The local word isTongzi Danwhich translates to boy egg.
The process for making Tongzi Dan boiling the eggs in urine.
Residents of Dongyang love it.
One local resident, said he had never tasted “virgin eggs.”
“I can’t stand the smell.
It’s awful.”
The urine is collected from local elementary schools.
Plastic buckets are placed outside their classrooms and young boys are instructed to pee into them.
The buckets are then collected through the day and used to make the delicacy.
Locals believe that the eggs have medicinal value.
“After all, it is waste from the body,” he said.
