Birdnest “Cook it yourself”

It is simple for the customers to stew the bird’s nest by themselves, and the bird’s nest can be kept refrigerated for a maximum of 1 week. However, the time of stewing bird’s nest is slightly different depending on the nest’s type, texture and formation, so we would like to recommend you a few recipes here.

Soak Soak bird’s nest for some time, after that,  remove the feather and dirt(if there is). Different types of bird’s nest need different soaking time, varying from 2 to 24 hours.Grade “A” birdnest take around 2hours.

The process of stewing

1. Soak bird’s nest for some time first, (Different types of nest need different time of soaking)Remember, soaking water should be over the whole nest so that the nest can absorb enough moisture.

2. Use the clamper to clean dirt and feather.

3. Use the sifter to filter the water. Set aside the soaked nest.

4. Put some cool water in the stewing pot and fill the stewing pot with boiling water. And put the soaked nest into the stewing pot as well. (Different types of nest need different time of stewing) If the bird’s nest is overdone,  it will become too soft and might get melted.

Additional remarks: – All types of bird’s nest should also be stewed with low heat. – During stewing, the stewed water needs to cover the nest. You can add more water or stew it for a longer time to make it smoother. – The water outside the stewing pot should be boiled first before stewing begins. – Rock sugar can be added at the end of stewing to make the texture and taste better.

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Health Benefits of Birdnest

Bird’s Nest is often prescribed by Chinese herbalists to promote quick recovery from lung infection, and increase metabolism rate and cell reproductive capacity.

Traditionally, ladies consume bird’s nest to achieve a translucent complexion, and increase intake when they are expecting. The fine complexion and health of the baby is often credited to this remarkable and delicious. As for the elderly, it is taken as an elixir tonic to promote longevity and good health.Usually the colour founded on it are either dye additives or Limestone Ferro(iron) oxide.

Long term consumption may caused kidney stone. After all when blood oxidized, usually in black or darked brown colour. You can consume bird nests for breakfast or lunch. During this period of time, our body metabolism or assimilation was at the peak.Bird nest is also good for complexion and nourishment of lungs as “Protein”is the soul of our body system.

Basically its good for health especially if the bird nest you consume has no preservative or bleach.

History of birdnest

Bird’s nest soup is a delicacy in Chinese cuisine. A few species of swift, the cave swifts, are renowned for building the saliva nests used to produce the unique texture of this soup. The edible bird’s nests are among the most expensive animal products consumed by humans. The nests have been traditionally used in Chinese cooking for over 400 years, most often as bird’s nest soup.

The Chinese name for bird’s nest soup, yàn wō , translates literally as “swiftlet nest”. When dissolved in water, the birds’ nests have a gelatinous texture used for soup or sweet tong sui. It is mostly referred to as “jin wo” unless references are made to the salty or sweet soup in Chinese cuisine.The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds.

They are superficially similar to swallows but are actually not closely related to those passerine species at all; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with the hummingbirds. The treeswifts are closely related to the true swifts, but form a separate family, the Hemiprocnidae. The resemblances between swifts and swallows are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles based on catching insects in flight. Bird’s nest contains water soluble glycoprotein, amino acids, and Epidermic Growth Factor that promote cell growth and tissue repair.

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Consequently, the process of ageing is controled through the antioxidant content in the bird’s nest. Besides, minerals such as calcium, sodium, potassium increase the body’s resistance against disease.

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Information from Wikipedia.