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The Town In China Where Eggs Are Boiled Using Urine by Nobody: 7:32pm On May 31, 2016
So, there's a town in china called Dongyang, where it is a local culture to soak and cook eggs in the urine of virgin young boys. Below are interesting facts about this virgin boy eggs

1. Virgin Boy Eggs
Virgin boy eggs are a traditional delicacy of Dongyang, China made by cooking eggs in urine collected from young boys.

2. Preparation
Boys urinate directly into collection buckets set out by vendors. The eggs are soaked and boiled in the urine, for some hours. Then it is removed from the pot, the shells are cracked and carefully returned back to the pot of boiling urine. Cooking takes all day.

3. It Heals The Body
According to a practitioner of Chinese medicine, urine crystals are like ren zhong bai. "It can treat yin deficiency, decrease internal body heat, promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and just generally reinvigorate the body.


4. It Is More Expensive Than A Normal Egg
Sold by street vendors who take great care to keep them at just the right temperature, the eggs are typically priced around 1.50 yuan (about US$0.24); double the usual cost of a prepared egg.

5. Health Benefits
According to Chinese tradition, these eggs have health benefits ranging from treating arthritis to preventing heat stroke. The trick, though, is that you have to use the urine of young virgin boys, preferably under the age of ten.


6. They Are Delicious
The eggs are said to have a particularly sour taste, making them extra delicious.

7. It Is A Local Cultural Heritage
In 2008, due to the wealth of knowledge and skills that is transmitted through it from one generation to the next, Dongyang recognized the eggs as local intangible cultural heritage.


Culled from: http://listwand.com

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Re: The Town In China Where Eggs Are Boiled Using Urine by TheFirstLady: 7:42pm On May 31, 2016
shocked
Re: The Town In China Where Eggs Are Boiled Using Urine by SuperSupremo(m): 7:56pm On May 31, 2016
Yuck.....

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Re: The Town In China Where Eggs Are Boiled Using Urine by Zoe99(f): 8:05am On Jun 02, 2016
This is gross...it really is.

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