Have you ever seen people fry eggs this way?
Hard boil it & fry in oil!
The Foochow people does
More interestingly, duck egg is used instead of chicken
There is a story behind it!
Well, Foochow in China lives by the sea
and their livelihood depends
on fishing
While the men are getting ready to go out to the sea
the ladies started cooking this dish
to eat together as a mark of
REUNION
and for
PEACE and SAFETY
In Foochow, "Lonn" is egg
"Tai Ping" is Peace and safety
when put together it means Peace & safety for the trip
But why duck egg?
In Foochow, duck egg is called "Ark Lonn"
"Ark Lonn" in Foochow,
also means suppress the storm & waves in the sea
also means suppress the storm & waves in the sea
So, they chose to use duck egg
for
similarity in sound
and
purpose accomplish!
Of course
eating the eggs this way
can be very dry
For this reason,
Tai Ping Lonn comes with soup
since Foochow people loves soup dishes
since Foochow people loves soup dishes
To them
this is a luxury
because oil is used to fry the eggs
other times
they just poach them
If you are interested
I would like to share with you this recipe
Tai Ping Lonn
duck eggs, hard boiled (of course you can use chicken eggs)
chinese long cabbage, cut
carrots, sliced
spring onions, cut to 1" length
pork, either slice or minced
chicken stock, or granules
shallots
salt & pepper to taste
1. heat some oil in the wok
2. fry eggs, turning often so that all sides get browned, remove
3. fry shallots until fragrant, remove
4. add pork slices if used & fry, add enough stock for soup
5. when boiled, add vegetables
6. when vegetable is soft, add fried eggs and fried shallots
7. salt & pepper to taste, serve
Note: If use minced pork like me,
mix it with salt & pepper & corn starch
mix it with salt & pepper & corn starch
and add to the soup while the vegetable is boiling
6 comments:
We always had this together with the red wine meesuah during CNY
Yesterday at 1:40pm
Katie Foong: We do too. My mom is very particular
because of the meaning behind it.
Yesterday at 1:41pm
Wow! Long lost dish! Tq Katie!
· 22 hrs
Katie Foong: Ya, for health reasons many refrain from taking whole eggs!
· 18 hrs
We always had these during festive or birthday celebrations.
But never knew the meaning behind it.
· 20 hrs
Katie Foong: Ya, I also found out recently !
18 hrs
Joyce Ee: Thanks for sharing
· 4 hrs
Very interesting dish.
Thk u for yr intro to yr dialect n culture.
Someday I hope I can get to hear how does Foochow sounds like.
· 18 hrs
Katie Foong Here it goes:
http://my-humblekitchen.blogspot.my/2016/10/learn-foochow-dialect.html
LEARN FOOCHOW DIALECT
For benefit of English educated: A BEI - know KA LIU - play NEY YANG - children MOR TAI YEH -…
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Hi Katie thanks for sharing. Reminds me of childhood time.
By the way do you know how to make diye piang (in hock chew).
The deep fried cake with meat filling or a prawn in top.
· 15 hrs
Katie Foong: Yes, I have the original version.
Hope to get it out soon.
· 15 mins
I do fry my eggs n have different chillies to go w it.
I like your story behind it....
have to know more chinese dishes .....very interesting.
Tks. for sharing.
· 14 hrs
Katie Foong: Thank you for your interest.
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