Examining a Duck Embryo

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[@yeheyz]

Right, I'm a Filipino and I love Balut. And this is how you eat it: 1. Crack the egg specifically at the less pointy side of the egg. 2. Peel off the cracked shells to expose the thin membrane covering the egg. 3. Take that membrane out and dispose. You'll see that it has soup inside. 4. Sprinkle some salt or vinegar and then consume the soup. It is very tasty. 5. Now peel half of the balut to expose the yolk and the duck. 6. Douse the egg with vinegar and eat it whole. You don't need to take the duck apart cause that is just gross. To describe the taste, it tastes like hard boiled eggs with duck broth.

[@davidgideon272]

Yes you do 😂

[@vivianpham1491]

I love balut, and yes, you do eat the duck and after a while, you get used to the taste and it's actually quite edible

[@merli5731]

I eat balut to Fillipino ftw and yes, it is a baby duck

[@CowsInHats]

You're a weird one you are

[@slimmy_0076]

It's kind of immoral and backwards

[@monkey9916]

im born and raised in the Philippines and I eat balut. it is one of my favorite treats. the balut egg was born out of necessity, the primary reason is the iron in the black part, the calcium of the white part and the magnesium of the yellow part. You need to eat it with salt and slurp the egg's juices.

[@LeanneZackowski]

*So much judgement/criticism on other country's food traditions in the comment section :(* I never tried Balut and probably never will but I'm not going to sit behind my computer screen and tell others that it's wrong to eat it because it's a duck embryo. I don't care if you are vegetarian, vegan, or a meat eater. Everyone has the right to their own food/ lifestyle decision without others trying to impose theirs on them.

[@152drake164]

Agree!

[@gabsmith1]

unless if it's cannibalism, I agree with this.

[@debanker7062]

gabsmith1 Cannibalism is okay... don't judge me :D

[@haydanphillips8256]

kyle whitehead you thing are wrong

[@kylewhitehead5975]

haydan phillips Great input. Thanks.

[@jothsnajeetun5024]

This is why I like Rhett and Link because they don't judge people and they are very understanding Plus you guys make me laugh so hard it hurts

[@sweetpuppy120489]

Omg the mistake is u never reboil the balut! That second day egg is the worse of all. In Vietnam you always eat it fresh, as like buy it uncook, then boil it and consume right away. I dont enjoy it, but the proper way to eat is to open one end of the egg, use a small spoon to scoop out a little bit, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and eat it. It is best to eat it with Viet tarragon called "rau dam". That is an herb, that has a slightly spicy taste. That how it counteract the taste of the balut. You want to choose small egg, a pro eater would know by just looking at the shell and its size. Smaller means less developed embryo. However, I might be wrong but from what I remember, ppl said these eggs cannot further developed. In Vietnamese, it means mistaken duck egg. It is the street food for alcoholic. They eat this while drinking their beer. Popular for that. I live the yolk bc it is edible n better than regular yolk. The white is too hard to eat. I no longer can eat the bird, it scare me when I was younger. The egg was too big, I saw the entire body. Too afraid!

[@bstosnbata]

again, the size of the egg doesn't affect the size of the embryos. It's all about the days you let it develop/hatch before cooking it.

[@jromain8293]

For real. Love the crew but sometimes they need to consult with someone with some culinary expertise or at least a Filipino

[@doodass2776]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwswwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwswwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Snakeofwrath]

Dylan Mattive Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is right

[@VERZA808]

Victoria Cooper your face is ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pmdqpdq8]

In the Philippines before we eat about we crack open a little bit and sip the water in side of the balut.

[@jsplinc2000]

Or the "sabaw" innit

[@lovipoekimo176]

Don't worry about hurting Filipino sensibilities when referring to the Balut as gross. Many Filipinos consider balut also disgusting, but it is indeed a delicacy in the Philippines. I personally don't like eating it, except probably for the yellow part and also the broth (and the chewy white part). But the duck part genuinely scares me!

[@jayemjayemwtf]

Love your name

[@rainne9359]

I am Filipinos when I observe people eat balut in the street I just see them drinking the yolk like soup and they pretty much like it.

[@rainne9359]

Filipino*

[@bellekui4540]

Im filipino when i eat the balut i just eat the yolk not the bird

[@alizaaquino1]

A lot of people actually like it.

[@petramp4]

7:30 - 7:50 i love how link totally thought that Alex and Eddie were an actual couple for a few seconds

[@poppinlochnesshopster3249]

It was sarcasm for the joke.

[@Sierra_Lynn]

I know. He seemed so confused for a minute there.

[@EmeraldKelsi]

he was just going with the joke lmao

[@breebmp4]

It was boiled for safety.

[@abjklmrsakagamiali1651]

it's supposed to be

[@bavariantrawler]

+Breeze Song™ Nice.

[@kaylax2263]

It is not boiled for safety, balut is supposed to be boiled because most people don't eat things raw. I ate balut raw before and it wasn't that bad. I used to love it when was little XD

[@happyhorseweaving502]

hahaha

[@thechosenone8808]

+ Kaylax2006 XOXO >2006 Are you sure you're not still little?

[@Zilten_]

In an alternate universe, ducks are eating human embryos.

