Old fermented eggs make a delicacy known as pidan - Earth.com

Old fermented eggs make a delicacy known as pidan

03-14-2018


Today’s Video of the Day comes from the American Chemical Society’s Reactions series and features a look at a delicacy known as century eggs, or pidan.

Pidan is a cuisine that originated in the Ming Dynasty era of China and is made up of fermented duck eggs.

The eggs are coated in a paste consisting of salt, quicklime, sodium carbonate, ash, and tea and then are rolled in rice husks and left to ferment.

By Rory Arnold, Earth.com Staff Writer

Video Credit: American Chemical Society

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