Back عش قابل للأكل Arabic عش قابل للأكل ARZ Ядливо птиче гнездо Bulgarian Nido comestible Spanish لانه پرنده خوراکی Persian Nid d'hirondelle French Sarang burung (makanan) ID Nidi di rondine (gastronomia cinese) Italian 燕の巣 Japanese 연와 Korean
 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.
Swallow 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 swallow nest depends on the bird species, as well as the shape and color of the bird's nest. It is usually white in color, but there also exists a red version that is sometimes called 'blood nest' (血燕). 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.
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