Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[Boyd]

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women are indecisive, men are pains...

 

[sparkles2307]

I found a broody hen with two raisined half developed chicks that must have exploded. She was torked about getting moved for cleanup. Its been SO humid here the past 3 days that just added to the gore factor tenfold.

 

[Boyd]

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Seriously, bacon wrapped gouda stuffed ANYTHING is likely to be good.

I'll make you both a big tray of them. when we process the quail we fillet off the tiny breasts, then put a mix of gouda and a little egg white to keep it together (food processor is a help). Then we take a wlanut sized ball of the gouda, wrap the breast meat around it, and use the bacon to wrap the package shut. Then a fast pan fry so the bacon crisps and cheese melts, you're done when the first bit of melted cheese oozes out. it's super rich (quail are dark meat) each one is about the siz of a single chicken thigh. I serve it with an herbed wild rice and raspberry spinach salad and some reisling wine.

On a bright note, mr saddi's surgery went well yesterday, he's just a little sore this morning.

glad to hear that!

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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women are indecisive, men are pains...

I'm decisive. I just decided to raise quail because them are easy to raise, need little room and are tasty morsels of goodness.

I don't know what DH will say to this.

 

[sparkles2307]

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women are indecisive, men are pains...

Apparently the only time women are decisive is when they marry a pain.

 

[sparkles2307]

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women are indecisive, men are pains...

I'm decisive. I just decided to raise quail because them are easy to raise, need little room and are tasty morsels of goodness.

I don't know what DH will say to this.

I've been ponderous about quail... for like 2 years... talk myself out of it every time. I dont feel like slitting 8x the throats for the same amount of meat as slitting one. Have you ever gotten the eye from a roo who you missed with the axe the first time? Disconcerting.

 

[saddina]

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women are indecisive, men are pains...

I'm decisive. I just decided to raise quail because them are easy to raise, need little room and are tasty morsels of goodness.

I don't know what DH will say to this.

He'll say to pass the bacon.

 

[Boyd]

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That depends on the people eating. If you were cooking up chicken thighs for the same group, how many would you need? The amount and taste is similar. I've lived in the city too long to consider raising pigeon for meat.

Hrm. And one quail makes two of these tasty morsels of goodness? Hrm. It'd be a lot, but there'd be less room than the chickens take up, and my kids will fight for dark meat, so it'd be all dark meat and small packages. Hrmmm.....

Ok, what breed is a good meat quail?

Jumbo Coturnix or Texas A&M's

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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I'm decisive. I just decided to raise quail because them are easy to raise, need little room and are tasty morsels of goodness.

I don't know what DH will say to this.

I've been ponderous about quail... for like 2 years... talk myself out of it every time. I dont feel like slitting 8x the throats for the same amount of meat as slitting one. Have you ever gotten the eye from a roo who you missed with the axe the first time? Disconcerting.

Well, I use a cone and haven't missed.

But still, raising SOME quail for a few tasty meals of absolute goodness??? Yes please!

 

[saddina]

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I'm decisive. I just decided to raise quail because them are easy to raise, need little room and are tasty morsels of goodness.

I don't know what DH will say to this.

I've been ponderous about quail... for like 2 years... talk myself out of it every time. I dont feel like slitting 8x the throats for the same amount of meat as slitting one. Have you ever gotten the eye from a roo who you missed with the axe the first time? Disconcerting.

You don't slit on a quail you use a pair of boning shears and take the whole head there's only 2 tbsps of blood in the whole bird.