ever eat this? my friend brought it back for me from Taiwan,
i wonder where can i find this in Malaysia? anyone know?
Well, what are those "black marbles? its actually eggs which
they boiled in some home-made sauce and blow it dry by fan.
This processes are repeat for at least 7 days until the eggs
become hard and as dark as the sauce! so they named it
"steel egg"..hehe...what a name..
This food has it own history..who created it?
u will know if u can read the chinese words below.. =P
Explanation in chinese:
铁蛋为台灣縣淡水鎮的著名小吃，相传为卖鹵蛋的黄张哞女士在一个下雨天的日子，由于生意不好，于是将卤蛋不断的回锅，没想到卤蛋因此越来越小，并且越来越硬。游客便好奇的品尝，发现口味奇特，经由游客传开之后，铁蛋也就成为了淡水有名的小吃了。
铁蛋的制作很费时，每天必须用含有酱油及五香配方的卤料，经过3個小時的卤程，然后用電扇吹干，每天必须依此程序制作，持续1个星期才算完成铁蛋制作。
另外一种说法，则是原由一名经营早餐店与兼卖鹵蛋的杨碧云女士，有一次，杨女士无意将蛋卤的过久，蛋就变成了越来越硬、越来越黑，且又黑又硬的鹵蛋，品尝起来的味道是非常美味的，之后，杨女士就将此蛋称为“铁蛋”。杨女士原想将此美食取名为“元祖铁蛋”，但是有一家专门在贩售麻糬的“元祖食品”连锁店，为了不与元祖同名而侵犯专利权，因此，杨女士就将这种铁蛋称之为“阿婆铁蛋” 。
