Balut The Slapsoil Wanderer

“Have you ever tasted Balut?” or “Do you eat Balut?”.  These are my common questions to foreigners and Filipinos living in a foreign country every time I come across them in the web or in person and the response is always a hit.  Actually the reactions of foreigners are always synonymous to “horrifying” I have several amusing stories talking about Balut to non-Filipinos and all of them never fail to humor me.  Here’s one chat conversation I had with my foreign cyber employer after thanking him for a merit. Me: hey boss thanks for the merit appreciate it much. Boss: no problem. wazzup? Me: not much. we’re eating balut & thot of sending u some Boss: oh wow thanks for the thots! what’s balut? Me: it’s better seen and eaten than describe so pls wait till u see it Boss: hmn don’t trust u when u say things like that. pls don’t make me google it Me: pls don’t google it Boss:  just a sec Me: oh no u r definitely googling it. I said pls don’t Boss: back Boss: pls don’t send m