Century eggs are duck or chicken eggs which have been stored in clay or ash for several weeks and then exhumed. According to Wikipedia, the tradition probably started as a method of trying to preserve sources of protein in times of plenty. Apparently, though, people couldn't get enough of the sulfurous smell and stomach-neutralizing alkalinity.
Despite these unappetizing aspects, century eggs are very pretty to look at. The process turns the yolk green and the white a transparent, jewel-like brown. Though I'd approach actually eating one cautiously, myself, I think I would feed one to a baby or something.
Because I can't get through a post without a YouTube video, here's one of an unseen man forcing some girl to eat one of these undead eggs. You're welcome.
Tonedef claims to have eaten one by accident in some dim sum in Chinatown, and it gave him the runs.
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