why do non asians hate balut?

Answer 1

Speaking as a non-Asian who has never eaten balut (but has seen people freak out about it for no good reason, really, on 'Fear Factor'), I think it's because of the 'strangeness' of it to someone who's not familiar with it; we're used to eating eggs differently.

Europeans eat plenty of decidedly bizarre foods too, however (paging haggis, haggis, please come to the front desk), so it's only a lack of familiarity with the stuff. Assuming it's tasty, I bet if you fed it to a non-Asian tourist without telling him what it was, he'd like it, generally.

Answer 2

The idea of "eating a not totally formed baby duck" does freak people out. By the way, not all Asians like it or know what a balut is. Balut is eaten mainly in the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and part of China.
It's also a matter of familiarity, eating a "still breeding" beef steak used to be disgusting for people who just arrived in North America.
So Balut remains a cuisine only enjoyed by few who are either familiar with it since young or who overcame their fear to taste the delicacy.

Answer 3

I am a Asian, and I dare not go a mile within the radius of any balut :)

Answer 4

I'm Asian and I feel like I can hurl right now thinking about balut.

Answer 5

I am an Asian and one time my mom fed me balut when I was 6. I know it's duck now, but the day she gave it to me we visited a chicken farm. It made me scared of eggs until I was like 10, because I thought they would all contain chicken fetuses.

Answer 6

Looks like you don't have to be "non asian" to hate balut.

What is balut anyway?

Answer 7

I'm Asian and and don't like balut.

Answer 8

i have eaten balut........but i would rather have a hot-dog or hamburger........its what we are used to eating.....not really bad tasting.......the balut........

Answer 9

who the hell would eat that its so disgusting they put it on fear factor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut

Answer 10

I'm asian too but even I dare not eat that.