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I tried a couple of century eggs at a dim sum in Singapore the night before my return flight back to the states. Big mistake.
Thought I was going to die about 12 hours later on the plane. I never had such bad abdominal pain and diarrhea in my life. I don't recommend century eggs. The whites of the egg turn translucent, the yolks turn gray. Both generally retain their original texture and taste about like a boiled egg.
皮蛋 (pidan) are delicious when well prepared.
You are probably intolerant to its bacteria.
I had eaten them before with no issue. The eggs tasted fine, slight ammonia flavor, dark outer "skin" and the inner whites had a translucent yellowish color, yolks were gray with a sulphur overtone. I sampled at least 20 items at that dim sum, something else could easily have made me sick. I blamed it all on the century eggs. Gas like you read about. TOTALLY flushed out my intestines. And that was during a 36-42hr flight Changi to Narita to Chicago to home. Not fun. I felt really bad for whoever went to the head after me, and I HAD to go often. I was miserable.
had do many of those and theyre excellent...
They tasted fine to me, it was the aftermath that made them "memorable" - and I must have sampled 20 or more different items at dim sum, so it could easily have been something else I ate that made me so sick. The barbequed chickens' feet maybe?
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