The method is as follows: first put soda ash and table salt into a small porcelain jar and pour in boiling water.

After the two are fully dissolved, add quicklime and firewood ash in batches. When all the quicklime "melts", the ash is ready.

Finally, apply the ash (appropriately add some rice husk or wheat bran) evenly on the fresh eggs. After about two months, each one will turn into a brown jelly-like shape with beautiful "pine flowers".

The preserved eggs are ready for people to enjoy.

Ingredients ratio: Calculated based on 100 duck eggs (or eggs), the required ingredients are: 115 g of soda ash (i.e. soda), 150 g of salt, 400 g of quicklime, 1350 g of firewood ash, and 2100 g of boiling water.

Preserved eggs, also known as preserved eggs, preserved eggs, etc., are processed egg foods invented by the Chinese Han people. They are a unique Chinese food with a special flavor and can stimulate appetite.

According to "Yilin Zhuan Yao", it can "purge lung heat, sober up, remove large intestine fire, and treat diarrhea. It can be dispersed and agglomerated." It is commonly used to treat sore throat, pharyngeal therapy, hoarseness, and constipation.

Preserved eggs are not only a delicacy, but also have certain medicinal value.

Wang Shixiong's "Suixiju Diet Manual" says: "Preserved eggs are pungent, astringent, sweet, and salty. They can purge heat, sober up, remove large intestine fire, treat diarrhea, and can be dispersed and agglomerated." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that preserved eggs are cool in nature.

It can cure eye pain, toothache, high blood pressure, tinnitus, dizziness and other diseases.

It can be eaten by everyone: people with strong fire are most suitable; children, those with insufficient spleen yang, diarrhea caused by cold and dampness, and patients with cardiovascular disease, liver and kidney disease should eat less.

Note: Preserved eggs should not be eaten with soft-shelled turtles, plums, and brown sugar.

Usage and dosage: Eating preserved eggs should be combined with minced ginger and vinegar for detoxification; preserved eggs are best eaten after steaming. Preserved eggs also contain lead, so it is best for children to eat less.

Not suitable for storage in the refrigerator.