Speaking of bird's nest, what is your first reaction?
Swallow saliva?
Dong Yan? House swallow? Yan Dian?
I want to buy good bird's nest
It is necessary to clarify the above problem
Before figuring out so many swallows
Let's talk about this "swallow saliva" thing
Bird's nest is the saliva of swallows, there are about 90 kinds of swallows, not all swallow nests are edible, we see the nests made of branches, grass and dirt under the eaves of the house every day is not allowed to eat!
Edible bird's nest is only the saliva of swiftlets of the swift family and several swallows of the same genus, including Indian swiftlet, Javan swiftlet, Swiftlet gobest and Black Nest Swiftlet.
When the old bird's nest is abandoned by the swallows, the bird's nest will be removed by the bird's nest. When picking bird's nest, the bird's nest will check whether there are small swallows or bird eggs in the bird's nest, and if there is, it will not move him. Therefore, eating bird's nest is not to destroy the ecology of swiftlets but to accept the gifts of nature.
skr！ skr! Kind you can be a foodie with peace of mind!
Classification of bird's nest
1 Follow the location where the swiftlet nests
Cave swallow
Wild swallows are native to islands and nest on natural caves and cliffs. Bird's nest can be collected 2-3 times a year, and the yield is small. It is mainly produced in eastern Malaysia and sabah, Indonesia, the coastal strip of southwest Thailand and nearby coastal islands.
House swallow
These bird's nests are found throughout Indonesia, with the Malay Peninsula, Sarawak and Sabah also being the main areas where bird's nests are built.
From the cave swallow to the house swallow, the swiftlet has changed the nesting environment, but its living habits have not changed, and the swiftlet is still wild, going out to forage in the early morning and returning in the evening. Due to artificial protection, there are more and more bird's nests, and there are also professional bird's nest farmers who pick it, and the loss of nutrients is small.
2 Divided according to shape
Swallow cup
After the plucking treatment, the complete swallow cup is clean, has few impurities and has good color. Depending on the integrity of the cup, the white swallow can be divided into different grades, of which the special white bird's nest (dragon's tooth) is the best grade - the cup is large and perfect, with tight fibers, and the triangular swallow, which is in the shape of a triangle, is a bird's nest built for the swiftlet in the corner of the swallow house. In the market, Yanzhan is the most popular with customers and purchases.
Swallow strips
In the process of picking, packing or transporting, many complete swallow cups are crushed and cannot form a cup shape, and those thick strips of bird's nest are swallow strips. The taste of swallow strips is slightly worse than that of swallow cups, but the nutritional value is the same, because it has no cup type to speak of, and the selling appearance is poor, so the price is lower than that of swallow cups.
Swallow silk
Swallow silk is a worker will pick the hair when the thin strips off, concentrated after packaging, more crushed than the swallow strips, silky, swallow taste worse than swallow, swallow strips worse, stewing time is shorter, easy to stew rotten.
Swallow horn
When trimming the swallow cup, the irregular parts of the bird's nest horn are trimmed down and are horn-shaped, so it is called the swallow horn. Because the swallow horn is the corner of the swallow, the texture is relatively hard, so it is more chewy, but the hair is small and the soaking time is longer, generally more than 10 hours.
Swallow crushed
Both the fragments of bird's nest, swallow crushing is a small bird's nest formed by crushing in the picking or transportation of bird's nest, but bird's nest also has a grade, and the number of bird's nests produced by high grades is very small, generally the primary raw material is the part of artificial loss that meets the cleanliness standard.
Six nutritious ways to eat bird's nest
Nourish the blood and nourish the body and nourish the yin
1 bird's nest stewed chicken
【Effect】Anemia after illness, nourishing the body.
【Ingredients】Selected bird's nest half two, peeled chicken half, longan meat three money, ginger two slices, water four bowls.
【Preparation method】Simmer the above ingredients in water for three hours, and add salt when eating.
2 coconut bird's nest stewed rock sugar
【Effect】Zi yin, moisturize the lungs, nourish the face.
【Ingredients】 Bird's nest half two, a bowl of fresh milk, two tablespoons of coconut water, an appropriate amount of rock sugar, three bowls of water.
【Preparation】Stew bird's nest, rock sugar and water together, fifteen minutes before cooking, pour fresh milk and coconut water into it. Simmer for another fifteen minutes.
3 bird's nest stewed sydney pears
【Effect】Moisturize the lungs, relieve cough.
【Ingredients】 Bird's nest half two, Sydney pear, ten horseshoe pieces, Sichuan shellfish one dollar, four bowls of water, rock sugar to taste.
【Preparation】 Simmer the above ingredients (except Sichuan shellfish) for one to three hours, and finally add Sichuan shellfish and simmer for five minutes.
4 Instant bird's nest
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