I fancy salted eggs (preseved duck eggs coated in black soot) and also "century eggs" preseved duck eggs?!

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I don't think so, I had a package of preserved salted duck eggs on my counter for about six months before someone came in and managed to eat them all (I did not like the brand at all...but I couldn't bring myself to throw them away when I knew I'd have a visitor that loved them soon enough).

I'm glad to find another fan of them :) Have you tried the tea eggs? I love keeping them to serve on the side of dinner sometimes. The anise flavor combined with the saltiness of the egg is just too good for words...mmmm

Honestly I think there is some adverse effect eating all types of preserved food, not only salted and thousand year eggs. I remember I read something about the chemicals used in preserving the eggs having bad effects on humans, but I have forgotten the details as I read it years ago while living in Hong Kong, and I forget the name of the dangerous substances which were in Chinese.

The bottom line is go easy on all preserved food, salted fish, sausages both western and Chinese.....you can google for the info.

They are supposedly very good.