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Also known as pidan, preserved egg, hundred-year egg, thousand-year egg, thousand-year-old egg, millennium egg

Chinese egg-based culinary dish

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Alternative names
preserved egg, hundred-year egg, thousand-year egg, thousand-year-old egg, millennium egg, black egg, blacking egg, skin egg, old egg
Place of origin
Hunan , China
Main ingredients
Egg preserved in clay , ash , salt , quicklime , and rice hulls
Variations
duck , chicken , or quail eggs

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Subclass of
dish
Country of origin
China
Material used
egg as food
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Century egg sliced open.jpeg
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皮蛋
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Encyclopedic overview

Alternative Chinese name Chinese松花蛋 Literal meaningpine-patterned egg

Second alternative Chinese name Chinese彩蛋 Literal meaningcolorful egg

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