I ate these...SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO!!!
Well, well, well, what's all this then?
Right, so these bad boys are Chinese Preserved Duck Eggs, also called Century Eggs, or--according to Wikipedia--皮蛋 (leather/skin egg) or 松花蛋 (pine-pattern egg) or ไข่เยี่ยวม้า or hột vịt bách thảo (hot with Bach, though).
Basically, they're eggs that really should have gone bad but, through dark sorcery and infernal dealings, have not.
As with many foods, I'm sure that eating one out of a box that I bought in Chicago's Chinatown is not the most authentic way to go, but it was the only option open to me. You know, it's the same as how you wouldn't tell somebody that Niblets are the way that sweet corn really tastes.
The nutrition information is pretty-much what you would expect from any egg, I guess. They left off the fact that they might include lye.
I've got some photos of what the inside of mine actually looked like, but let's jump straight into the video, shall we? I'll put some space between it and the photos that I took. My Tourette's was pretty bad this night, so the beginning has some weird noises and stuttering and sniffing and nose-scrunching and strange movements, but that's what I do.
In addition to Lovely Wife Sara, also present were
bobbo_y_bobbo and his wife
tofunutloaf
Oh, and the coughing at one point is the leftover of a cold, not me getting ready to vomit.
I promise.
Now, remember, kids; I do this So You Don't Have To.
My photos are down a bit. Don't want to spoil the surprise of what I was looking at.
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Century Eggs in their natural habitat:
EXTREME CLOSE-UP!!!
MORAL OF THE STORY:
I would try these again, I really would, but I think I'd try to be better prepared, or at least prepare them better.
I'd also want to get them from a more reputable source than a styrofoam box.
I must say, though, I'm kinda disappointed that it didn't metabolize into a date-rape drug after I ingested it.
Sometimes doing this just isn't worth it.
Love,
benjamin
Right, so these bad boys are Chinese Preserved Duck Eggs, also called Century Eggs, or--according to Wikipedia--皮蛋 (leather/skin egg) or 松花蛋 (pine-pattern egg) or ไข่เยี่ยวม้า or hột vịt bách thảo (hot with Bach, though).
Basically, they're eggs that really should have gone bad but, through dark sorcery and infernal dealings, have not.
As with many foods, I'm sure that eating one out of a box that I bought in Chicago's Chinatown is not the most authentic way to go, but it was the only option open to me. You know, it's the same as how you wouldn't tell somebody that Niblets are the way that sweet corn really tastes.
The nutrition information is pretty-much what you would expect from any egg, I guess. They left off the fact that they might include lye.
I've got some photos of what the inside of mine actually looked like, but let's jump straight into the video, shall we? I'll put some space between it and the photos that I took. My Tourette's was pretty bad this night, so the beginning has some weird noises and stuttering and sniffing and nose-scrunching and strange movements, but that's what I do.
In addition to Lovely Wife Sara, also present were
bobbo_y_bobbo and his wife
tofunutloaf
Oh, and the coughing at one point is the leftover of a cold, not me getting ready to vomit.
I promise.
Now, remember, kids; I do this So You Don't Have To.
Click to viewMy photos are down a bit. Don't want to spoil the surprise of what I was looking at.
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Century Eggs in their natural habitat:
EXTREME CLOSE-UP!!!
MORAL OF THE STORY:
I would try these again, I really would, but I think I'd try to be better prepared, or at least prepare them better.
I'd also want to get them from a more reputable source than a styrofoam box.
I must say, though, I'm kinda disappointed that it didn't metabolize into a date-rape drug after I ingested it.
Sometimes doing this just isn't worth it.
Love,
benjamin