salted eggs

@jcyap888 (721)
Philippines
July 29, 2007 12:31am CST
a traditional delicacy of the philippines. also known as red egg coz it is usually dyed red.traditional way to make this is by covering it with mud.we eat this with tomatoes and fish sauce.
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
29 Jul 07
Hey. I like cooked salted and peppered eggs... I also like eggs mashed with a bit of curry and a little milk, salt n pepper too... But never tried eggs thats been covered or sitting mud and red ones at that... If you like this food, good for you... Have fun eating it...
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@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
guys you have read the message wrong! i mean this is the process of doing salted eat not to be eaten with mud.
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
12 Aug 07
Hi. My apologies... Have a great day...
• China
2 Aug 07
Can we count how many sulted eggs the Chinese people eat one year?We all love it^^
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@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
10 Aug 07
well i think 3 a day will be a minimun then times 365 days = 1095 a year!
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@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
29 Jul 07
That is a mouth watering description of the delicacy-I like eggs, but what kind of mud do you cover eggs coz with? Am dying to get my incissors onto the egg coz in a typical Philipino style!
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@djmarion (4898)
• Philippines
29 Jul 07
salted egg is one of my favorite, i really like eating it with rice.
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@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
hi do you have any ecipe about salted egg and how you prepare it for your meal do you add onions tomatoes? is there any you can suggest?
@m_5ugar (1013)
• Malaysia
29 Jul 07
I love to eat salted egg. Usually, here in Malaysia use duck egg to make the salted egg. I usually eat the egg with rice.
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@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
is there any variety of salted egg recipe in malaysia? share some of recipe here so we may know how malaysian people do recipe about salted eggs.
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
29 Jul 07
Do you mean you cover it with actual mud... like dirt from the earth? The idea of salted eggs with tomatoes and fish sauce sounds yummy to me. But the mud does not sound so appetizing. Welcome, jcyap888. I hope you enjoy it here at myLot. There are some wonderful people to get to know and learn from. It is a little overwhelming at first. I recommend reading over the guidelines very well, then as you are looking around on the site things will begin to make more sense. There are a few things you can do to try and increase your earnings. First, you really want to concentrate on quality, detailed discussions or responses~ avoid one liners. You can earn a little extra by unloading photos that tie in to your discussions. Rewarding "best responses" to people (found about each response you receive) is a good way to begin building your reputation on the board. For more in depth recommendations see my profile. Feel free to contact me with any additional questions (you will first need to add me to your friend list on order to send me a message.) Enjoy yourself.
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• United States
11 Aug 07
I have seen two forms like this using duck eggs (as youless pointed out earlier. The egg that gets covered in mud I have heard being called a thousand year old eggs. I've had them, but never actually tried making them. The other, salted duck eggs, still keep the natural color. Boil water & saturate with salt until no more salt can dissolve in the water. THen let it cool, add vinegar, & then add the regular duck eggs in & store for 30 days.
• United States
11 Aug 07
Both of the processes were done to keep the eggs from perishing & becoming un-edible because there was no such thing as refrigeration back in those days, & other ways to preserve food made it a necessity to find ways to make food supplies last. BTW - I'm someone that can enjoy drinking a bottle of soy sauce, so I'm one of the few that can eat a salted duck egg without too much problem. Even then, the egg-white of a salted duck egg is a lot saltier than soy sauce.
• United States
12 Aug 07
You are right about the saltiness. Studies by doctors & scientists show too much salt in the diet can cause high blood pressure. This is why I almost never do stuff like that, & that it is kind of expensive.
@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
i'm amuse about you drinking soy sauce? instead of eating salted eggs there are many kinds of salted eggs some made it salty but some a medium type only. too much salt may bring us to hypertension. be sonsiderate on using or eating salty food. take care
@josan181237 (1204)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
yeah i love salted eggs with tomatoes and fish sauce especially with slices of green mango. yum yum!=)
@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
oh thats nice i may try that recipe. egg with green mangoes. have you taste green mangoes dip in honey with sili? maybe i will try both of this matching with honey.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
10 Aug 07
i love salted egg too but i eat it with tomatoes in hot pandesal. hmmmmm perfect
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
10 Aug 07
experimenting on foods? yes.... ill try that. why dont you try this too. gisa on garlic and sibuyas then put the hinimay na tinapa then sili owwwww ang sarap.
