Nanjing locals like to eat a kind of thing called live beads, it is actually hatching the developing chick embryo, in the chicken embryo half-formed when boiled or fried to eat, nutritious, eat is also very tender, you can drink the inside of the soup, but also can eat the inside of the chicken and a small portion of the egg yolk. However, live beads should be less for children to eat, or easy precocious puberty.

How are live beads formed

The process of making live beads is very simple. Healthy eggs just need to be incubated for 13-15 days, and when there is a healthy live embryo in the egg it is ready to eat. If you are not equipped to make your own, you will need to know how to differentiate them from Wanted eggs when you buy them. Photograph the egg under the light or use professional egg lighting equipment, if you can see red blood and developing blastocysts, it is a live bead; if there is no red blood, it is a stillborn egg, indicating that it is a wang egg.

When to eat live beads

The best live beads are eggs that are 11-12 days old and incubating. The number of days is not the only factor in determining flavor. In fact, you can observe the condition of the live beads. If the shell on the surface of the live bead is all broken and you can see the fluff inside, it is best to consume it in this state. Because at this time, there is both fresh chicken meat and egg liquid.

The live beads sold in the market are usually around 45 days, and the live beads around 45 days are just in the half-formed state, and the live beads in this state can be fried in a frying pan with a pan for about 20 minutes, and then control the oil. You can pick them up directly and eat them, or cut them into small pieces with a knife and eat them with a toothpick.

Hazards of eating live beads for children

Live beads contain a large amount of estrogen, progesterone, etc., and long-term consumption of these high hormones by children can lead to precocious puberty. In addition, the child's spleen and stomach are weak and prone to diarrhea. In addition, hairy eggs are easy to deteriorate, and the deteriorated ones will contain pathogens such as Escherichia coli, staphylococcus, Norwich bacillus, and Aspergillus. After consumption, it is easy to cause digestive diseases, and in serious cases, it will lead to poisoning.