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Key facts
- Type
- Egg
- Place of origin
- Philippines
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Encyclopedic overview
Mallard ducks are used extensively in the production of balut—female (left) and male (right).
Balut (/bəˈluːt/ bə-LOOT, /ˈbɑːluːt/ BAH-loot; also spelled as balot) is a fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled or steamed and eaten from the shell. It is commonly sold as street food, often eaten with salt and vinegar, most notably in the Philippines, Cambodia (Khmer: ពងទាកូន, paung tea kaun), and Vietnam (Vietnamese: trứng vịt lộn, hột vịt lộn), and also occasionally in Thailand (Thai: ไข่ข้าว, romanized: khai khao).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “balut” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.