General Knowledge about Bird’s Nest Soup

General Knowledge about Bird’s Nest Soup

Bird’s Nest Soup General Knowledge

Cave Bird’s Nest Soup:

Cave Bird’s Nest Soup refers to the nests built by swallows in natural stone walls or limestone caves. These Bird’s Nest Soups absorb a lots of Minerals from the cave and thus cause them to be beige or yellow in color and firmer in texture. They contain more fine feathers compared to house Bird’s Nest Soups. They expand to 2-3 times larger upon soaking require longer soaking time. They are delicious after stewing, taste better and can be stewed for longer hours.

Collocalia's Nest:

Collocalia’s Nest means the Bird’s Nest Soup which built with pure saliva of swiftlets, with minimum impurities, in strips, with strong absorbent and able to expand 7-8 times, it is the best quality Bird’s Nest Soup. They are usually white, yellow, red or grey in color.

House Bird’s Nest Soup:

House Bird’s Nest Soup refers to the nest built by swiftlets in the building created artificial. They build their nests under a well protection environment, so the Bird’s Nest Soup contain less impurities than Cave Bird’s Nest Soup and usually present in white color (also name as White Bird’s Nest Soup).
1. Whole Piece Bird’s Nest Soup:
These are curved or boat-shaped Bird’s Nest Soup which has been selected from the harvested Bird’s Nest Soup, with feathers removed, before they are sold. As whole piece Bird’s Nest Soups are naturally obtained and varies with sizes and shapes. These types of Bird’s Nest Soups are thicker than other types of Bird’s Nest Soups. They also possess higher nutritional value, with better flavour and better expandability when soaked. They are the cleanest among all Bird’s Nest Soups and they have high expandability. Sometime the Bird’s Nest Soups produced would be like boat-shaped, it is depend on the place they build the nest.
2. Narrow Bird’s Nest Soup Pieces:
These are whole piece Bird’s Nest Soups which have been accidentally broken during harvesting or delivery; or whole piece Bird’s Nest Soups which have been cut into narrow strips or separated after careful selection. Although they are not attractive physically, their quality and method of preparation are similar to whole piece Bird’s Nest Soups.
3. Bird’s Nest Soup Corners:
They are the hardest portions at both ends of the whole piece Bird’s Nest Soups and the highest concentration part of saliva from swiftlets. They normally separated from whole piece Bird’s Nest Soups and soaked separately because they require longer soaking time (about six to eight hours). The Bird’s Nest Soup corners are usually torn into smaller pieces prior to soaking so that they expand more easily. They are expanding more compared to whole piece Bird’s Nest Soups and crispier.
4. Bird’s Nest Soup Fragments:
These is as a result of breakage during harvesting and transportation or during the cleansing process. They are made up of small amounts of Bird’s Nest Soup.
5. Bird’s Nest Soup Biscuit:
These are made from broken Bird’s Nest Soup during harvesting. They have been processed and compressed into different shapes (such as rhombus, sphere, crescent and rectangular) and the quality is one grade below that of whole piece Bird’s Nest Soup.