Karen KEEPS saying that century eggs are made through a process of soaking eggs in HORSE PEE... Like, what the fuck?!


It is actually made by preserving duck, chicken or quail eggs in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, lime, and rice straw (husk) for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing... NOT Horse pee! But then, i continued reading...

According to a persistent myth, century eggs are or once were prepared by soaking eggs in horse urine. The myth may arise from the fact that significant quantities of ammonia are produced through the bacterial action on urea which changes the pH of urine from acidic to basic. Thus, there may be some truth to this claim as a 1-molar solution of ammonia does have a pH of 9.4. This is approximately the maximum pH produced by standing human urine, but less than that produced by mixing quicklime (calcium oxide) or wood ashes in water.
In Thai language, the common word for this type of preserved egg is actually 'khai yiow ma' (ไข่เยี่ยวม้า) which means 'horse urine eggs'.

WHAT THE ****?!?!?!?! It might have been made from HORSE URINE LAST TIME?! Traumatized...