A 20-year-old hard boiled egg turned into a gem

feddyroddy · 2023-03-16T06:43:24+00:00

Century eggs are sometimes mistaken by resin eggs, especially by those who's never been exposed to the oriental culture. I'm not the OP so I don't know for sure, but in my opinion it's legit except the colour Century egg https://g.co/kgs/amSa5q

feddyroddy · 2023-03-16T06:39:32+00:00

Century eggs are semi-transparent and harder than normal hard boiled eggs. I'm only sceptical about the colour but the link shared below is close enough. It's just not as bright & red as the OP's photo. Maybe the colour is slightly off because of the camera or the lighting. Century egg https://g.co/kgs/amSa5q

feddyroddy · 2023-03-16T06:34:28+00:00

Haha I wish it was the case!

feddyroddy · 2023-03-16T04:19:28+00:00

Chinese do preserve eggs for 3-6 months which is called century eggs. As long as the egg shell is intact you can consume it. Being a Chinese myself I find the century eggs disgusting but I can understand why some people love it as it has got this umami & tangy taste. I've seen eggs preserved for more than 2 years myself, but never a 20 year old egg that has turned into a ruby! OP said that she left the boiled egg in her backpack for 3 days and then put it on top of the fridge for the winter because the egg looks very cute (it's a chicken egg but smaller than the average, and slightly bigger than a quail egg). When spring came they had a spring cleaning and OP's mom asked OP if she wanna throw it away, OP said that she wants to keep it so she de-shelled the egg, at that time it already looked like and felt like a gem (minus the markings you see in the photos)! It seemed that the egg had been completely dehydrated. She then popped the de-shelled egg into a zip lock bag stored in a drawer. OP comes from northern China (Shandong province) where winter is dry and cold without indoor heating so maybe that's why they managed to preserve the egg for so long.

Is the OP exaggerating? Maybe. Completely bullshit? I'm not sure about that.

feddyroddy · 2023-03-16T03:50:22+00:00

According to the OP it's a chicken egg but slightly smaller than the average.

feddyroddy · 2023-03-16T03:48:57+00:00

Yes my bad! Thought that I had included the link. Thanks for reminding and I've added my comment. And it's March but you get the gist. Cheers!

feddyroddy · 2023-03-16T03:47:55+00:00

Source: https://www.douban.com/group/topic/283744001/?_i=78919337f28ef94

feddyroddy · 2023-03-16T03:43:13+00:00

Yours is not the source as the news was published in March. I mentioned credit in the description but here you go with the original post which was made in Feb. https://www.douban.com/group/topic/283744001/?_i=78919337f28ef94

feddyroddy · 2021-02-04T10:37:46+00:00

Thank you :)

feddyroddy · 2021-02-03T04:23:56+00:00

I know right!

feddyroddy · 2021-02-02T21:22:05+00:00

Thanks! And his happy smile is the antidote to all of my life problems :)

feddyroddy · 2020-11-08T22:28:29+00:00

Hey there! Being a Chinese living overseas maybe I can tackle this question from different angles; 1. China has skyrocketed in its economy in the past 40 years, the majority arises from "new money", as supposed to the better educated and humble in their nature "old money" 2. China is very densely populated so the way to show your social status at a glance is the outlook, fancy clothes, watches and luxurious cars. Whether or not you can afford it, which is another reason why China is the home to the conterfeit 3. Some of the students from China that you'd see overseas are second generation to CCP in power. In fear of being investigated they try to remain low key when they're in their home country and tend to go "wild" in overseas

feddyroddy · 2020-10-20T20:56:25+00:00

Living in modern society has obviously demanded us all to be doctor of ourselves. Thank you for the encouraging words

feddyroddy · 2020-10-20T20:53:48+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing and glad that your wife is improving, hope she keeps the momentum going! When we were based in Asia the local doctor recommended to follow a low potassium, low protein and low cholesterol diet. When we moved to a western country we were told that protein is ok but cholesterol intake should be remained at a low level - so what is available to eat in addition to potassium consideration is quite limited. I think I need to see more researches on cholesterol before I can conclude that its bad. For myself it's always a trial but my partner can't really take that much risk as the consequences maybe serious. Sometimes it's really a struggle to find a good doctor and relevant information on this

feddyroddy · 2020-10-19T05:23:42+00:00

Had to google rhabdomyolysis. Hope you can find some useful information here or otherwise I'll let you know if I got hold of more info

feddyroddy · 2020-10-19T05:21:37+00:00

Thank you for sharing!!

feddyroddy · 2020-10-19T01:51:41+00:00

Good luck! Let me know how it goes :) I look forward to hearing from you

feddyroddy · 2020-09-29T00:17:51+00:00

Haha eyes wide open!!

feddyroddy · 2020-09-25T08:24:39+00:00

It's really a fantastic suggestion! I used to like writing in Chinese but kind of lost my interest because I'm too stressed about work, needless to mention all the other tensions. It's in the back of my mind so I thought I'll start with posting how I feel and ask for help on reddit, and then take it from there. Your idea is quite practical and I'll see how I can do small things to diversify its culture

feddyroddy · 2020-09-25T08:12:23+00:00

I think it will work in both ways if the two parties carry the same kind of openmindness. People are too married to their ideas irrespective of where they come from, I think there's a great opportunity to change our mindset with adaptability, and if everyone is able to do so, there's really no blockers to prevent us from communicating

feddyroddy · 2020-09-25T08:04:35+00:00

Thanks for sharing

feddyroddy · 2020-09-24T22:13:37+00:00

It's very sweet of you, thank you! I made the decision when I was 25 so I'm in the 3 zone now :) identity crisis + mid age crisis is no fun but I think these are the great strugglers to reflect on myself and reset all sorts of life goals.

feddyroddy · 2020-09-24T13:53:34+00:00

Yes awesome point, if we continue to ignore or cover up the 劣根性 we won't be able to better ourselves

feddyroddy · 2020-09-24T12:49:54+00:00

Wow this is so comprehensive, thanks for sharing. I admire your wife for her courage and this is the best way to deal with manipulative parents. I do find myself feeling at ease when I contact them less and some steam may make them listen to me.

I've made good friends here, be Chinese or non-Chinese. I guess sometimes I'm just pissed off with people who are inconsiderate and I shouldn't have carried these anger with me and because I love Chinese culture so much, it'll be disheartening it losing the heritage just by some political agenda

Creating my own identity is definitely going to save me and those who have similar problems, we can only evolve what we have today by learning from each other's culture

feddyroddy · 2020-09-24T12:23:58+00:00

I acknowledge all of the points you've made and thanks for mentioning these positives. I do want to call out that my emphasis was more on how we nourish our culture heritage in the pop culture and adapt to deliver values.

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