Where the bad quail go....

[Wolf-Kim]

*drool*

-Kim

 

[SamG347]

Ooooo this is making me drool thinking about the 40+ eggs I have in the bator...yummm HOWD IT TASTE? And how do you gut them? I have gutted a deer...chickens...and lots of other things but never a quail lol.

 

[Ace_king_brahma]

They were juicy and tender! I really liked the flavor of the meat itself except the marinade we used gave the meat a little of a sweet taste that rest of the family didn't like so really just me and my brother ate quail.

Gutting was simple and close to the processing instructions I've seen for chickens. One thing that makes it easy is once you skin them there is a membrane around near the thighs that you can cut and pull away and the vent pulls loose with it. Once th vent is pulled loose from the skin cut under it and around towards the membrane on the other thigh. Once that is done you can pull up and the body cavity is exposed and you can scoop out the innards. You might have to get a knife and scrape the lungs out. They tore and stuck up in the body on two of the birds. I preloosened the trechea and crop prior to opening the cavity and when I pulled on the guts those pulled out as well. That's about as best as I can describe it. I really should have gotten someone to document the processing procedure as I did it.