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The amazing 'boiled egg ruby' that time forgot

byAgencies
Published: 12:18pm, 22 Mar 2023
Length: 132 words
The amazing 'boiled egg ruby' that time forgot

Photo: SCMP

A carefully kept, two-decades-old boiled egg has turned into a "ruby".

The keeper of the 20-year-old egg is called Fu. When held up to the light, Fu's translucent egg turns blood-red.

Fu says her mother bought the egg 20 years ago while she was in primary school, and boiled it for her to eat the next morning. She forgot about it for three days, and then she dared not eat it fearing it might have gone bad. However, the small egg was so cute that she put it above the fridge instead of throwing it away. When she remembered to check on it two months later, she found the egg had surprisingly turned into a "ruby".

Now she keeps it in a jewellery box.