140308 Sarang Burung Walet [Swallow Bird Nest]

Kemaren ada salah satu murid saya yang dateng sambil bawa sesuatu. Karena saya merasa itu benda asing banget, saya tanya, "itu apa?" dia jawab, "sarang burung walet, mbak! Dapet dari situ tadi tuh, jatuh!". Saya langsung pinjem dan saya pake foto. Rasa-rasanya sarang burung walet ini bukan sesuatu yang asing di telinga saya.

[Yesterday there was one of my student brought something in his hand. I felt that thing was a really strange thing, so I asked, "what is that?", he answered, "this is swallow bird nest, Miss! I got this from right there, it had fallen!". I just borrowed it and take photos. I felt that this swallow bird nest wasn't a new thing in my ear.]

 bagian berwarna putih adalah air liur burung walet [the white colored part is the swallow's saliva]

Dulu saya sering sekali dengar orang-orang membicarakan sarang burung walet. Katanya nilai jualnya sangat tinggi. Terus saya mikir, Masa sih? Emang buat apaan? Saya tanya-tanya deh, katanya buat makanan. Saya kaget lah! Pikiran saya langsung ke jorok-jorok. Kok dimakan? Bukannya sarang itu banyak kotoran burungnya? Ewh... nggak bisa bayangin deh saya.

Nyatanya semakin ke sini, saya semakin paham dan mengerti tentang sarang burung walet ini. Ya, harga jualnya memang tinggi. Dan juga, tak seperti yang saya bayangkan. Sarang burung ini memang untuk dikonsumsi, tapi semua itu melalui banyak proses. Jadi bagian yang dikonsumsi itu adalah air liur yang menempel pada sarangnya. Dipisahkan terlebih dahulu. Harga per kilo-nya bila sudah bersih, bisa mencapai Rp 15,000,000 - Rp 20,000,000. Wow....

[When I was young, I often listen people talked about swallow nest. They said the price is really expensive. I thought then, really? What's that for? I asked then, they said it's for food. I shocked. My brain thought about a lot of disgusting things. Food? Aren't there a lot of bird dropping in the nest? Ewh... I just couldn't imagine about that.

In fact, I grew up and understand anything about this swallow bird nest. Yeah, the price is high. And also, not as disgusting as I thought. This nest is really for food, but there are a lot of process before consuming it. So the part that is for food is the saliva in the nest. It got separated first. The price per kg if it's already clean is about IDR 15,000,000 - IDR 20,000,000. Wow....]

Tapi apa sih yang membuat sarang burung walet ini bisa begitu mahal?

[But what thing that make the swallow bird nest became this expensive?]

Ternyata dahulu kala, Kaisar dari Negeri China rajin sekali mengkonsumsi sarang burung walet. Karena ia percaya bahwa sarang burung walet bisa membuatnya panjang umur dan awet muda. Sarang burung walet juga memperbaiki fitalitas tubuh. Hmh....

Ntah benar atau tidak. Nyatanya sampai sekarang pun negeri China sana sering sekali impor sarang burung walet dari Indonesia. Mereka masih sangat mempercayai hal itu. Terbukti dengan banyaknya makanan khas China yang memasukkan sarang burung walet ini sebagai salah satu bahan dasarnya. Tapi bila dilihat-lihat orang China memang banyak yang awet muda ya!

Hmh... saya belum pernah makan sih. Tapi rasa-rasanya saya tak akan pernah makan. Hihi.... harganya aja segitu. Lagian saya nggak bisa bayangin, seandainya saya makan, terus keinget bentuknya waktu belum dipisahkan dari sarangnya. Wkwkwkwk.....Biarlah yang ditawarkan merupakan ke-awet muda-an yang merupakan salah satu cita-cita saya. Tapi masih banyak bahan-bahan makanan lain yang bisa dikonsumsi untuk membuat kita awet muda. ;)

Buat yang doyan banget sarang burung walet, tak apa sih kalian makan sepuasnya. Tapi harus inget ya! Nggak boleh berlebihan. Kasihan burung walet-nya capek bikin rumah terus, gara-gara rumahnya diambil manusia. Hehehehe....

Well,... sekian dulu dari saya. Jangan bosan mantengin blog saya yak!^^

[Long time ago The Emperor of China country eat swallow bird nest dilligently. Because he believed that it can't make him live for a thousand years and stay young. It also can make his vitality better. Hmh...

I don't know it's right or wrong, until now China often import swallow bird nest from Indonesia. They believed their emperor believe. It proven by a lot of Chinese food that have the swallow bird nest as one of the ingredients. But we all see that most of Chinese people are looking stay young right?

Hmh, I never eat it yet. But I think I will never it it. Hihi... the price is too much. Instead of it, I cannot imagine. How if when I eat it, then I remember what's that like before. Wkwkwkwk.... I don't care about the stay young effect that it offers even though stay young is one of my dreams. There are still a lot of food that will make us stay young naturally right? ;)

For everyone who like eating it, it's okay you eat it as much as you want. But keep remember! You cannot be greedy/too much. Poor the swallows that have to re-building their houses cause them got taken by human. Hehehe....

Well, ... it's over from me now. Don't be bored with me okay!^^]