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My local weeb market started carrying these and I'm curious enough to try them. I know it's going to be foul because they stink up the entire aisle that shelves them.

Anyone ever had them? What is your recommended condiment? Soft or hard center?

>> No.6302279

fuk u

>> No.6302281

there are horrors in this world
better hold fast

>> No.6302286

>>6302276
You should be ashamed of yourself.

>> No.6302287

I tried a bite once
>tfw I have looked upon all that the universe has to hold of horror, and even the skies of spring and the flowers of summer must ever afterward be poison to me

>> No.6302296

eastern hemisphere fag here. for noobs do hard center. as much as possible eat plain. some salt maybe if you're as horrified the others

>> No.6302303

they look gross but taste fine, don't be a little bitch

>> No.6302305

>>6302276
Soft center all the way. I've actually eaten one. Ordered one for the whole table and noone wanted, so I was forced to eat it whole. Recommended condiment is balls of steel, a stiff upper lip and not breathing through your nose.
All joking aside, these WILL whoop your ass. I recommend to douse them liberally in soy sauce or chili vinegar. The outside (crystallized egg white) is actually kind of nice, but the yolk... oh my god....

>> No.6302307

>>6302276
I've had them.

I really like them even though I don't eat them correctly. I just peel off the shell and wolf them down. To me they are almost dessert-y.

>> No.6302313

>>6302276
>What is your recommended condiment?
They are a condiment. Eating them whole is a prank played on travel show hosts and other tourists.

>> No.6302316

>>6302313
This anon knows what's up.

>> No.6302319

>>6302313
What are they a condiment for, then?

>> No.6302321

>>6302276
There is no way those are actually safe to eat. I don't care what people say.

>> No.6302329

>>6302321
They probably aren't, but I've eaten one and still live.

>> No.6302344
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>>6302276
I would recommend eating it with congee, break it over the top and partially mix it in while the congee is still hot.

that being said I think if you are going to have congee and want something easy "spicy" bamboo shoots are a lot better.

>> No.6302346

>>6302319
Diced or grated in congee (rice porridge) seems to be pretty common. I've seen them used in soups as well.

>> No.6302397

>>6302321
nice open mindedness u got there

>>6302319
rice porridge aka congee

>> No.6302408

>>6302329
How was your shit after that, though?

>> No.6302413

>>6302408
Actually had no problems at all, apart from actually having to eat that wile were-yolk from hell.

>> No.6302414

>>6302397
Yea cut it up and mix it in with some congee and green onions.

How rare are these to find in the US? Do I need to go to Chinatown and how much do they cost?
I'm as white as can be and not even a weeb but crazy food like this speaks to me.

>> No.6302419

>>6302414
The 6 pack I got was under $3 US

It was a full on Asian market. They sold insects by the pound and had small children working there.

>> No.6302420

Tried it cause I love trying new stuff.
Meh, it's really expensive and hard to get here, not worth it. And the smell is just repelling. Didn't notice much difference to normal soft/hard boiled egg tbh

>> No.6302423

>>6302414
It's a kind of a specialty. Any asian supermarket should have some (chinese and vietnamese shops usually do). They're cheap. Depends on where you buy, but shouldn't be more than $3 apiece.

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>>6302296
>eastern hemisphere

>> No.6302440

>>6302423
>>6302419
Out of curiosity, do most people eat the boxed ones in Asian countries as well? Because I know they used to come still wrapped in the bark or whatever, and you had to scrape it off to get to the egg. The boxes ones already have the bark stuff removed.
Does it make much of a difference or is the process pretty much the same everywhere?

>> No.6302471

>>6302440
I've never seen one done "at home", so probably yes, they all buy it pre-packed.
Beware though - there are many kinds of "eggs" at an asian supermarket. There's this sligthly disgusting habit of eating raw (un)cooked duck and chicken embryos for instance, those eggs sure are not wrapped and do look "fresh".

>> No.6302487

>>6302471
Oh yea I remember getting some raw duck eggs with my friend but I don't remember what we did with them. We sure as fuck didn't eat them.

>> No.6302756

Smells a bit like pee, tastes like a jelly egg with creamy yolk. All in all not much different from a hardboiled egg sans the looks.

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>>6302276
I've seen these at Chinese markets and I noticed that they don't refrigerate them. Fuck that.

>> No.6302782

>>6302768
Those don't need to be refrigerated. Those need to be fucking exorcised, repeatedly and frequently.

