Smell: The real bird's nest smells slightly fishy, musty and moist. Because the bird's nest is formed by saliva in Jin Siyan, and the food in Jin Siyan is mainly seaweed, it has a faint taste; Now most of the bird's nest is in the swallow house, which is built with trees, and it will smell musty after a long time; Bird's nest will be sprayed with water during transportation, so it will have a moist taste. Those that smell sour, fishy, chemically irritating, or greasy must be fake.

Ella: After the real bird's nest is softened with water, Yansi feels full of water. Swallow silk is clear, clear and clean, with a little fluff or some small impurities. The elasticity is very good, and the swallow silk will not break or stick. After the fake bird's nest is softened by water, the bird's nest is sticky and the water is turbid without any impurities. It will feel sticky to rub and pull the swallow silk with your fingers. Yansi has almost no elasticity, and it will break when pulled lightly.

Three stews: tasting bird's nest is the key to distinguish between true and false bird's nest. No matter how perfect the appearance is, the bird's nest will be exposed after stewing. After the true bird's nest is foamed, put it in water and stew for 30-40 minutes. After stewing, the taste is smooth and tender, sticky, Q-elastic and fragrant with protein. The fake bird's nest melts when it is stewed. After stewing, the taste is general, with little gum, inelastic and chemical taste.

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Identification method of bleached bird's nest: soak the bleached bird's nest in water and take it out. After about half a minute, rub your thumb and forefinger repeatedly, and the smell of chemicals will stick to your fingers. Moreover, the expansion rate of bird's nest after cooking is small, it is easy to hydrate and has no natural egg white flavor.

Identification method of coated bird's nest: put the coated bird's nest in water and take it out. After about half a minute, rub your thumb and forefinger repeatedly, and your fingers will feel sticky and sometimes smell chemicals. Identification of bird's nest.

Identification method of dyed bird's nest: The so-called dyed bird's nest is mostly dyed red or yellow with low-priced Bai Yan and sold as high-priced blood swallow or yellow swallow. If the fake blood swallow is stewed for an hour or two, the texture is soft and rotten, such as Bai Yan, and red or yellow is completely ineffective in water. The real blood swallow is natural color and will not change color after stewing.

Identification method of seaweed bird's nest: more common in the market of swallow cake or shredded swallow. There are real ones, and there are artificial bird's nests made of 100% seaweed after bleaching, drying and boiling. The color is pure white, not very shiny, hard in texture, and has seaweed flavor. Natural bird's nest strips are transparent, slightly yellow, shiny and odorless.

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