another QUAILity pun (stuffed quail)

tick tock.

that's all i can hear at the moment as the months have turned to weeks and soon the weeks will turn to days! animals are shaking in fear across the globe as i seek out those elusive final ten to be devoured. and it is true that i have no idea what all of them will be too. luckily, the boys at the wild meat company have sorted me out a few treats in the form of various game i have yet been able to acquire. the first one to be tasted is the tiny, tiny quail. i got six of the little birds to feed my hungry housemates. my new friend robert at wild meat did me a favour by pre-boning (haha) them and filling them with a mustard and maple stuffing. tasty. i rubbed the little buggers with butter and showered them with basil before whacking them in the oven for a while. as they browned up a treat, lois made some stir fry concoction of cabbage, bacon and egg fried rice to act as a nest to the quail before their journey from plate to face began.these small fist-sized birds surprised me by packing a strong flavour and smell. to be totally useless at describing i will say they tasted gamey. yes, boo all you want but it's true. the flavour, as i have said already, was very strong, but was awesomely offset by the maple and mustard stuffing alongside the bacon, cabbage and sticky rice.

judging by the versatility of this flying beast with recipes that i have noticed about the place i am definitely going to have some flavour fun in the future with this bird, oh the start of a new relationship.