Preserved eggs, also known as gray-wrapped eggs and wrapped eggs, are a traditional egg product in China. It tastes fresh, smooth and refreshing, slightly salty, and has good color and fragrance. After a special processing method, preserved eggs will become black and bright with white patterns on them. When you smell them, there is a special smell, which is one of people's favorite foods. Preserved eggs are not only loved by domestic consumers, but also enjoy a good reputation in the international market.

When people make preserved eggs, they will deliberately add some alkaline substances to the mud, such as lime, potassium carbonate and sodium carbonate. They will pass through the holes in the eggshell and combine with amino acids to form amino acid salts. These amino acid salts are insoluble in protein, so they crystallize in a certain geometric shape to form beautiful pine flowers, hence the name "preserved eggs".

Introduction to the types of preserved eggs:

1, rolled gray preserved eggs

The abbreviation of gray preserved egg refers to the product coated with lime and firewood alkali roller. This kind of egg has the characteristics of grey material and roller coating technology.

2. Fresh preserved eggs

Referred to as fresh wrapped egg or dry wrapped egg, it is an improved gray preserved egg, and the shell is coated with soda ash, lime and mud bran. This process needs fresh paint, so it is called fresh production. This method has a long history and is called old preserved egg. This method is often used by people in China to produce and eat food.

Step 3 process preserved eggs

Short for preserved egg. Preserved eggs made by soaking fresh eggs in feed liquid are processed into jars, and then coated with mud or wax, plastic, collodion and other quality-preserving coatings, which are called mud-preserved eggs, wax-shelled preserved eggs and plastic-covered preserved eggs respectively. The processing technology has the advantages of large soaking amount, semi-finished products can be inspected and classified, and secondary eggs can be eliminated. It is an improved new technology, so preserved eggs are also called new preserved eggs.

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