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Chicken and Swallow Nests Steam Rice (Salty) Ingredients : 1 soaked whole bird’s nest (approx. 1.33 oz) 8 oz. chicken leg meat 2 dried black mushroom 4 red dates 1 cup of chicken stock 1 1/2 cups of water 2 cups of rice shredded spring onion soy sauce Marinade : 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp […]

Bird’s Nest Pumpkin Soup Ingredients : Swallow’s Nest Fragment 1/2 tbsp Papaya 1 pc (200g) honey 1/2 tbsp water some Method : 1) Soak swallow’s nest and remove tiny features, add water then stew for 2 hours 2) Wash papaya and cut 1/4 of upper part away, serve as a lid 3) Remove all seeds […]

pubmedcentral.nih.gov P L Lee, D H Clayton, R Griffiths, and R D Page Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Abstract Swiftlets are small insectivorous birds, many of which nest in caves and are known to echolocate. Due to a lack of distinguishing morphological characters, the taxonomy of swiftlets is primarily based on the […]

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It’s called the edible-nest swiftlet because its nests are edible. This is the only reason anybody cares about it.

They are used to make soup.
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lifeofguangzhou.com Besides sharing an exorbitant price tag (not surprising considering that the first is made from the hardened saliva of the swiftlet bird, while the second requires days of preparation before arriving at the pharmacy) both of these exotic foodstuffs are reputed to be good for complexion and help skin grow.  Fortunately so is the […]

The types, Textures and Shapes of Bird’s Nest The different products of bird’s nests that can be found in the market include the natural whole nest, nest strips, nest pieces, nest threads and the irregular shaped nest cake processed from nest threads. The marketed bird’s nest are produced by three different swallow species The swiftlet: […]

The types, Textures and Shapes of Bird’s Nest The different products of bird’s nests that can be found in the market include the natural whole nest, nest strips, nest pieces, nest threads and the irregular shaped nest cake processed from nest threads. The marketed bird’s nest are produced by three different swallow species The swiftlet: […]

Procedures for soaking bird’s nest: Soak bird’s nest in warm water for 30 minutes. After removing feather from the bird’s nest, soak in the water for another 3 hours. Leave the soaking water for later use because it contains nutrition from the bird’s nest. Pour suitable amount of water and bird’s nest into a stewing […]

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The swifts are birds superficially similar to swallows but are completely unrelated to those passerine species; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they formerly shared with the hummingbirds.

The resemblances between the swifts and swallows are due to convergent evolution reflecting similar life styles based on catching insects in flight.

The family scientific name comes from the Greek απους, apous, meaning “without feet”, since swifts have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead on vertical surfaces. The tradition of depicting swifts without feet continued into the Middle Ages, as see in the heraldic martlet.

Swifts are the most aerial of birds and some, like the Common Swift, even sleep and mate on the wing. One group, the Swiftlets or Cave Swiftlets have developed a form of echolocation for navigating through dark cave systems where they roost.

Like swallows and martins, the swifts of temperate regions are strongly migratory and winter in the tropics.

Many swifts have a characteristic shape, with a short forked tail and very long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. The flight of some species is characterised by a distinctive “flicking” action quite different from swallows.
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By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: January 21, 1987

LEAD: Nothing that a Chinese host can put on a table has more cachet than a bowl of viscous bird’s nest soup. For centuries, it has been a delicacy throughout the Chinese world, a dish famed for its ability to keep people young and healthy.
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