What to do when your friend, Ed, gives you 10 beautiful Quails.

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First thing you do is say thanks.

Thanks Ed. Those quails were little beauties. Cleaned, skinned and Spatchcocked. (Did I spell that right?)

Here’s one pack of 5 frozen quails. We had 2 packs, so we cooked all 10. They were small, but more than enough food for the two of us.

Barb got on the internet and looked up a recipe for me to grill them, using the stuff we had remaining in our pantry. Here’s the recipe with her modifications:

We had no rosemary, so we substituted thyme. No problemo.

This is the base of the marinade.
I finely chopped up some garlic .
The marinade before purée.
When you need to purée, there’s nothing better than an emersion blender (boat motor).
The marinade ready to go.
We marinated the quail for an hour, then grilled them for 4 1/2 minutes per side.
This is an especially picturesque quail breast.
This was a perfect wine to complement the bird with a citrusy flavor.
What we had left of 10 quails.

Some pix from Ed:

Here’s a dog ratting out a quail, getting it to fly off. Big mistake by the bird.
These are Ed and his boys toasting a successful hunt. I’m glad they go every year. (Looks like they had the Clampet’s truck from the Beverly Hillbillies behind them.) Ed’s the guy who’s “stylin” without the orange jacket.

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