[@ehfazh5086]

Humans don't lay eggs lol...it would a fetus instead.

[@Nathan-en3lz]

Ducks eat human abortions.

[@Nathan-en3lz]

With soy sauce!

[@ExcellaRE5fan]

In that alternate universe, our individuality would be switched then. Sooo I'm cool with that.

[@romnickfrancisco5930]

When you realize on the other universe you lay eggs..and birds will ask themselves what existed first? Human or egg?

[@mollyoxy]

Human embryos taste way better in my opinion. They're more tender and juicy because they don't develop in shells.

[@honeyschnookums]

I've eaten all of those things. I loved eating balut when I was in the Philippines!!! I've probably had it over 20 times. I don't like it plain. I always dip it in vinegar/salt. (I prefer vinegar). The only part I don't eat is the hard, white part because its so hard... but I like balut!!!!! amerikano ako, pero pinoy ang puso ko!!!!

[@kaylegaming8480]

we eaten it sometimes.-_-

[@ruthcamillemonta2621]

Josh Jacobs Are you from PH Angeles Mission?

[@pog6396]

Josh Jacobs yea eat it with salt speacialy the with water thing that inside the balut

[@pog6396]

lol but its delicous

[@cup8641]

+GONE GET YA TURE!

[@mscraftyperson]

2:35 , Link gagging tho, everybody backed away

[@gameman9706]

mscraftyperson lol ikr

[@adrygirl2k179]

mscraftyperson HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I JUST SAW THAT EVERYBUDDY LINK IS GAGGING BACK WAYYYYYY

[@pazzu3]

It doesn't help that i was laughign when that part happened O-O

[@sweetsongtalks]

+mscraftyperson I was eating while watching him gag....

[@meganld1729]

Why are people freaking out about it having been a baby? It was gonna die sometime. The only thing that I find really gross about it is that Link described it as "slimy".

[@BianaBee]

Exactly. It's just like killing a chicken and eating it. But chicken tastes better and is less slimy.

[@jrodriguez1182]

and hairy...

[@BianaBee]

Paula Rodbom lol.

[@MySonicStar]

it's different to die from natural causes and different to kill it .. u took some shit some moron said and u are going with it

[@meganld1729]

Kwnstantina Sonia Welcome to Earth.

[@moonshinemarsh]

"The things that have been in my mouth..."

[@thenecromancer3474]

Lorna Topping that's what she said

[@jeguava]

Here in the Philippines balut is a very popular delicacy it is sold by a vendor on the street with a basket shouting "balut" in the middle of the night it is seldomly sold in the morning. It is best eaten while still hot if it is not hot anymore you can boil or steam it. And EVERYTHING IN IT IS EDIBLE you can add salt or vinegar and the thing they did wrong is they separated it you will really get disgusted if you separate it hahaha. I started eating balut at a really young age since we live near the "Balut Capital of the Philippines" and for those who say eating balut is cruel, no its not these duck eggs won't be fully developing anymore, what they do is they would put the egg near a light and see the shadow of the embryo now they will separate the fertilized and unfertilized egg that will be turned to balut since they're dead anyways they will not be turned to waste 😃

[@yykkyy]

It's not cruel. It's just plain gross!

[@bluecoral4918]

^I actually don't eat the embryo once I found out it was an actual embryo. Yup, it's gross ._.

[@sugarpeepsez]

"The things that have been in my mouth." I hear you, brother.

[@eiroj49]

the yellow part (yolk) is edible and tasty!

[@kellyu.2587]

It's interesting how they were completely grossed out at the concept of eating balut, but somehow eating all the other birds was acceptable. Those birds felt pain too! Yes, they weren't boiled alive, but they were most likely slaughtered by having their throats slit. This technique is not always effective. If the throat is slit improperly, the windpipe is cut and not the jugular vein, and the bird chokes to death instead of passing out immediately from blood loss. Sometimes the cut is not deep enough and they are still awake when they are dipped in hot water to loosen their feathers... Is this any less horrifying than an embryo being boiled?

[@megankeulemans4826]

the duck embryos werent even alive yet.

[@samgilson7476]

It's the law of the jungle

[@kellyu.2587]

Megan Keulemans Well, that is your opinion. I must say I disagree.

[@kellyu.2587]

***** You said that animals have no soul. Fine, I'm not disagreeing with that. However, you seem to be implying that because they have no soul, it is alright for them to suffer. Is it right for a human with a soul to inflict suffering on others, even if they do not have a soul? If you saw someone kick a puppy, would you not care simply because that puppy has no soul? And since they "don't go to heaven" and do not have a glorious afterlife, don't you think that it is our responsibility to make sure that this life is as pleasurable as possible for them? I feel that suffering should be eliminated where ever possible.

[@kellyu.2587]

Lorenzo Madmuffin I fail to see how butchering chickens in a huge slaughter house is "the law of the jungle", as you have stated. Rather, it is a very unnatural setting that has only existing since the Industrial Revolution. Before that time, most people either slaughtered their own birds, or bought their meat from a small butcher shop where the butcher would actually do the slaughtering. Quite different from the disconnect we have nowadays from our food's origins.

