You know how most eggs you eat are unfertilized, so they don’t contain a baby bird? Balut, which is a delicacy is some countries, is a bird embryo that you boil and eat from the shell. But one woman, instead of eating her balut, got a surprise. Because when a restaurant egg hatches a live duck, you may not get the meal you want. But at least you’ll have a new best friend…
Two Little Eggs
Have you ever heard of balut? It’s a traditional meal from the Philippines that involves eating a partially-developed duck fetus. To make the meal, restaurants need to stock lots of fertilized eggs, and this is where our story starts.