Bird's nest soup is a delicacy in Chinese cuisine. A few species of swift, the cave swifts, are renowned for building the saliva nests used to produce the unique texture of this soup.
The edible bird's nests are among the most expensive animal products consumed by humans. The nests have been used in Chinese cooking for over 400 years, most often as bird's nest soup.
Read more about Bird's Nest Soup: Etymology, Harvesting
Famous quotes containing the words bird, nest and/or soup:
“I never saw a wild thing
Sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead
From a bough
Without ever having felt sorry for itself.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“A little nest that’s nestled where the roses bloom.”
—George Whiting (1884–1943)
“He scream’d out—‘Take the soup away!
O take the nasty soup away!
I won’t have any soup to-day.’”
—Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894)