[@avatre1002]

"The things that have been in my mouth" oh link oh link link link. That's not even close to the worst, not even close

[@HughLlewellyn]

That line made me laugh hardest. haha

[@kebiiiiiiiiiiiin]

balut is disgusting to look at.. that's why you dont take it apart. gobble it like a barbarian. with salt and vinegar. lol

[@winterwolf211]

keb led I picked it apart then 'chickened' out, but I did drink the soup.

[@kaylax2263]

I ate balut a lot as a child and did not recognize the duck. I am 1/2 Vietnamese and 1/2 Chinese so this food is familiar to me. What my dad said to do is get a spoon and hit the top of the egg so there is a little hatch, and drink the liquid. Then you apply salt and pepper. I thought their reactions were very funny

[@TheGroucho66]

It's strange how things of equal weirdness are separately considered normal and weird. For example, duck embryos for food are considered bizarre and disgusting by most people from the west. However, the same people that would freak out at the idea of eating a duck embryo will happily eat a cooked, unfertilized duck egg and in fact regularly eat unfertilized chicken eggs. Why is eating the eggs of a chicken, duck or any bird and less weird than eating the embryo?

[@thomashines3429]

Because it's not fertilised.

[@teren60]

Amen! Lol..XD they should consider that.. Fertilize or unfertilized.. An egg is an egg.. And any poultry product that have protein in it is edible..

[@TheGroucho66]

Thomas Hines But how is eating an unfertilized egg and eating an adult chicken fine, but eating it at the stage when it is an embryo is weird?

[@sashimichii]

It's because of the fact that it's a baby duck XD people are fine with just the protein part but not the full on actual creature lol

[@thomashines3429]

TheGroucho66 1. adults are fully developed, unfertilised do not develop at all. It's far more ethical. 2. unfertilised eggs are not even life forms. 3. you don't snatch an adult chicken from its mother.

[@XBloodShotEyeZz]

"They assumed we were a beautiful couple." That cracked me up! Favorite part! Haha 😂😂 Awesome.

[@BigSirZebras]

The yolk is eaten more than the chick. Even the white is edible but it tastes like a bouncy rubber ball. Every kid loves the "soup" which is a liquid that you can suck up right when you crack the egg.

[@raydelrativo1409]

Yummy

[@eniallellaine27]

+BigSirZebras ikr!

[@BigSirZebras]

Oh, I forgot to say, the chick actually just takes like really greasy dark meat from a chicken or duck.

[@bONoDatcOM]

+BigSirZebras Yah all of that is edible

[@btsbeyond_the_scenesnini2953]

+BigSirZebras i was really mad when they were grossed out and pronounce it wrong and like you said kids love theeee soup thing im a kid and i love it

[@irisreed5592]

How to eat balut. 1) crack a small hole on the rounder part of the shell. 2) open a small hole, the size of a bottle cap and sip the broth from the inner sides (liquid inside) 3) enlarge the opening and season to taste. 4) eat the balut (at the bottom, the hardened egg white is edible but tough) Enjoy.

[@misteronion9910]

Best served with salt.

[@vivianpham1491]

^ or vinegar and pepper

[@LeGrandCat]

You should drink the soupy part before you take everything out of the shell. The first thing you do when eating a Balut is crack the pointy end of the egg and make a hole sized like a quarter, then add a pinch of salt and a few drops of spicy vinegar. Adding salt and vinegar is not necessary, but it makes it taste even better in ny opinion. You can eat everything inside with salt and vinegar, althought you might have a hard time eating the white part which is called "bato" (stone in Tagalog) and it could get really hard (depending on how old the egg is).

[@russellzhang8497]

Eggs, Balut, Same thing to me... Different people eat different things... who's right who's wrong...Some people thinks eating beef is sin. Everyone has the right to choose what he/she eats.

[@thekookiepanda3847]

I support this comment

[@russellzhang8497]

TheKookie Panda Thank you!

[@BoggyBogdan]

I eat shit . Delicacy

[@emitwine]

Um, no. Eggs aren't fertilized.

[@kiml1226]

@TaliTV isn't an actual rule or law. Pretty sure only in religions, which not everyone is in or has to be.

[@bmxchamp4]

2:36 LMAO Alex's face.. that is shear confusion of emotions right there. looks like he doesn't know if he should be utterly terrified or laugh his ass off.. so he does both xD

[@ragingfiip]

My parents were born and raised in the Philippines (they've been living here in the US since the 1970s, though). My mom has never had balut and never will. My dad, I believe, has tried it. They told me it's not really a common thing people eat in the Philippines. My mom actually thinks it's disgusting and says it's a food for "low class" people.

[@circuskills1928]

Draco Singh -.-

[@Jade_Raven]

Draco Singh You win the game of life.

[@ragingfiip]

강진주 She might've just been saying that to make a point about how uncommon it is, but on the other side, she can be very judgmental, so she may have meant it.

[@Jinjriver]

I like how your all cool about admitting that she can be judgmental lol.

[@Trommyp]

putang ina mo.

[@Punchabearinnamouf]

I went to the Philippines last year with my wife (then fiancee), who is a Filipina. I had heard about balut so I had to try it. They gave us a little bag of salt and vinegar to eat with it, and she recommends a beer too. Make sure it's hot when you eat it! I thought it just tasted like a hard-boiled egg with a teaspoon of chicken soup in it haha We got through 4 of them no problem.

