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Century Eggs
Jul. 30th, 2017 07:27 pmWe checked out the new 99 Ranch Asian grocery store that replaced the Pathmark near our old apartment, and among other things (so many different types of dumplings and noodles and I am super-excited), they had preserved duck eggs, also known as "century eggs". I had never had these before, though I'd heard about them and that they were an acquired taste. But I never back down from weird food.
...Yeah, I have not acquired this taste. You know, when you have leftover roast turkey in a tupperware and the juice kinda turns into a jelly in the fridge? That's what the white of the egg looked and tasted like. Turkey jelly. The yolk, on the other hand, was blackish-green and while the texture was very much that of a soft-boiled egg, the taste was "egg with sulfury, smoky and vaguely meaty overtones." Which was very much not the taste I expect from soft egg-textured things, and the color didn't help.
Short summary: I'd eat them if I had to, but I'm not buying them again.
...Yeah, I have not acquired this taste. You know, when you have leftover roast turkey in a tupperware and the juice kinda turns into a jelly in the fridge? That's what the white of the egg looked and tasted like. Turkey jelly. The yolk, on the other hand, was blackish-green and while the texture was very much that of a soft-boiled egg, the taste was "egg with sulfury, smoky and vaguely meaty overtones." Which was very much not the taste I expect from soft egg-textured things, and the color didn't help.
Short summary: I'd eat them if I had to, but I'm not buying them again.
