FOOCHOW TAI PING LONN

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

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

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

           and add to the soup while the vegetable is boiling