Here are some good pics of what century eggs looks like after it's been cut open. Before it's opened, it looks like an egg that you dipped in glue and rolled in hay. It is a Chinese cuisine ingredient made by preserving duck, chicken or quail eggs in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, lime, and rice hulls for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing. After the process is completed, the yolk becomes a dark green, cream-like substance with a strong odor of sulphur and ammonia, while the white becomes a dark brown, transparent jelly with little flavor or taste.
I said I'd never eat a Century Egg...but I did it! I was pressured into it in order to feed my blog. My darling husband "egged" me on until I agreed to do it.
Just before the first bite...this is the only pic I posed for. The egg sat on that spoon for quite a while before it entered my mouth!
It's in! It feels bad, it smells bad, it tastes bad... tears are forming and the gag reflex is setting in.
It's out! The texture was so repulsive I couldn't go any further. Remember the show "Fear Factor" where they bit into cow eyes and fish eyes and the contestants commented about how they popped? Well, that image was in my head and the egg was out of my mouth!!
This is the "Never Again" or "I've learned my lesson (this time)" expression. I say "this time" because those of you who know me, know that there will always be some weird food that I will try. Like this next one...
I asked the man at the dessert counter what this was BEFORE I tasted it. He said "chocolate". So, to make sure, I asked what was inside. He said, "chocolate". And just to double-check I said, "Oh, inside is chocolate too?" And he said, "Yes, chocolate". Could it possibly be that "chocolate" is the only English word he knows" Why YES! I believe it was! Inside this beautiful little truffle was a bean paste...bean, as in kidney bean or red bean or black bean. If it wasn't for the company we ate with that night, I would say the night was a total disaster. Thank God for friends to laugh with!
Thank you Adeline and Deno for such a fun evening!
With Love In The Mix!
Shannon
