, 2005 14:36:24 GMT -7
Charles, congrats on being the first goldfinch in the flock
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Post by justjohn on Nov 15, 2005 5:16:12 GMT -7
This balut doesn't look tasty but perhaps it is. ;D I am not oversensitive to food. It is me who usually makes my family or friends sick when I tell them about things I have eaten (in Poland eating seafood like octopus, squid, mussels, shrimp etc is still considered shocking). Yes, we in the USA, are exposed to a large variety of food items. Otherwise known as culinary delights. If it wasn't for this exposure I wouldn't have tried the octopus on a stick walking around Singapore Harbor. Or tried Chinese dumplings in San Francisco China Town. Or had steamed squid stuffed with fish and rice in Viet Nam. Or eaten Limu (pickled seaweed) or Opihi (canned snails) while living in Hawaii. Or had lobster and cherry stones on the shores of Camden, Maine. Or had 'Conk' chowder and Hush puppies on the North Carolina coast. Or eaten crawfish by the bucket in Louisiana. Or had a steak the size of a platter with chili peppers that would scorch the face of this earth in Texas. If anyone comes to my door, they will not leave my house hungry or thirsty nor for want of pleasant company.
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Post by justjohn on Nov 15, 2005 5:48:01 GMT -7
Hey, I still think you Poles and Americans are obsessed by food - this is about the longest thread we've had, counting the original Bella Online!!! I'm still slim and young-looking because I do not stuff myself so much!!! The young slim Leslie Leslie, After reading this newspost I don't know who is more obsessed with food. Did the Naked Chef Go Too Far This Time? Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, a.k.a. The Naked Chef, killed a fully-conscious lamb on his British television show this week, report News.com and Britain's Brand Republic.
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