salted egg

Definitions

A Chinese preserved food consisting of a duck egg that has been soaked in brine or packed in damp, salted charcoal.

Equivalents

Examples

“Father Semedo and Brother Sebastian, on account of their illness, and by extraordinary favour, were allowed half a hard salted egg each, instead of the herbs.”

“Bring⟳ to boil and add⟳ marinated pork and salted egg.”

“The Chinese first developed this way of treating the egg as a preservation measure⟳, but you’ll find⟳ salted eggs all over Southeast Asia – in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and elsewhere.”

“Using your hands, mix⟳ the pork, salted egg white, raw egg, tamari or soy, honey, salt, pepper and cream.”

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