Originally Posted by earthwalker
When in Asia I tried those preserved eggs much loved by Chinese people - greenish black jelly on the outside and the inside a funny greenish colour - look disgusting, smell disgusting and truly the worst thing I have ever tasted (quantity consumed miniscule).
When my husband was in the Navy, they were the first US military to arrive in China. They were having a formal dinner with the Chinese Navy when he was given a 100 year old egg to eat. It went down and he quietly gagged. The Chinese Admiral sitting next to him gave him another one. To be polite my husband swallowed it whole and it almost came up. The Chinese Admiral, with a twinkle in his eye said, "I wouldn't touch those disgusting things." My husband turned a light shade of green.