Chinese Delicacy: ‘Virgin Boy Eggs’ Boiled in Young Male Urine — For Real
- Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:05pm by
Liz Klimas
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There is a springtime treat in Dongyang, China, that is touted by some to be good for your health. It is said to relieve heat stroke and “every family likes eating them.” While you may be thinking of Good Humor ice-cream cones by this description, the Chinese delicacy is a bit more, shall we say, au naturale. They’re called Virgin Boy Eggs.
You may be warily wondering just what this is. It’s an egg — obviously — boiled in the urine of elementary-school aged boys (hence the “virgin boy” part). The urine for the boiling is collected from the toilets of nearby schools, preferably from boys under 10 years old, according to Reuters’ report.
Watch this account of the tradition:
It’s such a popular treat, Reuters reports, that the local government has listed it as “intangible cultural heritage.” Reuters has more from one of the virgin boy egg vendors on its preparation and health benefits:
“If you eat this, you will not get heat stroke. These eggs cooked in urine are fragrant,” said Ge Yaohua, 51, who owns one of the more popular “virgin boy eggs” stalls.
“They are good for your health. Our family has them for every meal. In Dongyang, every family likes eating them.”
It takes nearly an entire day to make these unique eggs, starting off by soaking and then boiling raw eggs in a pot of urine. After that, the shells of the hard-boiled eggs are cracked and they continue to simmer in urine for hours.
Vendors have to keep pouring urine into the pot and controlling the fire to keep the eggs from being overheated and overcooked.
Ge said he has been making the snack, popular due to its fresh and salty taste, for more than 20 years. Each egg goes for 1.50 yuan ($0.24), a little more than twice the price of the regular eggs he also sells.
Many Dongyang residents, young and old, said they believed in the tradition passed on by their ancestors that the eggs decrease body heat, promote better blood circulation and just generally reinvigorate the body.
As you might expect, some health experts have warned about the sanitary issues that could be associated with this food.
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Comments (114)
burnteye86
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:55pmGive me fried chicken livers any day.
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:54pmBarbaric Abortion Policies In China: Is The U.S. Next?
http://www.infowars.com/barbaric-abortion-policies-in-china-is-the-u-s-next/
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This Video Will Shock blaq people… wmv
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Itsjusttim
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 3:09pmThey own our money, you do the math. Good Grief the tribulation is getting intense.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 3:13pmArrrrrrgh…….I’m surrounded by Pagans, I can’t take it anymore.
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 3:27pmjust be glad the information is getting out…maybe the sheep will awaken.
this is not about a religion/ non religion…it is mindset , a disease that makes them believe they ( the 300+ families) own your and my a55…they have controlled the population for thousands of years.
is time to end their bloodlines.
all wars have been caused because of the self chosen few.
religion has it’s place…but this is about survival.
Report Post »this is about the continuation of me and mine and you and yours…
Sirfoldallot
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 3:50pmAll this talk of breakfast is making me hungry but 1st I must take a pee & dump , u know ” The morining move ment ‘
Report Post »iblvingd
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 3:51pmHey maybe what is good for China is good for the Hollywood set too. After all, if the actress from “Mad Men” can eat her own placenta and “touts” its health benefits, she especially should love this! Maybe it will be the new Hollywood trend!
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 4:01pmAww timmy timmy , ur just 2 smart 2 make sense of anything, do u talk 2 ur self & understand ?
Report Post »muddpuddle
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 4:16pmAnd you thought that was chicken broth all along. No wonder the chinamen stand in the corner smiling while you eat.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 4:25pmYellow Slime
China‘s version of America’s Pink Slime
Report Post »Uranium Wedge
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 6:14pmMan! There must be a lot of pedophiles in China!
Report Post »rgillespie1
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 7:10pmHere…Tim put this ice-pak on your forehead before you have a stroke.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 10:04pmYou know, if nature didn’t give the Chinee actual s_it to eat, they would have invented it.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:53pmDisgusting!
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 3:21pmIf I move to China, it’d probably do wonders for losing weight.. not eating anything from that disgusting society. Gross.
Report Post »Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 9:54pmthis is a joke, to get those stupid americans, that try to be all culturally diverse to eat things boiled in pi$$ …..lol….. go ahead lefties….
Report Post »SBR308
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:43pmI’d not want to get close to someone who ate boiled eggs in urine. Their breath and f-a-r-t-s would be awful!!
Report Post »65Mustang
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:42pmand our ignorant, pompous fraudulent president looks to China as the country to be indebted too…let’s see good ole Michelle promote this crap.
