There’s A Salted Fish Skin Craze You Should Know About

Well, that is if you don’t know it yet, which is not very likely. 

For some reason, there is something about salted egg that makes it addictive once put together with salted fish skin--it makes snacking on them sinfully addictive. People who visit Singapore are most likely to ask where to find the best salted fish skin that they can take home. Today, there are a variety of brands people can choose from that are made easily available even in convenient stores. When the salted egg craze began rolling in Singapore in 2016, there just seem to be no stopping from incorporating it to products such as the infamous Singapore salted egg fish skin which popularity has traveled to the nearby countries. So the question pop ups, what is so magical about salted eggs that hooks you up wanting for more? Here are some things you need to know.

Contrary to the popular chicken eggs, it is duck eggs that are used to make salted eggs for two reasons: 1) their egg shells allows for the better absorption of salt compared to that of the chicken; and 2) duck eggs are tastier. So how is a salted egg made? Well, just imagine duck eggs that are submerged in water with tons of salt and left for weeks. This allows the egg to have that creamy texture and a rich salty taste that is in itself mouth-watering. People were creative enough to think of combining this with salted fish skin, potato chips, and even croissants to name a few.

Sometimes however, you can't help but think, am I just munching on junk? Well, not entirely. Truth is, there are a number of things you get from chomping on salted egg fish skin. 

Did you know that duck eggs are a source of high-quality protein? As a matter of fact, each egg contains 9 grams of protein. But not only that, it is also a good source of fat and carbohydrate--all three micronutrients you need for energy. Duck eggs are also said to be a good source of Vitamin A--the vitamin responsible for your silky hair and the production of the new cells in your body and vitamin B12 which is responsible in the production of red blood cells. But not only that, it also has vitamin B complex, vitamin D, and vitamin E. And then of course, there are minerals in there. Yup, there is more to salted egg fish skin and that is minerals. Duck eggs are said to be big on two minerals--iron and selenium, the first which gives you oxygen-rich producing blood cells and the latter which improves your immunity and contributes to the production of hormone in your thyroid glands.

Having said these, you might be convinced that there is certainly nothing wrong with emptying packs and packs of salted fish skin. Wrong. You have to keep in mind that too much of everything is bad and it applies well to snacking salted egg fish skin or any salted egg product, for that matter.