balut

American  

[buh-loot, bah-loot] / bəˈlut, bɑˈlut /

noun

plural

baluts

1. in the Philippines, a duck egg containing a developing embryo and eaten after being boiled, directly from the shell.

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Example Sentences

Ms. Saira said she was confused when she first watched the segment featuring balut about two years ago.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2021

She has memories of sitting around a table with her family during power blackouts, which were common, eating the balut by candlelight while they told stories.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2021

The restaurant offers a wide range of Filipino staples, including lumpia, deep-fried balut, crispy adobo and oxtail in mushroom gravy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2019

They warmly embrace the otherness of Filipino cuisine, perhaps even fetishize it at Jeepney, where employees, instead of tiptoeing balut into the dining room, proudly shut out and parade every order to the table.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2015

One local delicacy for the daring: balut, a duck egg ready to hatch.

From Time Magazine Archive