Nanjing wangjidan

Nanjing Wang Egg, also known as hairy egg and live beads, is a snack. Traditionally, eggs that have failed to hatch are boiled in clear water, and generally peeled and dipped in refined salt. In recent years, for health reasons, healthy eggs that have been normally hatched for about 15 days have been gradually used as raw materials. Foreigners think it is cruel to eat immature chicken embryos, but Nanjing people insist that it is just a eating habit. There are still some differences between Wang eggs and live beads. Wang eggs are eggs that have failed to hatch, while live beads are eggs that are hatching for about 20 days. The taste of the two is also quite different. The live beads are more delicious and have higher nutritional value. Wangdan is a street snack that Nanjing people, especially Nanjing girls like. Their fierce love for Wang eggs is hard for outsiders to understand. The price of raw materials for Wang eggs is very low. In fact, they are dead chicken eggs that have not been covered. Some eggs have already formed chickens, while others are still egg-shaped. Therefore, whether you can eat the whole chicken depends on luck. Generally, sellers like to set up a small coal stove on the street, with an aluminum washbasin on it, in which boiled eggs float up and down. People sit around the stove and choose the "whole chicken" according to their own experience, knocking on the shell, dipping salt and eating. Rough people bite at a time, regardless of chicken feathers, chicken intestines and so on. Everyone eats with relish, because they are small, and most people can eat five or six. After eating, they still smack their mouths, and they look like they are still wanting more.
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