A Balut (Trứng vịt lộn or Hột vịt lộn in Vietnamese, Pong tea khon in Cambodian) is a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. They are considered delicacies of Asia and especially the Philippines, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac and considered a high-protein, hearty snack, balut are mostly sold by street vendors at night, mostly, in the regions where they are available. They are often served with beer. The Filipino and Malay word balut (balot) roughly translates to mean "wrapped".

This tour of the web's "most curious comestibles" offers Sweet Sue's Canned Whole Chicken (Without Giblets); bottled boiled three-week-old fertilized duck eggs; a drink made from regurgitated gelatinous bird spit; and canned stewed silkworm pupae, to name a few. Reader suggestions welcome.

KEN ARNO THE EGG MAN runs one of the last poultry farms in the San Fernando Valley. It’s entirely organic, with free-range chickens and turkeys, some caged chickens, goats, a few geese and ostrichlike rheas. Teachers buy his fertile chicken eggs so children can watch them hatch in school. With a permit from the county agriculture department, which

Raise you own crops or livestocks! Raise chickens and sell their eggs for a nice profit. Harvest fruits or vegetables; use fertilizers to speed things up a little. Thats about it, have fun!

A chicken-and-egg conundrum is peculiarly appropriate to a question involving fertility. Which came first, the waning of religion in the West or the fall in birth rates?

In this game you can plant fruit and vegetable or raise chickens for their eggs. Use fertilizer to accelerate your harvest time.