[@appyappen3396]

Props for trying it man. I'm Filipino myself and I don't think I'm brave enough for it haha.

[@denizecruz2115]

Balut is pretty much normal here in the Philippines. XD

[@RubixNinja]

Why do people get offended if other people don't like your food? Who cares? People have different taste... say you think American hotdogs are gross, I don't care lol. My Filipino girlfriend thinks Balut is nasty....I haven't tried it yet.

[@lawrencealcantara]

+RubixNinja it's ALOT better than how they described it rofl. it's eggy and the soup's great. the problem was, they expected an animal part, not an egg :P

[@Jack-ih8sx]

+Seigi “No” Tenshi it's not normal to eat it here...pls accept that

[@chachakawaii9467]

i just love rhetts reaction and link trying to barf every moment he can.

[@Flerasa]

Balut is a special food in the philippines and i can't wait to try it next year when i fly to the philippines again :D

[@cm3480]

I'm from the Philippines and they are not "special food" they are just street food.

[@Flerasa]

yeah but for tourists it's kind of a special i guess ;) at least for me it was when i heard about it

[@joshuamortel8182]

In some places the Balut s very popular that is served in some retaurants

[@fucker4329]

yup it is just street food

[@macmac277]

Its only special to other people when its not common in their place.

[@Midori_Hoshi]

I've had balut and it was great. I drank the juice and ate everything inside the shell, even the hard white part. It's not weird at all since we eat eggs and adult birds all the time, so what's the big deal if we eat something that's in between those two?

[@diglis1033]

Ikr it's amazing taste like duck!!!

[@emitwine]

Eggs aren't fertilized. Meaning there was no LIFE in it.

[@Midori_Hoshi]

FangirlGaming What about chickens?

[@emitwine]

A rooster has to fertilize the egg in order for to develop into life.

[@collisionsc-7875]

Inazuma65 "The hard white part" Your supposed to eat the shell too?!

[@DenverEight]

Balut is best fresh. When eating, you can add small amounts of Vinegar, and/or Salt and then eat it while in the shell. The yolk is also edible. Eat some Lechon or try preparing Crabs with butter and Sprite.

[@rodrigorebollos]

What if they re-do "will it sriracha" with the worst things they have ever eaten, which WILL include: Balut , Scorpion , strstromming , carolina reaper and liver...

[@TKMantis]

Being a Filipino when I was a little kid and moving country when I was still young, I still remember Balut. Loved it when my mum would break the egg open and I would just sip out the juice. I hated everything else. But I guess 30 years later, I think I would try out everything else of the egg. I believe that you shouldnt eat the duck itself but I may be wrong. Heres a little challenge... Grab a live chicken, slice its throat, drain the blood, remove the feathers, then prepare it for consumption and tell me that that is not a worse experience than eating prepared Balut. FYI, Ive seen it when I was young. From a live chicken running around the house to ready to eat on the dinner table. Fresh and best tasting.

[@TKMantis]

And btw... I think you guys ate that Balut wrong. :)

[@compilethemVines]

The best part of the balut is the soup inside it. Crack the pointer end of the egg and there you'll get the part where the soup is in and close. Its not much but it tastes like sweet vinegar. A good test for taste buds

[@Dragonballzdeep1455]

Eating Balut is a cultural thing. it's like us Americans and hotdogs. Hotdogs are pretty grose if you really knew what was in them and how they were made, yet Americans don't think twice about it.

[@PiousMoltar]

Hotdogs have a nice solid texture though. This might be edible if it was all ground up and not still literally an embryo. Although yeah I still wouldn't...

[@TheSpy149]

Nick Foell I am very picky about hot dogs. The only one I ever are were healthy choice.

[@Shifter22]

I would say that hot dogs are waaaaay grosser actually. And I'm American.

[@steakjones]

I googled "Rhett and link interns" and discovered that Alex and Eddie's ship name is Addie the Internship (PUN PUN PUN PUN PUN PUN PUN PUN). There's a Tumblr blog dedicated to it. I love the internet.

[@axlsister5378]

Hey Rhett and Link. You have to crack the balut open at the flatter side of the ovoid but not too much because you should not tear the membrane inside of it because it has the balut soup in it. After you put some vinegar and/or salt in it and suck everything (sucking breaks the membrane and unleashes the soup). Then you can proceed eating it putting vinegar and/or salt at your choice. I live in the Philippines and I love the balut. It is super affordable and very healthy. I am a mythical beast too.

[@seidimeow]

idk what's worst, yesterday's story of Rhett's grandma throwing up or this more episode!

[@r.m7114]

omg do you remember the story a few months back of their friend who got stuck on the floor with wood thru the skin? not even that is more disturbing than this lmao

[@seidimeow]

Alaska Sawyer omg you're RIGHT, I completely forgot that story, the guy that got stuck in the basketball court wood floor D;

[@tiakiwhanui]

***** *GET TO ZE CHAPPER*

[@MV-nx5xo]

I thought the part about his grandma was kinda hilarious. Idk why

[@scotjcbeyblade123]

do it again with siracha!!!

[@scotjcbeyblade123]

the duck balute

[@BianaBee]

YAS

[@AlexisAlexander646]

Will it Popsicle?

