The quail cooking experiment...

I enjoy trying new foods and 

experimenting with how to cook them.

Recently had some "homegrown" quail make

its way into my fridge.  It basically looks like

small chickens, so I treated it

as such.

Here are a couple of the birdies after 

marinating in soy sauce for a few hours.

I also sprinkled them with Lawry's seasoning

and some garlic powder and added a 

few tablespoons of olive oil.

I cooked them breast side up on the

grill over low flame for about 5-7 minutes

then flipped them and cooked another

5-7 minutes.  I didn't want 

to overcook them because I knew

they were supposed to be drier

than chicken, but really I want

any form of bird meat to

be thoroughly done.  

Overall, the meat was good.  A bit

more gamey and a little dry for my 

taste, but hey...it was free, so I 

enjoyed it.  And they looked 

really nice.  :)

Deep frying them would probably

be a good method to try.  I am sure it would

let them retain more juices and 

just about anything is good deep fried. 

And actually, the meat would probably 

have went well in a quail version of

chicken rotel.  

Bottom line, I won't be buying any

quail, but if it is free...heck 

yeah...I will cook

it up!  

Love what you eat and eat what you love!  :)