Quail eggs to eat

[ninjapoodles]

When recipes call for "quail eggs," does it matter what variety/breed of quail the egg came from? Are they different sizes (I know there are sizes of quail from "jumbo" to "button")? If you had quail eggs in a restaurant, what would be the likely source of those eggs?

 

[monarc23]

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more than likely Coturnix:

ignore the question mark, i was asking what other species of bird this egg could have came from, ended up finding otu it's jsut a dark coturnix egg

 

[ninjapoodles]

Thanks. Would they be "jumbo" birds? I'm thinking of getting just a few, for eggs, mainly to be able to put a smaller version of a boiled egg packed in lunches or served with certain dishes.

 

[monarc23]

I think they use normal sized ones but jumbo would just be extra better cuz they're well jumbo! I'd say a jumbo egg is twice the size of a normal coturnix egg. (I have both).

You can order jumbos from SamG (i forget the numbers after his sn) that's where i got mine from they're actually hatching right now

 

[monarc23]

YOu might be interested in this:

http://www.essortment.com/all/coturnixquail_rksp.htm


annd for sure this (this is the site i learned that coturnix are the ones used in most chinese resturants and sushi things):

http://www.gamebird.com/coturnixquail.html

 

[ninjapoodles]

Oh, thanks! Yeah, the "Japanese Quail" would be exactly what I'd be looking for!

 

[monarc23]

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yeah they have a plethora of different names

Pharoah, Japanese, ....and that's not even getting into the colors

I just happily call them coturnix unless im talking about a specific color

They're called coturnix cuz the male makes a call that sounds like its' saying "Co-tur-nix!"