Archive for the ‘Chinese Cuisine’ Category

Chinese Cuisine Part #2: Monkey Brains

 

When I was younger, I heard the story of people eating monkey brains in a very gruesome manner. The story went something along the lines of this… Like I say, the story, because I’m not too sure that this is true. I found this article which claims that it is…

Chinese Cuisine Part #1: Thousand Year Egg

 

The thousand-year egg is an ingredient in some Chinese cuisine dishes. The egg is made by “preserving” chicken, duck or quail eggs in a combination of ash, salt, clay as well as lime and rice. The egg is left for several weeks or even months to “mature”. Needless to say…