Moon Cakes

[gingkoseto]

The salted duck yolk is really there for its richness, the saltiness is light In Seattle's Chinatown there must be Chinese bakeries selling a similar pastry using lotus paste but instead of a salted yolk in the middle, you find a piece of lye preserved (1000 yr old egg, the only term that I know of) duck egg. Try that one for a very traditional Cantonese pastry (pei daan so).

I love the salted duck yolk in moon cake, and like 1000 year old egg by itself. But I don't think the 1000 year egg version in moon cake is the traditional Cantonese version. It sounds more like a naughty trick

[augie]

Whoa! I am glad I asked! My husband got a duck egg from a friend who has a "fun farm". I had to leave the house because the smell made me nauseated. It was a cross between a rotten egg and a strong metalic smell I just could not stand. Had to go for a little drive and called him and had him air out the house before I could return.

They all made with duck egg?

[kymidwife]

Hmmm... I try to always try something new each time I go to my local Asian market. The moon cakes sound interesting, although I confess I am alittle scared of duck eggs... the 1000 year egg sounds a bit scary, and I was traumatized by a story told by my friend who was served a balut egg in the Phillipines... bones and feathers, eeek. I've been a "chicken" for duck eggs ever since!

Sarah

[gingkoseto]

I was traumatized by a story told by my friend who was served a balut egg in the Phillipines... bones and feathers, eeek.
Sarah

That is most likely a chicken egg, half hatched Yeah it's a scary idea. I've never had it. A few friends of mine from southern China had it in their hometowns. They all confessed to me that they knew it was not a neat idea to eat half hatched baby chicken but they all guiltily thought it was very tasty

Duck eggs are tricky to deal with. They usually can't be cooked in the same way as for chicken eggs. I won't even try to make it at home, and always buy cooked ones from Asian grocery I think 1000 year egg is one of the weirdest things to eat (yet I love it), and I wonder who invented it and how!

[orguz]

I was traumatized by a story told by my friend who was served a balut egg in the Phillipines... bones and feathers, eeek.
Sarah

That is most likely a chicken egg, half hatched Yeah it's a scary idea. I've never had it. A few friends of mine from southern China had it in their hometowns. They all confessed to me that they knew it was not a neat idea to eat half hatched baby chicken but they all guiltily thought it was very tasty

Duck eggs are tricky to deal with. They usually can't be cooked in the same way as for chicken eggs. I won't even try to make it at home, and always buy cooked ones from Asian grocery I think 1000 year egg is one of the weirdest things to eat (yet I love it), and I wonder who invented it and how!

I don't know who coined '1000 year old egg' but that is how it's commonly known outside of China.

It is literally called 'skin egg' in Chinese, because the preservation using ashes surrounding the egg like a soft clay like wrap (scotch egg) which looks like a skin.

Like Gingko said this 'pickled egg' which we have here although using vinegar is not unlike this type. The taste is creamy and with the accompanying taste a bit like soda bread when too much baking soda was used, but ever so slight.

No, nothing like BALUT trust me far from it, you are comparing apples and oranges, or cheese and tripe

Anyone that reads this thread should really try it, you'll see the packaging with the egg appearing as a hard boiled 'black' egg or sold loose wrapped in beige/brown soft clay to be eaten with pickled young ginger (comes in a jar)