Fertilized eggs from ducks and chickens, also known as balut, are essentially half-developed embryos… and they aren’t pretty. Find out how balut tastes and why this extremely disgusting-looking food is a delicacy in the Philippines in this episode of Why Would You Eat That? Who knew Filipino cooking contained the answer to the age-old debate, chicken vs. the egg? However, why would you eat it is still up for debate.