Report Post »ItTakesFaith
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:41pmIs there any doubt as to the supremacy of Western Civilization (read: Judeo-Christian based!)? Remember, God created all men equal; what they choose to do to themselves… not so much…! I can’t wait until the Left defends this craziness as yet another form of “normal”… Unless we want to be subjected to this nonsense in our own country, I suggest we seek desperately needed revival in our land…
I’m not hungry for lunch anymore…
Report Post »natalia12
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 10:52amyour country doesn’t need to be protected from disgusting things such as this one which makes me want to vomit but to be fair there are american women who swallow semen!!! and the men well im sure they do similarly disgusting things ..there is even supposedly scientific studies conducted in your great land telling that “swallowing semen one or two times a week may reduce the risk of breast cancer”..now whether its true or not you’ve got to admit that is as disgusting if not more i think than boiling eggs in piss..see what’s normal behaviour to your people may be seen as disgusting by others .It’s a two way thing mate.
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:40pmThis is why I’ve always avoided getting into egg fights with the Chinese…
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:27pmOh boy, reading about the nasty things going on around the word just adds to the distaste that one already knows for the things going on. Gee thanks Blaze.
Report Post »Marengo Ohio Patriot
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 7:57pmTim, don’t go away mad…. Just go away!
Report Post »Gourdy
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:26pmThen again, we Americans eat something called Pink Slime…..and enjoy it.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:40pmNope . not once they found out it was in there .. they said no way! I only buy my meat and have where they grind it fresh on site daily — slime free.
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 3:08pmThe cows fight for food in land fills in CHina .. so….
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 5:19pmspeak for yourself not all of us AMERICANS eat out and frequent fast food places.. matter of fact some of us even know about MEAT GLUE to make left over pieces of meat stick togeather and look like real meat..
Report Post »term limits for congress
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:21pma.k.a. Golden Eggs
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:26pmIt’s no wonder, that whenever we hear about some new disease epidemic, it’s originating in China. Just remember America, that lead covered toy your toddler is chewing on, was probably made by someone that just ate human waste and didn’t wash his hands.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:41pmDon’t forget the poison pet food … and chinese drywall ..
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:20pmAnd, then these same people that do foolish things like this will sit back and wonder how things like AIDS and Mad Cow’s Disease appear out of the blue.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:24pmand this from the People who are supposed to overtake us in world dominance?
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:19pmAnd the recipe was stolen from Occupy Wall Street.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:42pmLOL .. or they will now be using the “recipe”.
Report Post »bkfirvine
Posted on March 31, 2012 at 5:08amNo. This recipe is actually INSPIRED by them.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:18pmfor all you lift-wing trolls
Report Post »uou can have mine
audaxrex
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:58pmLift-wing? Uou’ll have to run that by me again.
Report Post »MoGyver
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 3:27pm@Audaxrex: I see what uou did there
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 3:34pmPiisssssssson that rex
Report Post »conservativejon
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:18pmand these are the people that surpassed us as an economy. God help america
Report Post »Gourdy
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:17pmThat’s beyond nasty.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:28pmYeah well they do a whole lot more nasty things you don’t read about.
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:16pmI’d hate to see what they cook in 10 year old boys poop.
Report Post »Disgusting…..
theninthplanet
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:16pmThis, my friends, is why the U.S. needs to balance its budget.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:16pmOut of the toilets eh? Are you sure that’s not a typo and that they are from DUNGyang??
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:15pmI just don’t understand why some people eat what they eat.
These would not be allowed in the USA. Urine=body fluid=possible disease.
Report Post »BostonHarold
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 5:12pmWhy it’s a gourmet delicacy! Don’t be so judgemental! In some circles they are regarded as an advanced culture…pass the warm fermented moldy French cheese.
Report Post »natalia12
Posted on June 20, 2012 at 11:11amFirst of,its not the whole of China just Dongyang province as mentioned but sure there’s been some horrific stories about things that Chinese people eat i.e dogs,foetuses,live monkeys’ brains ,worms (in korea too) ,some story about dog meat being eaten in vietnam as well..you know crazy list. I mean there is water in china! it isn’t like there is no alternative…but to be fair i think for the ppl going crazy here remember these days there is one particular body fluid (semen) that not just a few women & men (let’s not discriminate) here too willingly swallow and similarly disgusting things.
Report Post »TEIN
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:13pmDoesn’t sound appealing to my palliate, but not going to condemn cooking that has been going on for generations without any proof of ill effects….Eat Up!!!
Report Post »Intense66
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:13pmEeeewwwww!!!
Report Post »Tifn8r
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:12pmUhhhh…. gross.
Exactly how starved do you have to be?
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:12pmI heard that eating this also protects you from alligators…true story!
Report Post »rabblechat
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:11pmComing to a buffet near you…
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:11pm“These eggs cooked in urine are fragrant…”
I bet the average person in China eating them isn’t… or soon won’t be…
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