[Sca-cooks] Festival of the Rose: Menu

[Huette von Ahrens]

--- Maggie MacDonald <maggie5 at home.com> wrote:
> At 02:39 PM 1/25/02,Huette von Ahrens said something
> like:
> >Define attractive.  I have seen some of my Chinese
> >co-workers eat hundred year eggs.  I was hoping
> that
> >one would offer me a taste, but alas they didn't.
> >However, I do have reservations about putting
> charcoal
> >grey eggs in front of unprepared
> European-Americans.
> >
> >Huette
>
> Gah, I wouldn't want to eat a grey egg either.. Mine
> have always come out
> marbled brown. Unless I"m thinking of something
> entirely different, it is a
> cracked up boiled egg that is then soaked in a
> soy/spice/tea mixture for a
> few hours, resulting in the coloring to the egg.
>
> Are we thinking of two different dishes???
>
> Maggie MacD.

Yes, those are tea eggs.  They are very pretty and
tasty as well.

100 year old eggs are preserved duck eggs that are a
traditional Chinese delicacy, and also known as
"1000-year-old eggs", they are rarely more than 100
days old. It's a common dish, sometimes known as
pidan, that is made by coating duck or chicken eggs in
a clay-like plaster of red earth, garden lime, salt,
wood ash, and tea. To prevent the eggs from sticking,
and for an attractive presentation, layer and wrap
individual eggs in rice husks and pack them into an
airtight container.

Another preserved duck egg recipe advised to "bury"
the eggs in a large crock that's been layered and
lined with garden soil, and then store in a cool dry
place for 3-4 months. Ingredients include a blend of
equal
parts of ash from charcoal, pine wood, and fireplace,
along with salt and strong black tea.

The Global Gourmet column provided a rich description
of the resulting flavor and texture -- smooth and
creamy like an avocado, with a greenish yolk, and a
no-longer-white white that is compared to the color of
blackish amber or black opal, with hints of yellow,
blue, and green hues. The flavor is "rich, pungent and
cheese-like."

Huette

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