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While grocery shopping today, i found a package of frozen quail. I have never tasted it. So i bought it. I want to grill it somehow. A friend told me to put a smoked sausage into the cavity, and wrap with bacon. The grill......Anybody have any ideas?

Quail (or any frozen poultry) can benefit greatly from brining. This can get rid of that slight freezer flavor AND makes for a juicy bird. My suggestion would be to smoke them. They should cook up pretty quick.

 

[Highcotton]

Thats nice. 
We got a little Fri. but only enough to dampen the dust. All the way around us got lots of rain. My daughter lives in Prattville and they got 6"! 

That was a lot of rain. Ithink the hardest rain went North of us We are not far off of US 80 about 100 miles East of Columbus. We get most of our rain coming on shore around Mobile and Pensacola.

 

[perchie.girl]

Now that's a "splash and dash" thunderstorm!

In the past twenty minuts (gawd I cant spell but I LIKE it) the temperatures dropped ten degrees. Only enough to settle the dust and make the air smell less like someone welding.

deb

 

[Highcotton]

an overview.....

http://www.brokenarrowranch.com/Recipes/Quail-Cooking-Tips.htm

I have never cooked them but want to.  With Cornish Game hens I have cooked them a few ways. 
All get Salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning outside.

Roasted whole with an onion inside.
Spatch cocked and roasted flat in a skillet.  To spatch cock you normally cut out the back bone then the bird unfolds so you can flatten it...  breaking the breast bone.  Now the whole bird will lay flat.... Very even cooking....  I dont cut the back bone out I just cut down the backbone with poultry shears.
split in half and layed on top of dressing for roasting.
Skewered and cooked on the rotisserie on the barbecue.  (this gets Barbeque sauce the last few minutes)

Outside of skewering it You could probably cook them the same ways....  Though You might put them in a basket for rotisserie cooking.

Let us know what you do and how it comes out. 

deb

an overview.....

http://www.brokenarrowranch.com/Recipes/Quail-Cooking-Tips.htm

I have never cooked them but want to.  With Cornish Game hens I have cooked them a few ways. 
All get Salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning outside.

Roasted whole with an onion inside.
Spatch cocked and roasted flat in a skillet.  To spatch cock you normally cut out the back bone then the bird unfolds so you can flatten it...  breaking the breast bone.  Now the whole bird will lay flat.... Very even cooking....  I dont cut the back bone out I just cut down the backbone with poultry shears.
split in half and layed on top of dressing for roasting.
Skewered and cooked on the rotisserie on the barbecue.  (this gets Barbeque sauce the last few minutes)

Outside of skewering it You could probably cook them the same ways....  Though You might put them in a basket for rotisserie cooking.

Let us know what you do and how it comes out. 

deb

I have spatch cocked chickens and cooked them on the grill pretty hot. They cook faster ans stay moister because they cook much faster .

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: My DD in the Pensacola area said it has been raining there like crazy most days. I keep praying! When ever we go to Selma or Demopolis lately it rains like crazy just 25 minutes on either side of us but when we get home it's dry as a bone.

 

[Alaskan]

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blach! Sorry @Hangtown Farms fire is bad. (well big ones like that...I like fire in my wood stove

) We had a bad fire this spring/early summer. It was pretty far away, but the smoke haze was still amazing.

I got my first Chantecler egg today and it is the same size as my year old Welsumer egg.

I had no idea that they laid such light eggs. Thanks for posting! And

for first eggs!

I have cooked dove. It is delicious. Dove hunting season is coming up soon. We have 4 seasons. Dove, turkey, deer, and deer

Didn't you want to say, "Dove, Turkey, Deer, and Beer"????

You know.... I may just do the turkey Boned and trussed with the dressing..... then I could carve it up with a slice of stuffing right inside.

Then make Bone stock.

November is coming any one doing their own home grown Turkey?

deb

Did that last year,

not impressed with having to deal with such a stupid animal, and thought it was tastier than store bought I greatly prefer Muscovy duck. So, we are raising our own Muscovy duck for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

 

[Bunnylady]

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Around here, beer is never out of season - you can shoot 'em year 'round (THOUGH NOT IN MY HORSE BARN!!)

 

[ronott1]

Around here, beer is never out of season - you can shoot 'em year 'round (THOUGH NOT IN MY HORSE BARN!!)

Has that happened before?

My dad shot a skunk in the garage one time....

 

[Wisher1000]

Quote: Yes, it has, and very recently!

 

[ronott1]

Yes, it has, and very recently!

I hope they made lots of bear sausage!