Eggs....

Eggs.....Do you know about all the different types of eggs? Of course we know about the eggs that we always eat. The 'normal' chicken egg. But there's other different, yummy eggs that are available. Maybe not all are available here but we still can find some other types of eggs here.

OK...Let's start with the salted duck eggs. It's made by soaking duck eggs in brine or packing each egg in damped salted charcoal. It's often eaten with congee ( in chinese it's called 'moi' ). The egg white is salty but the yolk is less salty. It's yolk is also used in chinese mooncake to symbolize the moon. But salted duck eggs can also be made from chicken eggs. Of course it will have a slightly different taste.





Next we have the century egg. It's preserved for only a few months. Not for hundred years. It's made by preserving chicken, duck or quail eggs in mixture of clay, salt, ash, limeand rice straw for several weeks to several months. If you ask the older generation they would tell you that it's preserved in horse urine. Hope that's not true. There's many ways to eat it. It can be eaten without being cook. Some people eat it with slices of pickled ginger root. On special occasion, it is served as part of the cold dish.





We also have tea eggs. It's actually hard boiled eggs that are further stewed in salted tea liquids. Other Flavorings are also added as well. We can usually find this eggs in some supermarket. You can smell the nice smelly from far. Haha.





Then we have the 'balut'... It's well known in Vietnam, Philiphines and Cambodia. It's actually fertilized duck or chicken egg with a nearly developed embryo inside. It you have been watching Fear Factor or The Amazing Race then you would have probably seen it before. I haven't tried it before. And i don't think i will try it. But i might consider trying.





Well... Time to try them soon. Haha....Eggie time