The bird's nest is a kind of bird called "Jin Siyan". It uses moss, seaweed and soft plants to mix their feathers and saliva, and cement the bird's nest as a hiding place. People take this bird's nest down, and after refining and selecting it, it becomes a valuable bird's nest. "
Jin Siyan "nests three times a year, and the first nest is thick and white. Because Jin Siyan has a long winter, a long rest time, enough nutrients are stored in the body, and the quality of saliva is better, so the built nest is better and thicker, with excellent shape and lamp shape, so it is called Zhan Yan, which is the best in bird's nest.
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On the selection method of bird's nest:
1, easily soluble in water: pure natural bird's nest will dissolve in water after stewing, and will never dissolve during soaking without stewing. In order to facilitate transportation, bird's nest will carry moisture when it is shipped from Indonesia or Thailand. To make completely air-dried bird's nest, it must be air-dried in Hong Kong. There will be bird's nest with moisture in the market. Although moisture will bring weight, Dante Zhan's bird's nest will reduce the price to the value after air drying.
2, beware of paint processing: high-quality bird's nest is mostly plucked, and there are obvious gaps between the wires. Although the denser the bird's nest, the better, but it is definitely not airtight. The painted bird's nest has a reflective and dense surface. It not only affects the quality, but also increases the weight of bird's nest.
3, the taste is awkward: natural bird's nest will have a slight fishy smell. After soaking in wet water, the fishy smell will be stronger. Fake bird's nest, because it is fried, is difficult to hide its oily smell even with protein neutralization. Others, such as seaweed, not only have no smell of bird's nest protein, but also have a strong smell of seaweed. However, some bird's nest processed with chemicals will smell of chemicals after stewing, so we should pay more attention.
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