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[darchildre]

Do you ever do that thing where you find out about a certain food product or recipe and it just strikes you as so bizarre that you have to try it? Even though it's probable that you won't like it?

Yeah. Today, randomly in the comments of a blog post, the internet told me about egg tea. Which is where you make tea, put an egg and some sugar in a tea cup, beat the egg and sugar together, and then pour the tea over the sweetened egg.

And on the one hand, the idea kinda makes me recoil a little bit, because eggs are weird and it's like you're putting a raw egg in your tea, which is not acceptable. Though, presumably, the hot tea cooks the egg. and, on the other hand, there is a part of my brain going, "Well, if we add milk, that's basically hot, tea-flavored custard, right? I like custard."

I think I will have to experiment. Though I think that, when I do, I will have to make a whole pot of tea, so that I have something to drink if it all ends up being horrible.

Comments

[scheherezhad]

That is a really strange and fascinating concept. I might have to try it, too, because I also enjoy custard and trying bizarre food things to know what they're like.

[umadoshi]

That...sounds kind of terrifying, but I'll be interested to hear the results of your experiment.

[amethystfirefly]

Yeah, if you make it hot enough, your tea will cook the egg. That's how the chicken broth cooks the egg in egg drop soup.