• dragontamer@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I mean, unless people are eating Filipino Balut on a regular basis… I don’t think that the vast majority of eggs are fertilized.

      I guess Balut is a good question and the island / city of Ilo Ilo is predominantly Catholic. So I could ask around lol. But honestly, I avoid that food. It just doesn’t look right…

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          I mean you say that but I’m pretty sure my mom’s island is the only place in the world where fertilized eggs are eaten on a regular basis and also has a majority Catholic population.

          And I’ve never heard of this situation really coming up. I’d expect the answer to be written in Ilocano as well.

          How and where did you look this up?

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              Pinay ain’t enough. My Dad is from Luzon and has never had Balut in his life. A lot of shit talking happens between islands.

              Ilocano specifically is what I’d trust as an authority.

              Even then, those crazies on the island of Ilo Ilo really like their Balut. They may ignore the rule in favor of eating their local delicacy.

              I think a Catholic priest from the island of Ilo Ilo would be the authority on the discussion. But yeah, I dont think this is something you’d easily look up from an English-speaking perspective.

              • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldOP
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                8 months ago

                You know it really doesn’t matter because there is no way anyone eating eggs on the regular hasn’t had a fertilized one at least once. Chickens need to be mated to start producing eggs and quail eggs are often sold fertilized.

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                  Chickens don’t have to be mated to lay eggs. I have 7 chickens, no rooster, and get on average 7 eggs a day.

                  Also have 1 goose who lays a clutch off eggs once a year. But I don’t have a male goose.

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                  If you’ve looked around online can you at least post a link? If not, could you say what website the link was from?

                  I dunno why you are being so hostile.

                  It’s an interesting thought experiment for sure. But it only works out if the precise wording is as you say.


                  As far as Catholic tradition goes, IIRC it’s because meat is a luxury afforded to by the rich. Eating humbly on Fridays is the actual tradition. That’s why Fish is allowed (during Jesus time, Fish was the food of the poor. But times have changed…)

                  Also because Fish isn’t meat according to ancient Hebrew. I don’t think this is about the ‘livliness’ of the animal.

                  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldOP
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                    8 months ago

                    I posted one already in this thread. Just find it strange that the RCC acknowledges that a fetus isn’t an adult in one context (yummy eggs) but it does in another context (oppressing and murdering women).

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        8 months ago

        Maybe not anymore, but they were for thousands of years while this has been practiced.

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        8 months ago

        Pretty sure that’s a US thing or maybe more regulated markets. I’ve seen videos of like street markets where a food vendor cracks an egg over their grill and a formed chicken pops out. They have to quickly flick them off.

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          Balut (Aborted Duck eggs) is straight up a delicacy in my Mom’s home island and the island is mostly Catholic. So it’s an actual issue.

          It’s literally sold like ice cream on that island. Every street corner, the locals love it.

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            I ate balut growing up and we don’t eat it at Lent as it’s considered meat. Tiny, tiny bird meat.

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          Interesting. I could guess that “removed” might be ableist or sexist, but the fact that you were able to pick correctly and confidently suggests it’s not censored for you. Is this specific to my client or instance? Tbh seeing “removed” (in italics) everywhere is one of the things that has annoyed me about using lemmy, and I’d turn it off if I knew how. Not that I’m in favor of slurs, I’d just like to be able to see what people are actually saying and judge them myself.

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              Thanks. I use jerboa, and I see that we’re on different instances too. I’ll look into it :)

              Edit: it’s the instance. Tbh I probably could have figured this out a long time ago just didn’t even know to look into it until I saw someone that seemed to be able to see uncensored words.

        • Baggins [he/him]@lemmy.ca
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          8 months ago

          Not according to the Catholic Church (ya know what the meme is about). No need to downvote me for pointing out how stupid they are.

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            Doesn’t matter, all their phrasing is moot when they differentiate animals and humans, because humans are animals.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldOP
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        8 months ago

        I agree. All animals don’t have souls.

        Now what does that have to do with anything? If an egg isn’t a chicken then an ectopic fetus isn’t an adult.

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          Because (according to the church) humans are special little God-lite creatures. No need to downvote because you forgot the meme is about dunking on Catholics.

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              Because you’re confused why they might think of an animal embryo differently than a human one

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                The point of their holiday is to show solidarity with the sufferings of their supposed founder. So they don’t eat meat because meat makes people happy. Alright so they can eat eggs because eggs are not yet meat.

                Meanwhile they also claim that a fetus is an adult.

                On one side they are saying a fetus is an adult and on the other they are saying it isn’t. Nothing to do with souls, nothing to do with humans being special, and everything to do with my controlling women and liking a nice omelette