hardboiled quail eggs - dissolving shells?

[Kim_NC]

Our new quail started to lay a couple days ago.

So I'm looking at recipes using their eggs. I've read instructions that say after hardboiling they can be soaked in vinegar 8-10 hrs to dissolve the shells - no peeling neccessary. Supposedly this leaves just the membrane which can be washed away easily.

Has anyone actually tried this? How well does it work?

And do the eggs end up having any vinegar taste? Are they suitable for recipes other than Pickled Quail Eggs?

I have a couple recipes to try that call for hardboiled eggs, but can't imagine peeling all those little things.

Thanks for any help.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I've seen recipes that called for the use of vinegar while boiling the eggs to make them easier to peel, but not where you sit them in the vinegar. I would be afraid that they will become pickled eggs.

 

[thespinningcottage]

We steam our quail eggs for 5 minutes over a rolling boil. They do take several minutes to peel, but they peel cleanly. They kind of "unwrap" like apple peelings! Vinegar will definitely be absorbed into the entire egg.

 

[Kim_NC]

OK...thanks for the replies. I'll peel for the other recipes and try the vinegar method for those I want to pickle.

 

[CoopCrazy]

My son did an experiment on this .. I have no idea how the egg would taste but the vinegar did dissolve the shell...

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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How long did it take to dissolve? I might just try it the next batch of pickled eggs we make.

Steve

 

[CoopCrazy]

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How long did it take to dissolve? I might just try it the next batch of pickled eggs we make.

Steve

We left it in the vinegar overnight so probably 8 hours.. maybe a lil less... We wanted to see what would happen if we put one egg in veg oil, one in water, and one in vinegar.. The oil one didnt do anything the water had bubbles coming from the pores and the vinegar one was like a rubber ball .it was really fun to play with ...

 

[thespinningcottage]

Ooohhh.... I sense next year's science fair project in the making!

 

[CoopCrazy]

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It was fun... LOL we were able to talk about how the eggs are porous, and how the oil was too thick to penetrate the porous and that the vinegar is soo acidic that it eats the shell entirely..

 

[Kim_NC]

I hardboiled 15 yesterday. DH & I peeled them...very easy and far less tedious than I feared. Then I made Scotch Eggs from them, have another post with a pic here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=334283

I'm still going to try dissolving the shells in vinegar to make pickled eggs.