(Don't) Do This: Balut. But If You Do, Tell Us About It.

By L. Stolpman in Food on Apr 17, 2009 6:30PM

BananaQ wants to know if you have balls(Ed. Note: We did and took the balut plunge once upon a lonesome. Shaking just thinking about it. — CS). They, along with East Hollywood Inc. are sponsoring a Balut Blast. Balut is a delicacy in some Southeast Asian countries: A fertilized duck egg, partially developed. The result looks like this (not for the squeamish). We first saw it on the Discovery channel on a show that featured prostitutes in Thailand having a midnight snack of balut...to make use of its aphrodisiac properties.

If you head to Wild Pug (4810 N. Broadway) on Tuesday, April 21, between 2 and 4 p.m. you can try balut for free. You do have to RSVP on the BananaQ website. They are hoping for 1000 eggs to offer and it is first come, first serve. This has "LTHForum stampede" written all over it.

C'mon. Someone one out there is a college kid, right? Don't college kids love free food?

Picture by Marshall Astor.