[@scotjcbeyblade123]

yes!!

[@chaotic3783]

*sriracha

[@TheMhie5]

I like that Rhett is more mature, respectful and open-minded about the food they have eaten. Kudos

[@delrosariorhona]

Im A 12 Years Old Filipina And I Love Balut. #BeProud

[@lether41]

Balut is a Filipino delicacy. Thing is, it's not for everyone. I'm Filipino and I have a lot of relatives and friends that don't like it. Haha.

[@satvikaanandraj3415]

Yesterday was my last day of middle school....UGGHHH... I feel so old now, now u know how it feels when they remind us how their middle school time was in the "old days"

[@HoboSkrubOfficial]

To those people who think eating balut is inhumane: We are at the top of the food chain for a reason, people. Meat is meat, and people gotta eat. Let people eat what they want to eat. Let them be happy. They aren't hurting you in any way. They are just hurting your ignorance. Toleration is key.

[@PiousMoltar]

Not inhumane, just gross.

[@speedfreakDaniel]

First episode I could barely eat my breakfast while watching this...

[@MrJKMCPE]

Im a Filipino, but i dont find this offensive, thats the actual first reaction on balut, +Oliver Magat is actually right: 1. Crack the egg specifically at the less pointy side of the egg. 2. Peel off the cracked shells to expose the thin membrane covering the egg. 3. Take that membrane out and dispose. You'll see that it has soup inside. 4. Sprinkle some salt or vinegar and then consume the soup. It is very tasty. 5. Now peel half of the balut to expose the yolk and the duck. 6. Douse the egg with vinegar (or salt optional) and eat it whole.

[@TheAnseup]

nobody's gonna talk about Alex and Eddie's story about being mistaken as a couple? XD ok

[@raynyday9359]

That is so cruel!!! Killing a poor _baby_ duck inside of it's shell! That's like killing a child inside of the womb! :'( Sorry it just makes me sad to see animal abuse...

[@fallingstars6885]

In my opinion its just as wrong as eating lamb or veal...They are both baby animals too.

[@RMeitzen]

Animal abuse? Do you even biology? That was not an animal, it was an embryo, his brain wasn't even fully developed yet. And a child inside a womb? I'm sorry, but that's also not a child. If it was, I'd be commiting genocide almost everyday.

[@BBQrox4ever]

-complains about likeness of killing a child inside the womb -doesn't relate to humans and rather whine about chicks

[@leonisadayang597]

Shut up

[@Livevil9912]

Damn hippies.

[@hogancore2764]

Cambodians also eat this, when I eat this I boiled the duck embryos, I crack the shell exposing the embryo. Then I mix it with lemon juice, with pepper and salt. Then I eat it

[@OdaiNekromos]

Link looked like he belived they were a couple xD

[@marymonicatheresepandan3714]

I love Balut, It is from Philippines.

[@cmdj3928]

The goods are in the soup. You crack a very small portion of the shell at the flatter end of the embryo, put some salt on it, and slurp. You don't see the duck yet. A lot of Filipinos actually don't eat the duck itself. Just the yellow part and the soft white part. And it's not abuse. It's the same as eating chickens.

[@evanm.8436]

Everyone is commenting on the fact that Balut is "animal cruelty" or that it's not. Is no one paying any attention to the fact that people thought that Alex and Eddie were a couple. GUYS. I SHIP IT.

[@evanm.8436]

I meant to put a question mark at the end of the second sentence, but whatever... Seriously, though. Someone come up with a clever ship name.

[@yolosista21]

They're brothers btw

[@stevenwebber5998]

+Sofia M. (Marty) How about Lexie? Too feminine?

[@majormana1]

All I am thinking is Lizzie is a monster

[@Chinayesok]

No they're not

[@catlover5654]

Eating balut is less cruel than eating an live duck because balut was never alive. It was an embryo. Embryos are not alive. I've never eaten balut and don't have any desire to, as it disgusts me. For Thanksgiving our family had a huge buffet of Western Wild Turkey, Rio Grande Wild Turkey, Merriam's Wild Turkey, Red Bourbon Turkey, Blue Slate Turkey, Narragansett Turkey and Black Turkey. All those turkeys fed me, my brother, my sister, my first cousin, my second cousin, my third cousin, my father, my mother, my uncle, my aunt, my first cousin once removed, my second cousin once removed, my grandfather, my grandmother, my great-aunt, my great-uncle, my first cousin twice removed, my great-grandfather, my great-grandmother, my great-great-uncle, my great-great-aunt, my great-great-grandfather, my great-great-grandmother, my niece, my nephew, my son, my daughter, my first cousin once removed, my second cousin once removed, my third cousin once removed, my grand-niece, my grand-nephew, my grand-son, my grand-daughter, my first cousin twice removed, my second cousin twice removed, my third cousin twice removed, my Pomeranian and Miniature Poodle, my brother's Border Collie, German Shepherd Dog and Labrador Retriever, my sister's Alaskan Malamute and English Cocker Spaniel, my first cousin's Chihuahua and Silky Terrier, my second cousin's Pomeranian, my third cousin's Australian Shepherd, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Bulldog and Labrador Retriever, my father's Rottweiler, Boxer and Greyhound, my mother's German Shepherd Dog, Great Dane and Poodle, my uncle's American Staffordshire Terrier and Golden Retriever, my aunt's German Shepherd Dog, my first cousin once removed's German Shepherd Dog, Labrador Retriever, and Boxer, my second cousin once removed's Rat Terrier and Siberian Husky!

