单词 | tea egg |
释义 | > as lemmastea egg tea egg n. (in Chinese cookery) a hard-boiled egg slowly cooked with its shell cracked in a mixture of tea and other flavourings, producing a marbled pattern on the surface of the egg when the shell is removed. ΚΠ 1920 Jrnl. Home Econ. 12 291 One of the forms of eggs of which Chinese people are very fond is the so-called ‘tea eggs’. To prepare these, fresh hen's eggs are hard boiled, the shells cracked, and the eggs then cooked for hours in a mixture of tea infusion, salt, spice, and soy bean sauce. 2002 Time Out N.Y. 31 Oct. 30/1 This lady apparently kept the pantry stocked with black-bean tapenade and quail tea eggs. < as lemmas |
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