This is just rank!

If you look in any body builders fridge or food cupboard you will usually see a dozen or two eggs. They're great. They are an excellent source of protein, low carb and if you choose to have the yolk also, a good source of essential fat. There are many ways to prepare them, some healthier than others.

I prefer them boiled or in omelette form (check the knowBody omelette). But how about boiling them in a young boy's urine? That's quite common in the province of  Zhejiang in China. Apparently it's quite the delicacy! To make things worse, after they are boiled with the shells on, they are peeled and then boiled some more without the shell. And not just enough to cook the egg, but for 24 hours! The urine must be from a boy under the age of 10 apparently.

First, let's look at the health benefits of urine boiled eggs. Take a nutritious naturally occurring food item and boil it for 24 hours in a liquid that your body has used to flush out waste products. So the people in this Chinese province are putting back into their bodies things that their body (or young boy's body) has tried to get rid of. 

As an Australian the only use I can think of for urine once it's out of the body is to treat the sting of a blue bottle or jelly fish.

The eggs are known as Tong Zi Dan  which means 'Boy Egg' and has apparently been prepared this way for hundreds of years. The Chinese, having pondered that the rest of us are interested in scoffing 'wee eggs' are currently interested in exporting the product to other parts of the world. 

I've tried some interesting foods in Asia and am pretty open minded to trying a lot more but I think I'll be giving this one a pass.

source popjolly.com

-Lucas