[Sca-cooks] FW: [SD] Fwd: Quail eggs

[Elaine Koogler]

they would also be lovely done as tea-eggs, a Chinese thing!

Kiri

Nicolas Steenhout wrote:

> > > Was wondering if anyone knew of any period (or even
> > > non-period) recipes
> > > using quail eggs?
>
> Non-period on my end...  You can do all kinds of things with quail eggs.  I
> remember being one of the cooks for a 5000 people chinese vegetarian
> banquets where one of the dish was garnished with quail eggs...  Hard
> boiled, one per person on average, and I ended up peeling them!  <shrug>
>
> I love to use poached quail eggs as garnish for tossed salads.  Using a
> little raspberry vinegar and grapeseed oil for dressing, don't use Iceberg
> lettuce.  If you can get your hands on mesclun mix (often sold at local
> grovery stores), that works great.
>
> Also, mixing quails, oven roasted or grilled, and poached or hard boiled
> quail eggs in a dish works nicely.
>
> I wouldn't use quail eggs in recipes where the egg gets mixed in to
> something else.  They are best used when you can see them, as people like
> them.  They are small, hence cute :-/
>
> The idea is to have a blast, and experiment.  If you have a daily supply,
> this should be easy.
>
> The other thing you can do with eggs, if you have the proper setup
> (including an incubator) is to get an unending supply of quails, which you
> can then cook and consume.  My dad did that for a while, he eventually gave
> up as it was too much work as a sideline on top of his angora goats farm
> business.
>
> Muiredach seòlta mac Loloig
> aka
> Nicolas Steenhout
> "You must deal with me as I think of myself" J. Hockenberry
>
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