Re: CHAT: aged foods (wasRe: phonology of borrowed words)

Teoh wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 09:22:45AM -0800, Padraic Brown wrote:
> > --- J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> wrote:
> >
> > > Hehe, what about the Chinese 1,000 year old eggs,
> > > hehe 0_o?
> >
> > ! Are they really that old? How are they kept so long?
> > And dare I ask what they taste like!?
>[snip]
>
>Nah, they aren't kept *that* long. Maybe months, or maybe even years.  But
>definitely not as old as their name implies. :-)  They are basically
>salted eggs (salt-marinated, if you will). Probably fermented, as they are
>dark in color. They have a rather strong smell, though not unpleasant. The
>taste still resembles egg yolk. They actually add a rather pleasant
>"background" taste to congee and the like.
Speaking of Chinese food, Roger Penrose kills spends a clause in "The
Emperor's New Mind" on idly wondering whether there's a hanzi for
"hamburger". Is there? If not, what sign-combination do they use?

                                                    Andreas

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