It's Debbie here, following up from Tim's post. Today was a great day. Most of our team was able to sleep thru the nite, and woke up anywhere between 4am-7am from an assortment of sounds - roosters, children, plumbing, babies, and the like. After a delicious breakfast of pancakes, mangoes and homemade peanut butter, we broke up into teams to visit the surrounding community a little bit more. For some people, they were able to visit homes. Others, we were able to walk thru narrow pathways in between squatters houses and "normal" houses. It was indeed moving to see the joy of the children as they said to us "hello, what is your name?" despite their seemingly hopeless surroundings. It's times like this where I'm reminded of the important things in life.
Now, on to the more entertaining part of the post, and the above mentioned title....Fear Factor - Filipino style!
after presenting a couple of Filipino dances, the local youth decided to share their local delicacies with us. one of them was the beloved south east asian, DURIAN! this, i had no problem with. some may find it a little intimidating, spikey and all, but i think of my childhood when i eat it. sure, it smells like a fart, but boy, it sure tastes good! the other delicacy, however, was an 18 day-old egg/chicken. yes, my friends... it was the equivalent of a chicken fetus, complete with head, and yet egg yolk body. i personally could NOT stomach this and watched in fear, clutching on to Kim, as we witnessed a few teammates knock back a few eggs. here are some pics...and a quote from Jean...not yet pictured, but will be eventually...
"it tasted like a hard boiled egg, surrounded by chicken, with....beak. i mean...the feather's part was kinda gross..."
this is the egg...shell open...
and now...you see the beak...the full head...and a body of a yolk... :S
and Alice knocking one back for the team...
others will be posting now..enjoy :)
deb
deb
6 comments:
Okay, I have consumed some pretty weird stuff before but there is no way I could have eaten that little chick. You are in my prayers. Rachel
I'm confused; would they just eat the yolk, or the whole thing?? sounds like your friend ate all of it...ah!
i try to be culturally open minded as best i can, but i cant help the gut (and continued) reaction.... ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!! kudos to those that tried it!!
rainbow =)
hey elise...nope, the Filipinos eat the ENTIRE THING....head, beak, feathers, veins and half-body-yolk :S
yep, considering i went vegetarian earlier this year, this was...a little more different for than it would have been before. but yes, kudos to those who ventured off and tried it!
Loh's had this - I think he said it was "balut" or something of the sort. He said it's called dark room food, since you need to eat it in a dark room so as not to look at it. At any rate, hope you're having fun Tim!
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