Eating China’s 1,000-Year-Old Egg

Century eggs don’t look anything like the eggs you might be used to. Cut one open, and you’ll find an albumen that’s brown jelly and a yolk that’s shades of black and brownish green. They are considered a delicacy in China, dating back to the Ming Dynasty. Qianggeng Wu and Aishu Sun, a married couple who live in China’s Changlong Village, show us how they use traditional preserving techniques to transform ordinary duck, quail and chicken eggs into tasty century eggs.

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[veryunusualdude]

Ingredients:
1 egg

Instructions:
1. Wait

[nootaboot]

thumbnail: 1000 YEARS OMG


guy making them: like 10 days idk lmao

[thedarkside]

Imagine if this was true.
Costumer: Can I buy one of those eggs.
Him: Sorry were out of eggs now please comeback after 1, 000 years.

[Tomo_Taba]

Plot twist : The old man and the woman are immortal

[fideldog]

“Century egg”


Guy in video-“I’ve been doing this for 40 years.”

[kataminedj]

So 500 years ago a farmer found random eggs in the mud, when he cracked them they were black and he thought “yeah this is a good thing to eat”

[miguelingalla]

-eats 100 year old egg
-stomach hurt
-passes out
-wakes up in a horse carriage with a man saying "Hey, you're finally awake"

[cherry__]

Ive never tried the yellow ones, only the black ones and it taste really good with porridge!

[beanz]

Nobody:
Chinese shirts: *insert random at least 5 letter long english word*
His shirt: SIDEWALK

[benji]

can we just talk about how wholesome the old man seems ? hes like the grandpa of my dreams dude

[jousukecodm]

Title: 1000 year old egg


actual egg: *30 days*


Me: *Reality is often disappointing*

[BenderMagic]

To anyone wondering eventhough it looks nasty but it actually doesn't even taste aged like you would in many aged/fermented food, the egg white part just taste more earthy and more firmer/jelly texture while the yolk taste more earthy and creamier. Its actually really good, especially with rice porridge. Its one of my favourite thing to eat since young.

[eldrina]

ngl this egg is good, especially when eaten with porridge

[babysong]

Ok I can’t be the only one that thought that the egg was actually 1000 years old right?...

[rithwikkofficial]

When you have eaten an 1000 year egg and you find out that it takes 30 days

Me: *sad American noises*

[CharlesA.P.]

"Yes, I was delicious, but the public wasn’t ready for it, so I sold terribly, and Salty took me off his damn menu and locked me away down here. And now you know my cool f*cking backstory"

-Century egg

[RayMak]

This is really really delicious. Trust me

[kneazle]

I’ve had this, it’s delicious, the inside is soo smooth and creamy and the outside becomes firm and salty like aspic.
Honestly the best egg I’ve ever eaten

[Reymdusk]

The name is an exaggeration, but damn these eggs taste great. My family likes to have them in porridge :)

[drunkenskunkproductionsdsp]

Teacher: _What's so funny? Do you have an inside joke?_

My brain: *Negga*