Hey, calm down. Nobody's saying you're wrong. What we've said is correct for our location, hence the disbelieving response you got, and what you've said is correct for yours. The term simply has different specifics in different locations. Welcome to BYC, by the way!Tesumph: "Traditional balut is a boiled duck egg with a ~14-21 day old embryo inside."
I've never heard of a "non-traditional balut," before I looked at the Wiki-definition yesterday. That's the "white" American version I was talking about.
And if any Filipino I know in the islands bought a balut, they wouldn't expect it to hatch.
One thing I've learned after 38 years in Hawaii, and knowing: know it all haoles who didn't know what a "False Crack" is, learn something new~
Never tell anybody with brown skin, a haole knows more about their culture than they do; but at least the average Filipino can't crush a European face into reconstructive surgery with one punch, like Tongans, Samoans, or Hawaiians: but a lot of Filipinos in Hawaii are part Hawaiian, Samoan, and Tongan.
Consider the term, "False Crack.". If I took your part in this debate, in Hawaii, I'd consider myself lucky to hear the words, "You like one time punch in da nose?"
But, ok, you guys all win.
As long as the duck egg wasn't over 21 days old after it was boiled, she could've hatched it.
But I'm not about to tell any of my Filipino friends in Hawaii, they're wrong.
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