昔年随父母回湖南祖籍探亲,老家的乡亲都很热情好客,常来邀请我们到家吃饭,临走时,还会你家拿10个、他家拿20个鸡蛋,作为馈赠的土仪。我们每次返乡,都会收到大半篓的鸡蛋,足有好几百个。过去没有冰箱可以贮存,加上这些鸡蛋又是乡亲们平时一个一个积攒下来的,搁放也有一段时间了,若不及时处理,很快就会坏掉。所以我们拿回家,多是煮成茶叶蛋馈赠亲友。茶叶蛋在过去,大概是最经济、最方便的旅行食品了。人们乘车出远门,吃不惯车上的饭菜,多是携一袋煮好的茶叶蛋上车,饿 In the past, my parents returned to Hunan to visit relatives in their ancestral home. My hometown folks were very warm and hospitable. They often invited us to come home for dinner. Before I left, I would get 10 in your house and 20 eggs in my house. Every time we return home, we receive half the baskets of eggs, enough to have hundreds. In the past no refrigerator can be stored, plus these eggs are folks usually one by one saved, put aside for some time, if not handled in time, will soon be broken. So we take home, mostly boiled tea eggs gift relatives and friends. Egg in the past, probably the most economical and most convenient travel food. People travel by car, eating car food, mostly carrying a bag of boiled egg on the car, hungry