Ate my first quail egg

[quiltnchik]

One of my 7-week-old hens laid a double-yolk egg yesterday (the egg was HUGE - OUCH!!) and, since I knew that the chances were slim for trying to hatch it, I decided to eat it tonight since we were having French toast. DH fried it (took all of about 60 seconds!) and then put it on my plate. It took me a minute to get over the fact that it wasn't a chicken egg, but then I gave it a try and was surprised by the fact that it tasted just like any other egg. I can't wait to have enough of these to make some deviled and/or pickled eggs!

 

[Isablahblah]

sorry but i was just wondering what DH stands for?

 

[quiltnchik]

Quote:
DH = Dear Husband
DS = Dear Son
DD = Dear Daughter

 

[john in wa]

I thought the D= dumb or that's what my dw said. I also just had my first quail eggs yesterday. I boiled mine and had them with a little salt and pepper. they are a little harder to peal than a chicken egg but i cant wait till the next BBQ we have so i can boil some more and show off my little eggs.


the dw above= dear wife or does it. lol

 

[shelleyd2008]

Oh my gosh!!! Never never never pickle or devil quail eggs!! It takes FOREVER!!! I made some a few weeks ago for the IN chickenstock, I believe there were about 60 eggs. It had to take me and my son (who is 4 so he likes to help) at least 4 hours from start to finish!

 

[john in wa]

lol yeah it took me a while to peal 20 eggs. my wonderful wife wants me to pickle some for her lol i was looking at the quart jars and thinking wow its going to take a lot of eggs. think i might go with smaller jars. lol

 

[shelleyd2008]

The pint jars hold at least 2 dozen, I'd go with the teeny jam and jelly jars!

 

[Isablahblah]

Quote:
DH = Dear Husband
DS = Dear Son
DD = Dear Daughter

thanks!

 

[Emilys3guppies]

What's the vinegar trick to making them peel easier? I can't recall exactly, but it helped immensely with peeling when I devilled two dozen quail eggs a month or two ago.

ETA: Yes, I recall now. You pour a bit of vinegar into the boiling water. It is acidic and causes the shells to soften.

Also remember that older eggs will peel easier than fresher eggs. I try to only boil eggs when they are a little less fresh.

 

[Neil Grassbaugh]

To easily peel quail eggs-

Place the unboiled eggs in the pan and cover with cold water plus one inch more. Start them on a cold burner, bring to a boil, cover and let cool completely on the burner. You can let them sit in the water as much as four hours after they cool.

Put four or five eggs in an empty soup can, cover with your hand and vigorously jump the eggs up and down. Pulverize the shells and peel as normal.

We have never found that vinegar helped the process in any way.

We do them by the hundreds. Just the double yolks and the tiny first eggs that the hens lay.

Personally I am tired of the mustard pickled ones we have been doing and am looking forward to the beets coming on to do them that way.