They had a basket containing smoked sausages, preserved eggs and - because their mother was prudent as well as generous - a large jar of peach preserve that no one in the family liked very much.

Fighting against bitter cold, but determined to cheer himself and his companions, Carvalho "had reserved with religious care, two boxes containing one pound each, of Alden's preserved eggs and milk.

I began to feel grumpy and xenophobic, questioning a collective palate that relishes preserved eggs, pickled vegetables and lamb's viscera for breakfast.

My favorite congee comes with slices of pork and bits of preserved egg, which has been put in brine for days until it turns black, giving it a musky yet rich flavor.

Dawn next morning set the sky afire with a more than Wag-nerian splendour, revealing the first sluggish activity on the Kraken, and mingling with the smell of preserved eggs frying in the galley.

Hadrosaurs had been speculated to be upland breeders due to the lack of preserved egg and hatchling material.

Prime time is lunch, though a steady stream of breakfast customers stop in for congee ($1), a soupy rice porridge with fillings like pungent preserved eggs, and excellent pastries, including anise-scented roast-pork buns (60 cents).

In Thai and Lao, the common word for this type of preserved egg literally means "horse urine eggs", due to this myth and the distinctive ammonia odor of century eggs:

One of his first triumphs occurs at a street stall near his hotel in Kowloon, where he points to a preserved black egg, served with pickled sweet vegetables and a dipping sauce.

As Ms. Young put it, "By not serving duck's blood, duck's feet or 100-year-old preserved eggs, you can make Chinese New Year's more universal rather than exclusionary."