SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #360

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Ron and Laurene Wells wrote:

>    Someone asked "where do you get quail eggs?" and I never saw a response
> to that.  The only way I know to get quails eggs (other than paying a very
> high price for them in a specialty shop - IF you can find them!) is to raise
> Coturnix Quail (specially adapted to living in captivity) and collect the
> eggs yourself.  I had a cockerel and 3 hens once-upon-a-time, and kept them
> in a bird cage in the kitchen.  The males can be QUITE loud!  And the shells
> on those itty bitty eggs are the thickest and toughest things to get off I
> ever saw!  You have to REALLY WANT quail's eggs to go through that much effort.

Sorry, I just hadn't gotten to that one yet. I have this wild fantasy
that I'll be able to get my inbox down to under thirty unanswered
messages, but still treading water around the sixty messages line...

I get quail eggs at many different markets catering to a Chinese
clientele. They are available fresh, and don't cost too much, maybe $3
(Yeah, like the saffron ;  )  ) for perhaps 30 or 36 in a little
styrofoam flat. Remember each one is small, like maybe 1/2 ounce.
Depending on what you want to use them for, they are also available in
cans in the same markets, hardboiled and peeled. Some Chinese cookbooks
list places that do mail order of Chinese ingredients, that should
enable to get you some canned ones, at least.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
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