How to clean raw Bird’s Nest?

How to clean raw Bird’s Nest?

Please have a look at our instruction with 03 steps as below :

A. Preparation of tool:

01 small-top and long-body tweezer (for plucking the feathers easily)
01 big white bowl or brass basin (easy to see the black feathers)
01 sieve with small hole (note: the hole should not be too small)
01 spoon
01 clean dish (to put raw bird’s nest in after cleaned)

B. Taking steps as follows:

Step 1:
Put unprocessed raw bird’s nest in white bowl (or brass basin), then soak it in cold water around 1-3 hours (subject to the structure of nest) and wait until the nest becomes loose.
Note: The nest should not be soaked in hot water
Step 2:
Put the loose bird’s nest in a sieve to dry it out (Note: avoid dropping nest out). Take the nest sieve and put it under light water tap, using spoon (or hand) to press softly and take a bowl to catch the nest chip in case it is dropped out). This method helps remove callows and dirty particles out of the sieve.
After cleaning feathers and dirty particles, put nest sieve in bowl (or brass basin) with full of water, then shake the sieve regularly to wash away the remaining small feathers and dirty particles. This action is repeated for a few times until the bird’s nest is cleaned completely. And now, put the processed cleaned nest in a dish and go to Step 3.
Step 3:
Use a spoon or finger top to flatten the nest into a thin layer in order to observe easily the remaining feathers. At this step, there are only some big feathers or callows sticking on nest, so a tweezer shall be used to quickly pluck it out. When plucking feather, we will put the tweezer into water bowl (or basin) to get feathers out. This action is repeated until feathers cleaned completely.
Notes:
Clean Bird’s Nest which is not used immediately should be dried out before preservation in the refrigerator.