eggs

eggs, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

'Salted' duck eggs sit in a pile at a small market stall in the "Laishan District" in the east of the city.
Salted duck eggs (xían yā dàn) pinyin -are a Chinese preserved food product made by soaking duck eggs in brine ( for several days to several months) or packing each egg in damp salted charcoal. The eggs are sometimes sold covered in a thick layer of salted charcoal paste.
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