century egg
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century egg
noun century eggs
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A Chinese delicacy made by preserving a duck, chicken or quail egg in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime and rice hulls for several weeks to several months.
Almonds, parched watermelon seeds—esteemed as a great delicacy—spareribs covered with a mixture of molasses sugar, fried fish, chicken livers and century eggs were put on the table at once.
Similar: preserved egg, hundred-year egg, thousand-year egg, thousand-year-old egg, millennium egg, pidan, songhuadan, pei daan
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noun Chinese delicacy
| Español | huevo centenario |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 피단 pidan |
| 日本語 | 皮蛋 pītan |
| 中文 | 皮蛋 pídàn, 松花蛋 sōnghuādàn, 松花 sōnghuā, 變蛋 /变蛋 biàndàn |
| Português | ovo centenário |
| Français | œuf de cent ans |
| Deutsch | hundertjähriges Ei, tausendjähriges Ei |
| Русский | столе́тнее яйцо́ stolétneje jajcó, тысячеле́тнее яйцо́ tysjačelétneje jajcó, пида́нь pidánʹ, сунхуада́нь sunxuadánʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | trứng bách thảo |
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