[@kaitlynj.7389]

Rhett: * holds chicken head * hey. Link: * holds goose head and makes goose noise * Rhett: boy, we're gonna get lots of letters now... Link: let's make em kiss man. 😂😂😂

[@sophieodriscoll6234]

new Zealand treats are coming your way

[@caitlin5107]

pineapple lumps? i was going to send them stuff next year but i'm glad someone else did :)

[@henrywilliams4266]

Caitlin F lol yeah i was gonna send stuff from nz as well

[@Lily-pg5cr]

Jaffaaaas

[@Lily-pg5cr]

I was gonna send them somfin too lol

[@meldeebueno]

It's alright. It's understandable for other culture to not like it. To us, it's a delight for sure.

[@vicjr.1813]

I eat it in the dark though.

[@athena_cr]

Rolan Reynacido yeah

[@KopperstonedKidd]

Im sure it taste great ita just unless youre flash freezing it puttimg it down asleep in seconds painlessly then wait a day and thaw before you boil it then your just boiling it aliv3 and for a few moments its skin is boiling inside.....and it does feel pain just as any infant would being aborted etx.... I love meat but i try and do it humainly

[@wadekuroiwa4375]

It is a popular snack in the Philippines. You're supposed to put some salt and vinegar on it. Just taste like a hard boiled egg but a little crunchy.

[@modetft]

i only eat the soup of the balut, and it is so delicious

[@VickiiL]

LOL when people crack the eggs, I would only drink the soup. Never touching the bird again XD

[@dragonitedla44]

It's actually...the "excretion" of the unhatched chick. BUT it's clean since it is from an unhatched egg.

[@scorchy9752]

dragonitedla44 aw why did you have to say that. Now I'm never drinking that stuff again..... you meant it was duck pea right?

[@UnaccountedFour]

lemuel pabustan Unborn duck pee, poop and puke.

[@dragonitedla44]

lemuel pabustan well, almost all embryo "excretions" are clean. All embryo excretions are clean because the last meal it absorbed were pure nutrients from the mother.

[@IFGchannel931]

I am here to go against all negative comments about this video and say that this was indeed very unexpected and entertaining!!!

[@EpicSPAZmonkey]

Heck yeah!!!

[@ericelevera]

im Philippino i love Balut. yes its a street food. You eat it with "Vinegar and Salt "! so delicious its such a delicacy you eat the entire thing yolk and all.

[@mikhagomez3122]

Im a filipino and I laughed at their reaction!!!!

[@earlDreyy]

ako rin

[@Cupideya1314]

me too

[@astineeer]

I'm also filipino

[@shoeman332]

Mee ttooo

[@what9116]

+Mikhaella Gomez me too..

[@nonyabiness4838]

Lots of comments about how "cruel" it is, or how "sad" it is. It's just life... This kind of thing happens in nature (minus the cooking) all the time. Other animals will "attack" the nest of a bird and eat the eggs (embryo or no)... I know, "we're humans, blah blah blah", but life is rough and through time we've developed "traditions" or ways of doing things because of that. Starving people will often find a way to live... Again... Life is rough. Vegetarian or Meat eater... It doesn't matter. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you are starving, you WILL do what you must to survive or you will die. Just so happens that people in different parts of the world have developed a taste for some very unique things, likely out of a NEED to eat these things...

[@rheides]

In technicality it's not cruel, the duck isn't even conscious or completely formed yet when cooked. I don't think it can generally feel pain, it's not even born yet. I generally eat it since it tastes like egg, chicken soup and duck all in one. This street food is one of the best imho

[@evelynhuynh3123]

I actually like balut. I started eating it when I was four. Lots of people leave out the duck. My cousin closes her eyes when she eats the duck. A lot of people just eat the yolk. The yolk just taste like yolk with broth. The duck taste a little bit like liver. One time I brought Mac and cheese to vietnam and they thought it was gross, lol.

[@k5935]

I'm Filipino-American.. I've been to the Philippines many times and I've eaten balut more than 10 times. I stopped when I started incubating eggs.

[@pointlessrafcat7558]

Its actually Balot and it came from the philippines which i am from. Its a baby duck and your supposed to sip the juice when u crack it. it taste awesome!

[@ashiya029kaulitz]

if eating the duck part is not your thing but still wanted to eat the balut, you could just eat the yellow part, it tastes just like a normal egg yolk.

[@Jack-ih8sx]

That's called a regular egg...

[@Yulia-that-bish]

It tastes kinda different. Richer, somehow.

[@zero-om7nb]

if you are in the philippines right now people are laughing at you guys

[@vintag3m376]

Why tho?

[@iloveyellow7214]

u crack it open a little. u sip the soup put salt in the open space u sip it. u eat the yellow part and its optional if u want to eat the duckling

[@noellevergeldedios8357]

Um...thanks people who are not Filipino and not understand that this is delicacy in Filipino culture. All of you just diss an entire culture because all of you think it is disgusting. Thanks! NOT! Very rude!