>> No.6302811

>>6302440
>boxed ones in Asian countries
Nope
>>6302471
>they all buy it pre-packed
Nope

>> No.6302817

>>6302768
>refrigerate eggs preserved in a way that doesn't require refrigeration

>> No.6302847

>>6302276
Go to a chinese restaurant and order the pork and egg porridge and become a convert.

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6303049

There's nothing weird about century eggs.

You can preserve an egg with 3 things, salt, acid, or base.

Salted eggs, for example, chinese salted duck eggs, delicious as fuck.

Acid preserved eggs are the pickled eggs you have in bars and southern restaurants.

And then you have the base preserved egg, or the century eggs. They are preserved by encased in high alkaline environment.


IT'S JUST A PRESERVATION METHOD.

Stop knee jerking and just eat it.

>> No.6303061

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZ5tums4zs

>> No.6303067

>>6302440
>bark
Could you possibly mean the shell?

>> No.6303184

>>6303061
Why isn't he doing this at a table?

>> No.6303447

>>6302305
So do you edgelords subject yourselves to this culinairy disaster, literally the fedora of eggs.

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>>6302430

>hemisphere
>half of a sphere
>a sphere can only be divided in 2 through one point

u retarded son? inb4 the earth is not a sphere.

>> No.6303497

now this is a meme egg

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>>6303184
it is a couch he specifically uses for his videos, don't know why exactly I suppose because it is "his thing".

>> No.6303815

>>6302847
This. Ask chinese personnel for a nice hot bowl of Congee with century egg.

>> No.6303844

>>6302768
Relatives used to tell a younger me that century eggs took a hundred years to make. Later on somebody else told me they were meant to last a century.

>little kek

>> No.6303989

>>6303049
Why don't you wolf down a mummified house pet?
Hey, it's just a preservation method, right?

>> No.6304058

>>6303989
That's a piss poor comparison.

Corpse preservation method != Food preservation method

>> No.6304069

>>6304058
Have some mellified man then, faggot.

>> No.6304115

>>6302768
I bet you refrigerate your pickles faggot

>> No.6304156

>>6304115

> not liking the cold crunch

>> No.6304237

>>6302287
>>6302281
What would happen if you ate a century egg while on DMT or acid. Would you travel through time?

>> No.6304242

>>6303989
You mean beef jerky?

>> No.6304255

>>6304242
No.

>> No.6304308

>>6303061
that fucking lip smacking immediately after his first bite

time to never watch this ever again
disgusting

>> No.6304663

>>6302430

>Doesnt know people call anything West of Iceland "The West" and East of it "The East".

>Also doesnt realize that hemisphere means half a sphere.

>posting a smug picture non-sarcastically

>being this much of a faggot

>> No.6305739

>>6304663
>>6303456
>Doesn't understand the concept of standardized measurements
>Doesn't realize that the concept of an "eastern hemisphere" carries no logical relevance as a reference point when it's used relative to any given persons location on the planet
>Doesn't realize that using "the west" and "the east" to reference parts of a country is not comparable as hemisphere specifically implies the entire planet while the aforementioned phrases are more vague and understood as such in common practice

>being this much of a faggot

>> No.6305923

>>6302276
>they stink up the entire aisle that shelves them.
They actually taste and smell quite mild.

>> No.6305945

>>6303067
I'm talking about the wood like layer above the shell. It has the texture of dried mud but looks like bark. People peel it off, and then peel open the egg.
I don't know what difference it makes or if one version is considered better.

>> No.6305968

>>6305739
I guess the dude needs to get his head round the concept of a planet having an equator.

>> No.6305993

>>6305968
And a prime meridian.

>> No.6306495

I'm as open minded as the next guy but god damn century eggs look frightening, like on some basic primeval level my brain tells me that these things are to be avoided at all costs

>> No.6306534

>>6302276
So I'll like these if I enjoy lutefisk or that Icelandic shark?

>> No.6306542

>>6306534
>Comparing lutefisk to rotting shark and century eggs
No. Those are not even remotely on the same level.

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>>6302276
It's certainly an acquired taste. I thought it was disgusting when I was 4, but later learned to appreciate it. For beginners, slice an egg into 8 pieces and serve it with some thinly-sliced pickled ginger. It's actually very savoury that way. Another good way to eat it is to have it diced small and mixed into some hot congee. It's similar to using fermented krill paste in your cooking- it adds a very deep flavour. Bonus points if you have some salted egg to mix into the congee/porridge. Hamburger americans don't know any better so don't let them talk you out of it.

>> No.6308344

pickled ginger

>> No.6308501

>>6303682
Just like trying to remove the egg shell with a fork and knife is "his thing" as well?
I hate how youtube validate pure retards like that.