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Edible bird's nest
 Edible bird's nest | |
| Region or state | Southeast Asia and East Asia |
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| Associated cuisine | Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar |
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| Traditional Chinese | 燕窩 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 燕窝 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "swallow nest" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edible bird's nests, also known as swallow nests (Chinese: 燕窝; pinyin: yànwō), are bird nests created from solidified saliva by edible-nest swiftlets, Indian swiftlets and other swiftlets of the genera Aerodramus, Hydrochous, Schoutedenapus and Collocalia, which are harvested for human consumption.
Swiftlet nests have been used as a delicacy for over 400 years, most often as soup.[1] They are particularly prized in Chinese cuisine due to the rarity, high protein content and rich flavor, and are among the most expensive animal products consumed by humans,[2] with prices up to about $4,300 per pound ($9,500/kg) depending on grading.[3] The type or grading of a swiftlet nest depends on the bird species, as well as the shape and colour of the bird's nest. It is usually white in colour, but there also exists a red version that is sometimes called 'blood nest' (Chinese: 血燕; pinyin: Xuě Yàn). According to traditional Chinese medicine, it promotes good health, especially for the skin.[4]
- ^ Hobbs, Joseph J. (2004). "Problems in the harvest of edible birds' nests in Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysian Borneo". Biodiversity and Conservation. 13 (12): 2209–2226. Bibcode:2004BiCon..13.2209H. doi:10.1023/b:bioc.0000047905.79709.7f. S2CID 34483704.
A few species of swift, the cave swifts, are renowned for building the saliva nests used to produce the unique texture of this soup
- ^ Marcone, Massimo F. (1 July 2005). "Characterization of the edible bird's nest the 'Caviar of the East'". Food Research International. 38 (10): 1125–1134. doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2005.02.008. ISSN 0963-9969.
- ^ "eBay search: edible bird's nest, sold". Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ Maierbrugger, Arno (20 August 2013). "Vietnam seeks investors for edible bird's nest industry". Inside Investor. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
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