[@GeeaRCee]

That is very true, so many disrespectful and judgmental comments! They probably don't know that some provinces in these Asian countries have very limited access to different kinds of food. That is one of the food sources that they have in their reach. So sad for them to be racist, disrespectful, and narrow minded. They judge them as if they are like criminals for nourishing them with what they were blessed with and with what they only have.

[@GeeaRCee]

Thanks Abigail Sawyers for being one of the few who understands this weird but existing culture in the world, some people really bash other cultures hastily and they can be heartbreaking with their words by making it seem like the people who normally eat these are criminals.

[@rileypurcell2159]

You are messed up if you eat this shit

[@shoebillstonk]

Riley Purcell That's Like saying It's messed up to eat Dogs in China

[@bluminator2000]

ZJohnLamberte Well in my opinion it is fucked up to eat any animal.

[@somethingtojenga]

I'm just going to say it. This is what people do when they don't have the infrastructure to keep duck eggs from being fertilized. There is NO actual reason this is preferred over non-fertilized eggs.

[@SpeckKid21]

What are you trying to say?

[@winterwolf211]

I'm sure it started that way, now its a business people have for a living.

[@reishiki5699]

its a delicacy in other parts of the world.....people do preferred this

[@christeneberona3294]

I know someone who grew up in the Phillipines.. And she eats Balut, but she said that when you eat Balut, not all the time the egg contains a Duck.. But it contains the yolk the white hard part and everything else

[@MiniatureMegumi]

I seriously don't see why everyone's freaking out tbh.

[@fujisan5781]

Because they're stuck in the US and haven't been anywhere

[@Kyleaholic]

You make a small crack and you sip yhe soup part anf you open it then you eat it

[@jamesgannon7093]

All you weirdos keep calling it soup.. it's more like fetus water man. "Ya crack that shell drink da soup" lmao Pinoy hillbillies

[@iamsuccessful2241]

We Filipinos eat balut with salt, a cane or coconut vinegar and some chili and spices to kind of counter the taste of the duck...... i love to eat that...but still kind of gross for me sometimes too..... mind you...not all Filipinos love it too....so you're absolutely fine.

[@darkblader061]

HEY RHETT AND LINK! make a new video of eating a balut. it on the balut, should be cracked open on its FLAT side. then put salt on the web and sip through its "soup" then peal the egg more, then put tons of salt, then eat the whole egg at once.. =) iam from the Philippines and I like balut , but I stopped eating it because it made me get nose bleeding after eating many of it in one day.. so i really know how to eat the balut =) ... PEOPLE HELP ME GET THIS COMMENT UP SO RHETT AND LINK WOULD SEE =)

[@cerelenbautista7413]

I support you because I am half Filipino and half irish but my Filipino pride is stronger than my irish even though I lived most of my life in Ireland .😋

[@MikuuYT]

+Cerelen Bautista you speak tagalog?

[@cerelenbautista7413]

+Vince-Minecraft & More I can understand but it is hard for me to speak it

[@earthmagicuser]

+Vince-Minecraft I SPEAK TAGALOG!!!!!!

[@marsh9104]

+VinceMinecraft I SPEAK TAGALOG!!!!

[@brianclementbitoon1271]

I think only the Filipinos can understand eating balut

[@ally9517]

yah

[@kyahnarciso6568]

no

[@dory4498]

Vietnamese too.

[@aineaine6301]

yes :)

[@khoa-nguyenvan4639]

+Eman Le amen to that!

[@donnatastic1457]

I don't know if I'm right but when I was younger I used to eat something that resembled that. Except in some photos there wasn't any blue parts, if that is the same thing gosh I loved it so much. It was like a boiled egg but had much more flavour. Yes I am Asian so my culture loves to eat this stuff.

[@atomicpancakes]

peenoise everywhere. it's like a little mention of anything Filipino and all of you are like "whoo pinoy pride" "proud Filipino here" and that's saying something cause I'm also Filipino

[@halcyondawnnicolas]

Hahaha

[@maiaadolphs9128]

You crack the top and sip it, then peel it and eat it. Simple.

[@astineeer]

Are you filipino too?

[@maiaadolphs9128]

+Justine Myke Ramil Filipino-American-German. Lol

[@grummygrumgrummygo5853]

and add a little salt

[@grummygrumgrummygo5853]

and eat it whole

[@mogi220]

Yep, I come downstairs to see my mom and dad eating balut like that but I just go back upstairs just so I don't see all…that

[@openyoureyesclosethedoor5876]

My family usually boils it in a pot. Then, when it's done we crack it open, and drink the soup/ sabou. Then we might put salt in it.

[@samanthacloutier2534]

Is that... Is that a judge Judy picture in the back ground?

[@FrugalReview]

Yep

[@luby3064]

XD lol I never noticed that

[@anneb8929]

For people who thinks eating or serving balut is "animal cruelty" then what is the difference from eating balut from eating a normal egg? Aren't they the same thing? Also this is a traditional dish of my culture (Filipino) and if you don't understand or like it then don't eat it or make fun of it! That is just disrespectful and rude to make fun of our food... Also you don't microwave balut you boil it because if you microwave it the soup inside will dry up, you don't eat it as a whole you eat it bit by bit and you should have salt and vinegar to make it better.

