Quail Egg ideas

[Dervacumen]

I bought a dozen quail eggs for $0.99.  What do I do with them?
How to present?
What's the point?

[Vigo]

They are considered a delicacy food in some cultures. They are really good eggs, IMO, but they won't be too much different than a mini chicken egg. You usually want to soft boil them or hard boil them. I think they are sometimes pickled as well. They are often used as food toppings in some South America countries, and are eaten by themselves or in dishes in some Asian cultures.

If you want fine presentation, you will want marbled tea quail eggs. The basic method is to crack up the entire shell, but don't peel. Then you boil it in black tea. when it is done boiling, you peel it, and the egg will have a marble texture to it. There are more elaborate versions of of that basic recipe that you can find as well.

[Ed_McCarron]

Hatch them and have fun with the baby quails?

[Dervacumen]

They are considered a delicacy food in some cultures. They are really good eggs, IMO, but they won't be too much different than a mini chicken egg. You usually want to soft boil them or hard boil them. I think they are sometimes pickled as well. They are often used as food toppings in some South America countries, and are eaten by themselves or in dishes in some Asian cultures.

If you want fine presentation, you will want marbled tea quail eggs. The basic method is to crack up the entire shell, but don't peel. Then you boil it in black tea. when it is done boiling, you peel it, and the egg will have a marble texture to it. There are more elaborate versions of of that basic recipe that you can find as well.

I like this marbled idea.  I don't know how to crack an egg shell without the contents running out.
I'm guessing I should boil, then crack, then boil in black tea again.
I'll look in to this.

And I wish I could hatch these eggs; I'd love to own a dozen quail.  It takes at least that many to fill me up after I throw them on the grill.

[gnateye]

yes, boil, crack, boil in tea, super deliciouso!

[Dartful Dodger]

Halloween is in a few weeks...

[Dervacumen]

So I decided to make Pho Ga and add these quail eggs as part of the dish.  I did boil them but did not crack and reboil with tea; it's a weeknight after all.  But I'll send a pic of the finished product.  My wife and kid thought ir disgusting, but I thought it would work very well with the Pho Ga.  I'll take a few pics just for fun and see where it heads.
I'm actually adding barbequed duck to my Pho, so it's kinds a Pho Duck (don't know the word for duck).  Yeah, not authentic but certainly tasty.
YUM!

[Dervacumen]

Here's the finished soup, complete with quail eggs.  I like them more than chicken eggs.  Creamier and richer.  Glad I tried them out.  Next time I'll do the tea thing.

[Dervacumen]

Halloween is in a few weeks...

Last year I bought some preserved black duck eggs for a Halloween spread.  They were boxed and wrapped in cellophane and sitting in the market unrefrigerated.  There were several brands.

They were the most disgusting thing I had all year.  They smelled the part, too.  These quail eggs have nothing on those suckers.

[BobA]

Balut made it as the number 1 most terrifying food in the world according to this article.  Cracked Link

[Dervacumen]

I've had pho at least 10 different ways, even with the beef tripe and everything. 

IT ALL TASTES THE SAME.

I've been dying to try balut, though.  Only one place in San Antonio has it, and the rest of their food is disgusting.  Until one of you drops dead next to my grill, balut's about the only thing I haven't eaten...

I don't understand.  Why not just try it at that restaurant if you're dying for it so bad.
On a side note, the market I got my quail eggs from sells it if you feel like preparing it at home.  I guess you just need to boil it in salted water.
I don't think I'm interested, but if it were ever around and it was offered I'd probably try it.  I won't search it out tho.
The store also sells frozen grubs.

[Vigo]

I probably wouldn't go to a disgusting restaurant just to try balut either. I prefer not to die from food poisoning.

I have a pretty good tolerance for weird foods as well. Probably the weirdest dishes I have had is Vietnamese fried bamboo worms and fermented chicken feet. I highly recommend the worms, but the chicken feet have to be made properly to taste good. You need to go to a trusted source. I have also had stinky tofu, which even Andrew Zimmerman - the strange foods guy couldn't handle. The stuff wasn't that horrible though. It was more like tofu made with pickle juice or something.

[AlienInferno]

I've had pickled quail eggs before.  Quite tasty IMO.

[Mikezilla]

I dont get why all the gross ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- is Asian. Its like they try to make it taste bad. Why the HELL would you want to try Balut anyway? What do you think its going to taste like? Its a Filipino thing isnt it?

I went to Japan and tried a bunch of things but are pretty tame compared to worms and chicken feet. I had a live shrimp, some chicken bones, a whale burger, some octopus beaks, and a bunch of sushi that I thought was weird but delicious.

[Vigo]

I dunno...I wouldn't call live shrimp and Octopus beaks tame food. 

The problem is that most the disgusting food over there isn't even cool disgusting. I would love to try chilled monkey brains served in the monkey's own severed head, but that only exists in Indiana Jones.