Week 7 - Century Eggs

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This week I decided to branch out and try something completely different. Century eggs or 1000 year eggs are duck eggs that are buried in clay, ash, salt, lime and rice straw for about three months. This has the effect of preserving the eggs by raising the pH. It also has the effect of turning the yolks green and the whites a translucent brown color. The eggs can be served with pickled ginger root or tofu or a number of other dishes. The can also be eaten raw as an appetizer, which is what I decided to do.

The verdict: There was an odd smell as I peeled it. I sliced it in half and the yolks smelled strongly of cat urine. The whites were rubbery, like Jello made with too little water, but otherwise tasteless. I popped the half into my mouth and as it turns out, the yolks had lots of flavor. And it wasn't good. As a matter of fact, it was downright awful. It had the taste of what I imagine cat urine tastes like. I'm not sure how I even swallowed it. I pitched the other half into the trash. I just couldn't do it. There is no reason that humans should be eating these.