What is Century egg?
{{Infobox food | name = Century egg | image = Century egg sliced open.jpeg | caption = A century egg sliced open | alternate_name = preserved egg, hundred-year egg, thousand-year egg, thousand-year-old egg, millennium egg, black egg, blacking egg, skin egg | country = [[Chinese cuisine|China]] | region = | creator = | course = | served = | main_ingredient = [[Egg (food)|Egg]] preserved in [[clay]], [[wood ash|ash]], [[salt]], [[Calcium oxide|quicklime]], and [[rice hulls]] | variations = [[duck egg|duck]], [[chicken egg|chicken]] or [[quail egg|quail]] eggs | calories = | other = }} A '''century egg''' is a [[Curing (food preservation)|cured]] [[duck]] [[Egg (food)|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. {{food-stub}} [[Category:Egg]] [[Category:Chinese food]]