Their latest addition, preserved duck eggs, is an acquired taste. According to Tasting Table, the retailer is now offering cases of “century eggs,” a delicacy that originated in China.

Supposedly, this dish originated 500 years ago, when a rural Chinese farmer found organically preserved duck eggs in a pool of limewater (also known as calcium hydroxide), which helps explain why ...

Essentially, these are preserved eggs typically made using clay, ash, salt, quicklime, and rice hulls. Century eggs can be prepared with duck, quail, or chicken eggs, and can take weeks or months ...

Salted eggs were almost certainly created as a way to preserve an abundance of eggs to eat when times were leaner. The best ones are duck eggs, because they are larger and have a richer ...

Boxes of salted duck eggs labeled in Chinese characters and grayish-green egg images stacked the shelves like towers. "They (salted duck eggs) are very Chinese gourmet," Chen said. "I can't ...

and preserved – duck – egg dinners. Among the dishes, steamed bream without soy sauce, turtle with wax gourd, instant – boiled fish with tangerine pulp, and braised chicken with chestnuts ...

For the asparagus, ham and eggs, prepare a bowl of iced water. Bring a wide pan of salted water to the boil and add the vinegar. Reduce the heat until the water is just simmering. Crack one duck ...