Century egg
 A century egg sliced open | |
| Alternative names | preserved egg, hundred-year egg, thousand-year egg, thousand-year-old egg, millennium egg, black egg, blacking egg, skin egg |
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| Place of origin | China |
| Main ingredients | Egg preserved in clay, ash, salt, quicklime, and rice hulls |
| Variations | duck, chicken or quail eggs |
A century egg is a cured duck egg. They are made by putting the egg in a mix of clay, salt, quicklime, and ash. A century egg is not really 100 years old. People call it a century egg because it looks different and takes months to make. Century eggs can also be made from quail or chicken eggs.
