quail processing

[aprophet]

I don,t eat a lot but chicken livers and gizzards are mighty good now and then I have just never done it with quail

 

[pascopol]

Guys (those who skin the birds) I know this is convenient, but I would not have a skinned bird, most of flavor is in the skin when you roast them or else.

But I must confess I do not do tedious plucking, my wife and mother in law do. LOL

When they protest, or complain I say: my job is to hatch, raise, butcher them and cook them

so shut up and pluck them or you will never eat them again.

So far it works.

 

[JJMR794]

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THATS THE FRAGILE BEAUTY OF DICTATORSHIP VS DEMOCRASY

 

[joe125]

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NOPE DONT GET ANY WORSE WITH AGE... AND THEY WILL PRODUCE FERTILE EGGS ALL THE WAY TO THE GRAVE.

Ditto!

 

[joe125]

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THATS THE FRAGILE BEAUTY OF DICTATORSHIP VS DEMOCRASY

Yup!
Now I regret never having kids. I'll figure out what coturnix skin tastes like....at some point

The liver,heart,and gizzard? They are just as eatable as their larger chicken counterparts. Coturnix gizzards, are way smaller than the bobs. It creates a cleaning nightmare, but the liver and heart, are about the same as any bird in it's weight class!

 

[sonjab314]

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One word...D I V O R C E

 

[aprophet]

skinning birds is second nature to me quail take about 30-45 seconds to process this way I eat diving ducks and it is a nesesity for them I just do the same for all we even skin chickens here unless we are making soup or Bar-B-Q ing

 

[DanielleInUro]

I had to process some extra boys today, and since they were numbers three, four, and five that I've done in my life, I saved the hearts because they and the kidneys were the only organ I could easily identify during cleaning. Fried them up in olive oil and ate them on a tortilla chip apiece, with some onion, tomato, and a little mozzarella cheese. They were very good. Next time, I think I'll research to identify and try the liver too. Not sure how I feel about the kidneys--I'll probably try them eventually, because it seems wrong to never even TRY them, but I'm leery.