Salted Eggs?

[boomchakabowwow]

my mom uses a Brine. I have seen them rolled in salt and wrapped with plastic for the cure.

what's the difference? anyone here a salted egg guru? my mom's were legit. very good, but getting her to tell me volumes wasn't worth the conversation. (she won't wear her hearing aids EVER)

 

[Michi]

my mom uses a Brine. I have seen them rolled in salt and wrapped with plastic for the cure.

what's the difference? anyone here a salted egg guru? my mom's were legit. very good, but getting her to tell me volumes wasn't worth the conversation. (she won't wear her hearing aids EVER)

I make these regularly: salted duck eggs.

The ones in plastic might be century eggs.

 

[boomchakabowwow]

Version 1.0 underway.

Trying grandpas Lau’s recipe.

 

[bill_zeng]

I use clean yellow soil and salt, mixed in a 5:1 ratio with water. Then, I coat the eggs with this mixture, with a layer of salt soil about 5mm thick. The eggs are then preserved for two to three weeks. In China, we usually use duck eggs for this.

 

[Jovidah]

'Clean yellow soil' sounds like an oxymoron... Is that the soil you find under clean yellow snow?

 

[simona]

I make a 5% salt brine flavoured with kombu and katsuobushi, or with dried cepes. Soft boil the egg and brine for up to 24 hours; I find the longer the brine the more 'snappy' the egg surface becomes under the tooth. You can vary the amount of brine flavour-strength; the kombu / katsuo can be used to make it more eggy/umami; cepes (or even good quality dried shiitake) and eggs just go really well together, a meaty, eggy umami hit.
Served best in shio ramen

 

[mengwong]

This is a treat

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes...U4.7Ema._osTtXhitWTb&smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share

 

[bill_zeng]

'Clean yellow soil' sounds like an oxymoron... Is that the soil you find under clean yellow snow?

I mean, relatively pure. No stones or other impurities.

 

[Dan-]

You mean like rinsed masonry sand?

 

[Beerzebub]

I found this article, with photos, of someone making Chinese style salted duck eggs in Thailand. The article says that "almost powderlike fine soil from toppled termite mounds" works well for making a nice sticky mud (?).
https://www.whetstonemagazine.com/journal/from-sea-to-salted-eggs

 

[bill_zeng]

You mean like rinsed masonry sand?

Yes, it's similar to rinsing off sand. However, some people make salted eggs using brine. Others add fibers to the soil to enhance the strength of the soil layer. Some even mix spices into the soil. The methods are quite similar.

 

[Beerzebub]

I don't think I'll start messing with soil/sand without knowing what I'm doing; I would probably give myself botulism or something.

 

[boomchakabowwow]

Im
With you 100%

I don't think I'll start messing with soil/sand without knowing what I'm doing; I would probably give myself botulism or something.

 

[boomchakabowwow]

Me

Vinegar solution soak
Dry
Dipped eggs in booze
Rolled in sakt
Wrapped in plastic
Set in a cool spot.

Hope I don’t food poison myself. Haha. I prob just made six eggs like that one in Charlotte’s web. !

 

[boomchakabowwow]

update. I can try an egg on Dec 29 which is the end of a 28 day salt bath spa month for the eggs.

totally trippy. the salt that was encrusting the eggs is mostly gone!! I guess it osmosised itself thru the shell?

 

[boomchakabowwow]

Pic

 

[Naftoor]

That’s pretty cool, I knew the shells were permeable for O2/microorganisms, but never thought about salt. Sounds like that means all manner of spices should be on the table too.

Wonder if they were put in a tray of salt for awhile if you could end up with one of those cured egg yolks that were a craze 4-5 years ago, except with the whole egg and done in shell?

 

[boomchakabowwow]

today is the day.

making a batch of unflavored oatmeal as a porridge, and I am going to steam one of these bad boys for science!!

 

[boomchakabowwow]

WOW!! delicious!! the yolk was perfect. I dont like them when they are super super salty, this one was perfect. not all blown out with salt. they are in the fridge now.