Sampling duck embryo for the first time

How to cook a duck embryo and other culinary adventures in South Vietnam

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February 3rd 2015
As with the preparation of any egg it is all about timing. The Vietnamese know. Once the fertilised duck egg is laid it is ready for eating in 15 days. If you leave it 30 the duckling will hatch. The eggs are served hot and hard boiled. Our hosts on the Saigon food tour explained how to eat it. You crack off the top at the pointy end like you do with a chicken egg. You drink the fluid insi ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more