How to preserve bird's nest

We all know that bird's nest is very nutritious. There is no need for me to explain the benefits of eating bird's nest. How to preserve bird's nest so that it can be preserved longer. After all, bird's nest is hard to come by and expensive. How to preserve bird's nest? It can be preserved for a longer time and its taste can be kept original. Well, without further ado, I will share with you several methods of preserving bird's nests. I hope you can know more through my introduction.

Storage of Dried Bird's Nest

1Bird's nest is the precious fluid secreted by the swallow. Like other foods, it needs to be properly stored. The ideal method is to first put the bird's nest into a sealed bird's nest preservation box (it can also be stored in the refrigerator's fresh-keeping layer). If the bird's nest accidentally gets wet, you can put it in an air conditioner to dry it. Do not bake it or dry it in the sun.

2. Storage of bird's nest after soaking

Tear the bird's nest that has been soaked, picked out of hair and cleaned into strips.

After draining, divide into serving sizes (approximately 25g) per package and wrap tightly with plastic wrap to prevent contamination.

3 Then put the bags of bird's nests into a sealed plastic box or other sealed box, and then store them in the refrigerator. Adjust the temperature of the refrigerator to about 4 degrees. This way, they can be stored for about 2 months.

How to identify true and false bird's nest

The origin must be fixed: There are as many as 28 types of bird's nests. If you want to buy the same kind of bird's nest every time, you must know that they are all picked from the same origin. Only in this way can they be processed with the same cooking time and can also taste the same bird's nest. The bird's nest, which is medically recognized for its medicinal value of nourishing yin and beauty, relieving cough and asthma, and replenishing the kidney and qi, is produced in Indonesia and Malaysia, two top producing areas. In terms of brand, the two bird's nest brands with the best reputation among domestic consumers are Beijing Tong Ren Tang and Fulinmen. If it is a business gift, Beijing Tong Ren Tang is the most suitable choice, as the packaging is beautiful and classy. If it is for home use, choose Fulinmen, which is the most affordable, authentic and of good quality.

Look: The middle of the bird's nest is a filamentous structure, and the corner part is a flake structure; the pure bird's nest is not completely transparent, but translucent, whether it is soaked or viewed under the light.

Touch: Take a small piece of bird's nest and soak it in water. After it becomes soft, take a silk strip and pull it. If it has poor elasticity and breaks when pulled, it is a fake. Rub it with your fingers. If it has no elasticity and can be rubbed into a paste, it is also a fake. But after it is fully expanded, it has no elasticity. If it still has good elasticity, then it is fake.

Burning: Use fire to light the dry bird's nest slices. Sparks will fly, which is the result of protein burning. The ashes are black, not the white ash as misleadingly described on the Internet.

After choosing the bird's nest, how to preserve it? It is important to preserve it well. Although bird's nest is very nutritious, you can't take it too much, as that will only lead to nutritional excess, which will be followed by negative factors. So today the editor recommends two excellent methods to preserve bird’s nests. If you have bird’s nests at home or are planning to buy bird’s nests, you might as well try them.