A balut ( spelled standardized
as ballot ) is a developing duck embryo that
Is boiled and eaten in the
shell. It originated and is commonly sold as streetfood in the
Philippines. They are common
food in countries in Southeast Asia, such as Laos,
Cambodia and Vietnam. They are
often served with beer. The Tagalog and Malay
word balut means “warapped”.
2) Butute
One of Kapampangan exotic
dishes. They also
called this “tugak” around
Pampanga. It taste like chicken when deep fried.
3) Crickets
A farmer’s favorite crickets
are rich in nutrients and it is juicy
and flavorful. Everyone who
tasted a dish made up of crickets here said that it
tastes better than chicken. To
capture this insects farmers would put a marker on
an area where there is a good
concentration of crickets. The farmers will
then pour water in the area and
dance, this will force the crickets to get out of
their lair and eventually will
be captured one by one.
4) Farm Rats
These are not the rats that are
commonly found in local houses. They
thrive on the farm lands and
many consider them as very clean.
Farm rats which are also a good
source of protein can be cooked with coconut milk
which is called in the
Philippines as “ginataang daga” or with tamarind which is called
“sinampalukang daga” . Farm
rats can also be cooked into adobo or simply deep-fried
with breading to make it taste
real good.
5) Grasshoppers
A delicacy which is enjoyed
thoroughly in the northern part of the
Philippines is the
grasshoppers. The grasshoppers are considered nuisance for they
can bring plague or eat the farmer’s
crops, the farmers have devised a way to get
even, that is, to get rid of
the feet and wings of the poor insects then cooked
them with salt and seasongs.
