How are preserved eggs made?

There are many ways to make preserved eggs. If you want to make it at home, you can go to the vegetable market to buy preserved egg agent, which is a material for making preserved eggs. With these materials, you can make your own preserved eggs at home, it is very simple. It usually takes about ten days to half a month to make the preserved eggs, and then you can eat the delicious preserved eggs. However, you should also be careful when eating preserved eggs and understand some dietary taboos.

How are preserved eggs made?

1. Buy preserved egg agent. It is usually difficult to buy in urban vegetable markets and supermarkets. Go to Taobao, where it is cheap and has a wide variety of products.

2. To prepare the preserved egg agent, use a spoon of the following size, put two spoons (the amount for 40 preserved eggs, adjust according to your taste) of salt into a bowl, add half a bowl of warm water, and stir to dilute. Pour a pack of preserved eggs (depending on the packaging quantity, here one pack contains 40 eggs) into a bowl and stir to mix.

3. Put in chicken eggs or duck eggs, apply the preserved egg agent on the eggs, and choose eggs with thicker shells.

4. Package the eggs. Put the eggs coated with preserved egg agent into a plastic bag, seal it and place it in a basin of suitable size (preferably a plastic basin). Finally, place it in a slightly warmer corner, away from where heavy objects could fall.

5. To boil eggs, keep the indoor temperature below 15 degrees for about 10 to 15 days, or keep the indoor temperature above 20 degrees for about 7 to 10 days, then you can wash off the preserved egg agent on the eggshell and put it into the pot to cook. If you like strong flavor, you can leave it for a little longer before cooking. Some can be eaten directly without cooking, because they are placed at the bottom and the concentration of the preserved egg agent is high. When buying preserved egg agents, choose lead-free ones and use plastic or other non-metal basins. Preserved egg agents with salt added are highly corrosive.

Foods that cannot be eaten with preserved eggs

1. Brown sugar

Brown sugar is a good thing. Women who often drink ginger and brown sugar tea can treat dysmenorrhea. But do you know that preserved eggs cannot be eaten with brown sugar? If you like to drink brown sugar water, then the editor recommends that you eat less preserved eggs.

Therefore, when eating preserved eggs, you must pay attention to whether there are any foods in the meal that cannot be eaten with preserved eggs. If not, you can eat them boldly. If so, you must be careful. You must know that you can't have your cake and eat it too.

2. Plums

Everyone has eaten plums. Every summer is the season when plums are on the market in large quantities. Many people are accustomed to eating a small piece of fruit before meals. It is very likely that plums are among the fruits eaten before meals. If there are preserved eggs and plums on your table, it is recommended that you eat one of them, and save the other for the next meal. This is good for your body.

Usually, we eat plums fresh. The lead contained in preserved eggs will react with the nutrients contained in plums. If they are eaten together, it will cause physical discomfort.