@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
10 Aug 07
masarap yan! do you try tinapa smoked fish with salted egg and tomatoes mixed together with rice maybe you like it . tyr to experiment very wonderful in experimenting other variety of food mix with salted egg.
@lani0529 (1722)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
Hello jcyap!(",) I eat salted eggs as well but lately my Mama doesn't buy us salted eggs anymore. I kinda miss the taste of salted eggs. I like it with tomatoes only. I just wonder why it's dyed red why not pink or blue or green? Hmmm...what do you think? Great day and God bless!(",)
@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
well if your mama dont buy salted egg any more you can do it at home and surprise her that you know how to make them. 1 cup of salt 6 cup of water 1 tspn rice wire and peppercorn for 10 eggs dip in water in a container for 30 days then boil it let cool then then put in the fridge dye it in red to avoid confusion. but there a study about dying a carcinogenic red dye be careful can cause cancer. we only use cripped paper in dyeing.
@erikbench (169)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
mmm.. just thinking of it makes me hungry.. hehe.. it's very good if coupled with lots of rice..
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
1 Aug 07
I think the salted eggs you mentioned are similar to ours. We have these in our country. By the way, I am from China. Our salted eggs are from ducks and we covered them with black mud.
• United States
11 Aug 07
I heard this egg youless speaks of called "a thousand year old eggs" ...
@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
10 Aug 07
yes its the same salted eggs, we cover it with black mud too, for home recipe and own use we do this soak in water with salt for 30 days. this is use only if you dont have black mud!
@eprado (1467)
• Philippines
10 Aug 07
Hi jcyap888, welcome to mylot. I loved eating salted eggs as you've mentioned with tomatoes and fish sauce together with fried fish, meats or vegetables. We always have it at home on stock in our fridge. :-)
@eprado (1467)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
Your welcome friend. Yup sure lets do that, exchange recipes. :-)
@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
yeah i have stock too in my fridge. during rainy day its we alway stock salted eggs and fresh eggs and ready to go. this is our favorite, salted eggs with tomatoes, delicious! i hope we post something about recipe and exchange some ideas for rainy day and we can inexpensive recipe to cut our budget too.! thanks
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@pepz1234 (60)
• United States
13 Aug 07
I also love eating salted egg together with tomatoes and fried fish. It is indeed a traditional delicacy in the Philippines but you can also find it to several Asian countries. Here in the US, if I want to eat salted egg, I only have to go an Oriental store and I can find it in there. My mother once tried doing these salted eggs. What she did was immersed the eggs in water-rock salt (table salt) solution for about a week or two. It came out fine but I think she should have immersed it a little bit longer since it was only the outer part that tastes salty. No mud involved please though I heard some stories like using the mud before. I'm not just really sure if it is true...
@tsgirl01 (900)
• United States
30 Jul 07
Hello there jcyap888! Welcome to myLot! Hope you have lots of fun here. I would like to know how you make these Salt eggs. Do you have a recipe? Is there a lot of salt in the eggs? Sounds very good. Enjoy your time here, take care.
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
yea, its quite tasty.. i love it with tomatoes only.. or vinegar.. =) you can try it as a snack.. i use spoon and i only eat the middle.. just get ready to go for a pupu-moment in the restroom.. =) but it taste really good.. you should try it.
@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
4 Aug 07
haha thats nice ha pupu moment!!!
@sr0415 (1140)
• Philippines
30 Jul 07
Hi jcyap888! I never eaten salted eggs, unless it is added to "kinilaws". I never really eat it with rice, until I went to Manila and it was shared to me by some good friends I met there. And it really tastes good! (",)
@jcyap888 (721)
• Philippines
4 Aug 07
now you have tried it, you have find it so delicious. we always have stock in house if sometimes i have no time to go to market. i have salted eggs to eat.
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