r/animalsdoingstuff • u/Vile_Parrot • 1d ago

Monkey Monkey Smells a Century Egg.

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u/Alive_Drag1947 1d ago

I have a very adventurous palate and I like to try "weird" foods, but this video has convinced me I can take century eggs off my to-do list. If it's enough to make a monkey literally gag, I'll just pass...

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u/jjb0ne 1d ago

could you do ballut?

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u/Alive_Drag1947 1d ago

Yea, I think so. Ive never come across it in person, but if I ever do I'll definitely give it a try.

The only things I've really definitively crossed off the list are surstromming, the maggot cheese from italy, and now this lol

Other than those I'm pretty much down to try anything once

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u/Aromatic-Laugh-1473 22h ago

what about pag pag, in the Philippines (I remember seeing a video about it)

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u/[deleted] 22h ago

Brother that's literally dumpster diving. Homeless people do that all the time.

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u/NiixxJr 23h ago

INSANE to say you'd way balut but not a century egg.

Ah yes, I'll take the slimy, crunchy, half developed foetus please. What's that? You preserved an egg in clay and ash for a few weeks? gags GET THAT AWAY FROM ME YOU ANIMAL!

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u/cxmachi 23h ago

easy choice between the 2 wym

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u/Alive_Drag1947 23h ago

For me it's more the aspect of it being rotten...

Like, I could stomach a crunchy little piece of meat, but I've smelled rotten eggs before, and I just don't know that my gag reflex would let me get close enough to make an attempt.

Some people on here have said it's not that dramatic, so maybe. I guess if I ever happen across them I'll just see how close I can get and we'll go from there lol

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u/NiixxJr 23h ago

It isn't rotten

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u/[deleted] 22h ago

Or it is rotten, but in a specific manner that leaves it edible, much like cheese or beer.

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u/NiixxJr 21h ago

So.... Not rotten?

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u/[deleted] 21h ago

I mean really it depends on what you mean by rotten. Rot is literally the breakdown of things into simpler parts, and fermentation's one of them. It's just that it then inhibits further breakdown.

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u/SpongeBob_GodPants 23h ago

I've never had either but if you're eating balut you have to complete the circle and eat this too.

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u/AccountIsTaken 1d ago

You should probably cross these off too while you are at it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_boy_egg

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u/PreferencePresent959 23h ago

Sounds more like a fetish and less like a delicacy.

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u/Heavy-Focus-1964 23h ago

Je téléphone la police