Triangle, Broken, and 5A/6A Bowl Blood Birds Nest Differences

Blood Birds Nests consist of many types, which are differed by either their appearance, country of origin, size or shape, by terrain, or by pre-processing quality. However, we can also see whether the Blood Birds Nest is real or fake by comparing these characteristics, for instance, fake Blood Birds Nest has reflective and low translucent colors, bleach and acidic smell, glossy surface with no crack, hard and plastic substance, and becomes sticky when soaked. Therefore, it is important to know about how these characteristics work.

As Blood Birds Nest natural formation is different one to each other, the size of the Blood Birds Nest also varies from small to large, which larger Blood Birds Nest is more expensive because it is rare in nature. However, this does not affect the nutritional benefits. In terms of size or shape, Blood Birds Nest can be seen in a triangle, broken, or bowl shape, depending on how the Blood Birds Nest condition during harvest and cleaning time.

Triangle, Broken, and 5A/6A Bowl Blood Birds Nest Differences

Triangle Blood Birds Nest

Triangle Blood Birds Nest is usually harvested at the corners or edges nests. It just differs in the shape, but contains the same nutrients with other grades of the Blood Birds Nest. However, triangle Blood Birds Nest usually has the most concentrated area of swiftlet saliva, therefore needs longer time to soak.

Broken Blood Birds Nest

During the cleaning process, packaging, or transportation, sometimes Blood Birds Nests get broken and become uncomplete cup shapes. This broken Blood Birds Nest is then put together and sold separately, but does not compromise the nutritional benefits.

5A/6A Bowl Blood Birds Nest

The whole Blood Birds Nest will feature a complete cup or bowl shape Blood Birds Nest, large and full with a high density of fine fibers. This bowl Blood Birds Nest can be further marked by grade 1A, 2A, 3A, and so on, according to its size, amount of nutritional value, and completeness of the bowl shape. The higher the grade (for example, 5A), the better the Blood Birds Nest quality, and the higher the price will be

Nourishing Blood Birds Nest with Ginseng and Rock Sugar

“How to clean the “unprocessed” raw Blood Birds Nest? Let’s check it out! And your effort & time will surely be paid off with this goodness!”

Time to pamper yourself with luxurious Blood Birds Nest dessert!

My mum got me some of these unprocessed original Blood Birds Nests of the home-bred swallows. That was my first time seeing the raw Blood Birds Nests. Unlike those already well-processed with machine types which also moulded very beautifully in standard curve shape and size, these raw Blood Birds Nests were full of feathers and dirt, and never in uniformed shape and size. To be franked,I couldn’t imagine the delicious cooked Blood Birds Nest dessert was made from these appealing raw ones….
I heard Blood Birds Nest is rich in amino acids which reqiured by our body. Eating Blood Birds Nest regular helps to improve health condition and it is the best food for more radiant and smoother skin complexion for women, while it helps strengthening lungs and kidneys for men who take Blood Birds Nest on regular basis. For young children, Blood Birds Nest helps to boost up immune system.

As for myself, I am more concern on promoting fairer and smoother skin. Not sure if I am over-sensitive, I do feel that my complexion is better after having my homecooked Blood Birds Nest every week for the past 1 month (laughing).
And, it is the best to have the unprocessed types of Blood Birds Nest to avoid any chance of taking the bleaching chemical substance during the process of cleaning the Blood Birds Nest goodness for better commercial value. I convinced myself with this reason, and started to do the cleaning, all manually.
It was indeed tedious and very long a process to get every single tiny feather, dirt and any other excrement out of the hard and dry nest, but they worth it all!
Tool needed:
Sharp tipped tweezer

Method to clean “unprocessed” Blood Birds Nest:

1. Soak the dry curvy Blood Birds Nest in a large bowl of luke water till soften, about 1 hour or more.
2. Drain and remove softened Blood Birds Nest from large feathers and dirt. Place Blood Birds Nest in a large bowl of clean water.
3. Repeat step 2 for a few more rounds to get rid of all the large dirty substances.
4. Prepare another separate bowl of water and a sharp tipped ear tweezers to pick up those tiny feather and dirt that are still in the Blood Birds Nest. To easily remove the tiny feather that sticks on the tip of the tweezer when you picked up, submerge the sharp tip into the bowl of water you have prepared separately.
5. Drain Blood Birds Nest and change to clean water constantly during the few cleaning stages.
You may also separate the cleaned portions out of the large bowl, and place them in another bowl, little by little.
6. Complete the cleaning process till the Blood Birds Nest is totally free from feather/ dirt. It might take up to 3 hours to complete the task. Now, ready to cook this goodness which should already be in a form of transparent jelly-like thin strands.

Ingredients

3-4 pieces of dry and unprocessed Blood Birds Nest (*Prepare with the abovelisted method)
10 grams of thinly sliced ginseng roots (泡参)
5 red dates
1 large lump of rock sugar, about palm sized (or more if prefer sweeter taste)
4 regular bowl of water

Utensil

Double boiler or slow cooker

Method:

1. Place water, ginseng slices and red date into a ceramic bowl/ croak pot (the size of the bowl musn’t be too small, water level should reach max. till three-quarter filled to avoid spillage). Bring it to a boil in double boiler or slow cooker, with medium heat. When water is boiled, reduce fire/ switch to low heat and simmer for 2 hours.
2. Add clean and soften Blood Birds Nest and white rock sugar into the bowl/ croak pot, and continue to simmer for another 45 minutes.
3. The fragrance of egg white-like scent will emerge in the air, by then. Ready to serve hot, or store in refrigerator when it’s cooled at room temperature, to serve chilled later.
The top-graded Blood Birds Nest should be able to cook into loose crystal clear strands. And its texture should be soft and silky, resembling jelly strips. I loved to have it chilled as it tasted more refreshing.
Blood Birds Nest is low in calorie. So, it is alright to have it regularly!
Tips: Every single feather in the raw Blood Birds Nest has to be cleaned away, especially if this is to be consumed by young children.
* Unprocessed Blood Birds Nest was gotten from neighbourhood country.