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Osprey
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Baja Quail Recipes
Today a friend from a nearby rancho came by to ask me to kill and clean a couple dozen quail he had trapped at his ranch. We made short work of it,
got some recipes from google but they are all pretty fancy. Any homeboys out there with tasty but simple recipes from the heartland?
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Boil 'em till tender, brush with seasoned butter (garlic, pepper, onion salt, etc.)and bake a few minutes,or batter and fry till brown, or just add
dumplings to the boiling water.
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marinate them in anything poultry friendly, split them down the middle (not apart, just down the back) and throw them on the grill, baby! And they,
of course, cook up right quick!
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Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
homeboys out there with tasty but simple recipes from the heartland? |
Simplest recipe is to let little critters live (especially if you don't even know how to cook them after you slaughter them). I can't imagine killing
a bunch of cute little birds, when each only has about one mouthful of meat on it's bones.
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mtgoat --- you've never eaten quail! buen provecho, mi amigo!
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How would you know???
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I think the question might be: What kind of Mexican are we talking about who can build a quail trap, but doesn't know how to eat one??? I might
suggest that it is much easier to trap a chicken, and they pretty obviously have a lot more meat on their little hollow bones.
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DanO
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Quail have the best flavor of any poultry, IMHO. I just Q'd some up last weekend. Overnight marinade in white wine, sage, salt and pepper. Drain
and grill over medium low coals or gas until well browned, but watch for flareups and don't overcook. Excellent with wild rice and some sauteed
greens on the side. FYI, they do a pretty good plate of grilled quail at El Palomar in Santo Tomas.
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So much work, so little reward
We were at the Meling Ranch and invited to a c-cktail party by other guests.
The hosts had gone on a quail shoot and then grilled the results of the day.
The company? Good people having a great time and enjoying themselves tremendously.
The birds? Tough, stringy and you had to pick your way around the feathers and birdshot.
I've eaten quail in restaurants in Baja and I was underwhlemed by the meal, but I enjoyed very much the quail c-cktail hour I was privileged to attend
at the Meling Ranch.
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empty goat,
How do you deal with the screams when you filet a carrot or
the agony on cutting through the tender skin of an onion?
Must be agonizing for ya.
Most of you root and berrie eaters must be deaf to the sounds of the veggies!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets all now sing Kumbawa,OK
I have some extra grass at my house, its almost a foot high now, come on over and graze.
Wont charge ya much, unless you eat more than your fair share.
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wrap them in bacon and put them on the grill.dont overcook them,they will get dry fast.wild game has very little fat so you need to add some,and cook
only until their not pink anymore......enjoy,this aint no chicken
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Proper cleaning removes all shot and feathers (pinfeathers should be scorched off with a torch), and the marinade in wine, along with slow grilling,
makes 'em tasty. Beats the hell out of Tofurkey.
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Quote: | Originally posted by mike odell
Most of you root and berrie eaters... |
Don't be obtuse; I am an omnivore - I just think trapping and eating quail or any wild animal is pretty lame, especially for a bunch of middle-class
gringos. Hunting was OK when our civilization was all about hunting and gathering and every-man-a-farmer, but when you live in a civilization that is
wiping out habitat and species, gringos hunting up some grub is ridiculous and ludicrous.
Fishing seems to be OK for now - but in another couple decades, probably won't be very good fishing,...
Personally, I much prefer to see quail skooting around the desert, rather than seeing a bunch of gringos slaughtering and barbecuing the wildlife.
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Cypress, Bajabound, others ---- I got my order for recipes in too late but thanks very much -- I saved the ones you gave me. My wife had already
begun to prepare them when I was on the computer. She made a light bread dressing, wrapped the breasts in bacon, baked them with a spice rub, served
them with a crisp salad, baked potato and a nice Chilean Sauvignon Blanc (I like my wine at room temperature in a very cold room). It was excellent.
My kudos to the rancher/trapper and my sweet wife (of course).
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so you just prefer to let someone else get the blood on their hands, so you can eat
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Yeah ----
vgabndo has the right idea. Since everything in the world is supposed to taste like chicken, why dont you just cook a chicken? The only thing
edible on quail is the breast....a one bite bird. Just like artichokes, more trouble than they're worth.
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are those feathers flying yet???
food is food. if ya wanna dig through the feathers and toothpicks, er bones-eat up.
seems kinda lame to judge another on their dining habits.
BTW, A CHILEAN S.B.!!!! oh, the horror. just kidding....mmmm
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Tasty Bird
Years back I used to enjoy Quail, but after a great deal of time spent feeding and watching the Quail that wandered into my yards both in the U.S. and
Baja, my wife and I lost enthusiasm for eating them. I don't make any value judgements on what anyone else does, though. I still wolf down the
Pollo. All of us Carnivores are responsible for animals dying. That's Life, whether it's a Bird, Cow, Pig or otherwise.
We used to go into San Felipe to eat at El Nido's often with our oldest friends in Baja and, knowing how much it bothered my wife, the guy made it a
point to order and eat Quail in front of her. It was sort of funny watching the two of them argue back and forth.
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They are cute - but tasty!
Pull their heads off , pull the skin off, snip their feet off, push your thumb through the abdomen wall and separate the breast from the back just
enough to pull the guts out. Rinse w clean water , pat dry , sprinkle black pepper lightly , wrap in a piece of bacon, toothpick, drizzle a little
honey and rub it all over , run a stick through it and grill over some mesquite coals .
I'd rather eat that than a pacific lobster just about anyday (which I find bitter)
Now Maine lobster well......... that's a different story
lero
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The best Quail I have eaten (only in Baja) was at La Fonda, back when they had the patio hanging over the edge , and we were told they "raised" their
own birds and grew their own vegis.It was just so tender, not stringy, in a very light gravy, served with black bean soup, rice and fresh tender
vegis,,,,and they served the whole bird, not just the breasts.YUM!
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