[@andynguyen8824]

Ever since I was a kid, like 6, my parents have fed me traditional Vietnamese Cuisine. This covers balut and congealed pork blood. I don't eat congealed pork blood anymore, but balut is something that I can eat although I prefer many others things over it. I eat balut when it is just finished boiling. I crack the egg with a spoon and put a little salt and pepper and get a spoonful of the duck. Before biting into it I get a piece of a mint/vegetable that is called Rau Ram, or Vietnamese Coriander. Balut can be delicious if you get over the fact that it is an embryo and that in reality it's just duck meat.

[@dawnresiela]

Try visiting the Philippines so you know the country's culture and food. Especially the exotic foods! ;) #Pinoy

[@jsplinc2000]

Yup, try "visiting us" and among many places in the 'Pinas

[@TwoHeartsOneTARDIS]

Oh stop freaking out! The baby duck is really no different than eating baby cow...what do you think veal is!?!?

[@TwoHeartsOneTARDIS]

***** Then don't go eat out, food is food either way. Yes some people treat animals in horrific ways, but most places don't. My brother-in-law owns a cattle farm, and they humanely butcher there livestock. So not all places that deal with animals for food are bad.

[@AikoKayo]

Jackie-Sue i wouldn't say not most or even many when compared to the places that do and think of those companies that kill so many animals.

[@tron-8140]

Jackie-Sue the only way it would be the same is if you put the entire baby cow in your mouth. Veil is not the entire baby cow, it is the meat of the baby cow.

[@TwoHeartsOneTARDIS]

Zeke Aeloen Yes, I know...it was a very tight comparison!

[@FastRunner00]

I don't eat veal or embryo sooooo

[@kokodaioh]

I highly bet that those parts were served cold and not juicy. I like balut (one of best street foods in philippines) It's served hot and juicy seasoned with salt and vinegar ( more preferable with chili) Most kids only likes the yellow part (what rhett got), when i was kid i used to eat only the yellow part. There's also another version of it called "Penoy" which has more yellow and less baby duck (which i prefer the most)

[@TheGreenerish]

what's wrong with u guys the embryo is AWESOME u should add salt and pepper to it. Also drink the soup from the egg if u get it with an egg

[@pontiuspilate828]

It's not wrong it is actually considered a delicacy in some places around the world

[@karlobarcelona4270]

I had one about an hour ago :)

[@punkturtles-x]

Aaron McCrackan It's not wrong. It's a cultural thing.

[@TheGreenerish]

I don't understand what's wrong about it. People eat animals all the time. In fact thanksgiving just passed and plenty of people ate turkeys

[@tron-8140]

Its not wrong dont worry, Aaron is just intolerant of other cultures.

[@KeannaPixel]

Drink the liquid in the egg first

[@Kevwho123]

Even though I'm used to eating duck eggs, that statement "drinking the liquid in the egg" still sounds disgusting.

[@jrodriguez1182]

Kevwho123 which is more disgusting , drinking the liquid of the egg or eating pig's blood..? btw, it is also a delicacy in the Philipppines too (dinuguan)... :D

[@gg3-yobm675]

heres some advice. balut has that water thing inside of it it taste salty but its part of the thing you eat. "my favorite" then put salt and/or vinegar on it specially vinegar with spices. that white thing is also edible but its hard so if you want to eat it feel free. everything is edible except the shell.

[@nathanyt]

You're missing the salt and the vinegar.

[@gameman9706]

Nathaniel Egera they put salt but so much beter with some sort of sauce

[@bigdog1491]

You know what's sad? Almost everybody on here are saying "oh poor embryo, this duckling could have lived it's life." I bet that at least half, if not more, of these people that are saying this do agree with aborting babies! Aborted babies are like embryos if not MORE developed, and here are people that rather an ANIMAL not be "aborted" than a HUMAN LIFE! THAT is what makes me sick to my stomach. Our society is ssooo backwards today, in that we'll place more value over an animals life rather than a humans life. THAT is disappointing.

[@daiannezabate9102]

timmy pip are you kidding? In China they eat human fetus.

[@benlefranc]

timmy pip as far as mankind actions are concerned. We harm our planet because like every other animal we influence our habitat. Pests destroy ecosystems, just like we do, but on a smaller scale. We are global that's just a fact, and this shows us how full of consequence we can be on an ecosystem

[@benlefranc]

timmy pip just to answer your last sentence : because they are human. Illogical love for what is similar to you.

[@benlefranc]

MarcLloydZ agreed, but he has a point

[@ryanlaurence569]

yfw humans are animals

[@Itsliaaaaa]

As a filipino, the only thing i eat in balut is the soup and the eggy yolk thingy. You drink soup out of the shell and then you crack the hole bigger to get the parts out. You can cover the duck or what we call "sisiw" pronounced seeseew :) with the shell and i separate the hard thingy on top from the yolk eggy stuff i sprinkle salt on it tastes like an egg yolk that isnt runny :)

[@user-vz8td1jb6j]

"Is this what you fed me?" Damn dude, Link is Lucifer's incarnation in a mortal body. I felt like he was playing puppetmaster.