Bird’s nest soup is a delicacy in Chinese cuisine. The Chinese name for birds nest soup, yàn wō (燕窝), translates literally as swallows nest. This soup has been consumed in China for over in excess of 1000 years. According to Yun-Cheung Kong, a professor of biochemistry at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, swiftlet nests were first traded in China during the T’ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.). Sometime between the years 1368 and 1644, Admiral Cheng He introduced foreign nests to the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty. It is believed that even at this point in time domestic supplies of the nests had been largely depleted. which made imports in high demand. Edible bird’s nests are among the most expensive animal products consumed by humans.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 05:50:51 +0000
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