The Magpie Files: A Quandary of Quails' Eggs

Sunday 19 April 2009

A Quandary of Quails' Eggs

Bought because they were beautiful...

What to do now?

Anyone for fairy cakes?

22 comments:

menopausalmusing said...: I know, I know, I KNOW!! I did the same a few years ago, fully intending to "do" a water colour of them, but never did. Aren't they just so wantable though? x; 19 April 2009 at 11:26
Gina said...: You could just look at them?; 19 April 2009 at 12:07
Quinn said...: Is it too late to incubate? ;); 19 April 2009 at 13:06
eurolush said...: They are beautiful in all their tiny speckled-ness.; 19 April 2009 at 14:32
Suse said...: Well you did what I would do.

Photographed them.; 19 April 2009 at 14:33
Unknown said...: They are certainly beautiful and worth buying just for blog candy! I feel that if you decide to make fairy cakes, they should be especially dainty in size.; 19 April 2009 at 15:45
sewprimitive karen said...: Those are incredibly beautiful.; 19 April 2009 at 16:28
Zoë said...: eat them! they are delicious lightly boiled with various antipasti meats, pickles and other Italian delights with crusty bread for supper.; 19 April 2009 at 16:54
kristina said...: Reminds me of our alfresco lunch at Ali's--the first time I'd ever tried a quail egg! K x; 19 April 2009 at 17:47
Daisie said...: You could alwasy just have mini fried eggs on toast!; 19 April 2009 at 17:48
Anonymous said...: They are very beautful. What does one do with quails eggs?; 19 April 2009 at 17:56
trash said...: micro-omlettes!; 19 April 2009 at 18:10
Ali said...: Good thing my boys aren't around otherwise you'd just have empty eggshells!
Boil, peel, rock salt with pepper and celery salt. Yum yum.; 19 April 2009 at 18:48
Penny said...: I don't know. I would have dropped them by now.; 19 April 2009 at 20:31
driftwood said...: blow them all empty, make omelettes and save the shells for next year..........; 19 April 2009 at 20:39
Allison said...: Oh whatever you do, definitely save the shells. They give new meaning to the word "exquisite"!; 19 April 2009 at 20:55
Anonymous said...: I love quail's eggs. They're great in a salad with warm chicken and croutons. A great summer dish.; 19 April 2009 at 21:01
blackbird said...: I'd hard cook them - then put them in a special something (dish, with a name, perhaps?) and lay them on the dining table to admire.; 19 April 2009 at 21:51
dottycookie said...: If you're truly stuck, send them here. My children love the smallness of them and are very rarely allowed to have them.

I usually boil them but I think I would like to see a picture of a fried one ...; 20 April 2009 at 09:05
carolyn said...: We have quail and they are quite delightfulcreatures. The eggs are good boiled if you can contemplate shelling them all, my husband loves them. He sometimes pickles a far (yeuch, I hate pickled eggs). They are also adorable fried on a warm salad.; 20 April 2009 at 22:09
BreadBox said...: I say scotch egglets...; 22 April 2009 at 02:45
A time to dance said...: they are wonderful hard boiled (cold) with a little salt, a rocket salad and bread and butter....yum...; 24 April 2009 at 21:17

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