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August 28, 2012, 5:25 pm

Street Scenes | And the Balut Belt Goes to…

Courtesy Maharlika

The folks at Maharlika posted photos today of last weekend’s balut-eating contest. (Got a strong stomach? There’s video, too.) The man you see here is winner Wayne Algenio, who ate 18 fertilized duck embryos in five minutes. A spokesperson for Maharlika said, “We created a great way to introduce the public to Filipino food as well as saw a champion rise.” Hopefully that’s all that came up.

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