In China, the dish ‘same egg’ is considered a precious specialty of Indochina, Zhejiang. This is an egg dish boiled in a boy’s urine.
Chicken eggs are a very common food, processed by people around the world with different types of dishes. But in China, people have a strange egg dish that at first glance can make diners not want to eat – the “brass egg” of Indochina, Zhejiang. It’s an egg boiled in a boy’s urine. “Intangible Cultural Heritage” of Indochina China has many strange specialties, including the dish boiled eggs in the urine of boys. Due to being popular since ancient times in many real historical records, the dish “boiled eggs with urine” was officially recognized as part of the “intangible cultural heritage” of Indochina, in in 2008, and proposed the recognition of a world cultural heritage for this unique dish. They believe that urine-boiled eggs are a part of Chinese cuisine and deserve the same honor as Korean kimchi or Japanese washoku. This dish of boiled eggs with urine in Dong Nam is considered a typical Chinese culture and is widely sold on the streets of Indochina city. In 2014, traditional Chinese chefs plan to introduce this dish to the world during Easter. With a certain amount of confidence, the chefs from Zhejiang province consider these eggs to be of an exceptionally high standard. Although they are processed by a method that scares many foreigners, their taste and effects are excellent. Visitors to the city of Indochina often cannot ignore the famous boiled egg dish here. This specialty has appeared thousands of years ago with its taste and healing effects. 
The dish is considered a tangible cultural heritage of Indochina. Similar to boiled eggs in tea, but with a special ingredient that is soaked, boiled and stewed in the boy’s urine and eaten as an elegant animal of the Chinese, this urine boiled egg dish Also known with a rather “beautiful” name is a boiled egg with pupil’s urine, or a boiled egg with a male’s urine. The dish “boiled eggs with urine” has a fairly simple recipe, consisting of only eggs, time and pupil urine. According to Mr. Lu Ming, the chef who wants to bring this dish to the world said that the urine for boiled eggs is obtained from primary schools. “The boys will pee in buckets and we collect them every day to ensure the best quality,” he said. Only boys’ urine is used, especially from boys under 10 years of age. There is no answer to the question of why it has to be a boy’s urine, only that this somewhat bizarre cooking method has existed for centuries here. In particular, people will use the entire amount of urine during the day instead of keeping it for use gradually to ensure the quality of boiled eggs. This egg recipe has been passed down through generations. Eggs boiled in boys’ urine are of an extremely high standard. Eggs are first soaked in urine, then boiled. 
The dish “men’s egg” is considered an elixir of life. Once the eggs have been hunted, the shell is broken to allow urine to penetrate into the egg, then continue to flush with urine at room temperature to prevent the egg from being overcooked. During the simmering process, urine is continuously added, along with some herbs. This recipe leaves the egg whites a pale yellow color, while the yolks turn green. After ripening, dong quai will usually have a pale yellow white and a green yolk, salty, sour and of course indispensable the characteristic “smell” of urine. However, this dish is considered not too difficult to eat. Recently, urine has added a distinct sour taste to eggs. The chefs were also unable to explain why. They think this sour taste is special and delicious. They want the dish to be exported widely so that the whole world can fully appreciate the value of Chinese cuisine. Considered a medicine Since ancient times, Eastern medicine has given “tieu dong’s juice” as a medicine, which can cure many different diseases. Therefore, it is said that boiled eggs with urine also have the effect of enhancing blood circulation, increasing vitality, and reducing pain in hips, legs and joints and even preventing stroke. Because of those “fanciful” uses, boiled eggs with pupil urine cost four times more than the price of ordinary boiled eggs. The ancients did not consider urine as a waste product of the body, but considered it a valuable medicine. That’s why people call this water samsara, reverting ladders. Modern researches today show that urine contains many substances that are beneficial to health such as urea, uric acid, hipuric acid, purine alkali, amino acids, fatty acids, endocrine substances (hormones) vitamins and enzymes. .. 
Thanks to the chemical composition and effects of these ingredients, scientists have been able to explain the medicinal uses of urine recorded in ancient documents that were previously unexplained. Accordingly, children’s urine is effective for postpartum women who are weak, cough, fever, and vomit blood, used to prepare some medicines. Mr. Ge Yaohua, an egg seller, introduced: “My family eats eggs in every meal. Families in Indochina love them. This type of boiled egg is very good for health, avoids back pain of the elderly, and gives more energy to work.” However, not everyone likes this dish. Whether it is an “intangible cultural heritage” or an oriental medicine with many healing and health-enhancing effects, not everyone is brave enough to try a strange and delicious dish. This unsanitary look. And there have also been many doubts and arguments, giving many warnings for this dish about the “unsanitary” problem not only in the way of eating but also in the air at the streets selling boiled eggs with urine. become “smelly”. According to Reuters, health experts have warned about hygiene issues surrounding the use of urine to boil eggs. The people of Dongyang themselves also split into two streams of opinion. One side said that this dish is “good for health and prevents colds”, the other side “does not believe it and is afraid to eat it”. In addition, the chefs could not explain why the egg dish has a very characteristic sour taste. Surely enjoying this egg dish will be a big challenge for diners from far away. However, if you are brave enough to try, this dish is extremely easy to find when coming to Indochina. Each boiled chicken egg costs 1.5 yuan (about 4,800 VND), twice as much as other boiled eggs but not too expensive for tourists. In addition, if there are acquaintances living in this city, it is highly likely that you will also be treated to a special egg dish by the host because the people here also often eat boiled eggs as a daily snack. This dish carries the two words “elite” in the culinary industry and the time element is inseparable. Whatever you say, boiled eggs with urine have existed for a century and become an indisputable cultural feature in the cuisine of Indochina in particular, and of China in general.
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