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Post by johnnybandit on Aug 26, 2024 17:17:51 GMT -5
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Post by johnnybandit on Aug 26, 2024 17:21:11 GMT -5
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Post by conchydong on Aug 26, 2024 17:34:12 GMT -5
I thought that this should have been in the What’s for dinner thread. I’m actually disappointed that it was for your snake and not for you.
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Post by johnnybandit on Aug 26, 2024 21:48:19 GMT -5
I thought that this should have been in the What’s for dinner thread. I’m actually disappointed that it was for your snake and not for you. All Fed and chilling... you can see some of the pinks in his base color....
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Post by gogittum on Aug 29, 2024 16:51:57 GMT -5
Working in L.A. in '75, a buddy and I took off one day for the corn and maize fields along the Colorado River, south of Blythe. There were plenty of Pheasant and Quail, but it was tough hunting without a dog.
We were both young and very fit, (I was teaching diving then and my legs were like rock) but even so it was a tough, leg stretching day. We ran our wheels off and managed 3 Quail for a hard day's work.
Stopped at my folks house in Palm Springs on the way home and poached them in French Onion soup. My totally non-violent step-father sassed us a bit, asking if the mighty 12 gauge guns were enuf for those giant birds.
Smelling them simmering worked on him, tho', and he took a bite of Quail #3. No more was said, but he finished his long before my buddy and I finished ours....and he even sucked the rib bones. He did admit that he was up for more if we ever got some.
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Post by johnnybandit on Aug 29, 2024 17:01:39 GMT -5
Working in L.A. in '75, a buddy and I took off one day for the corn and maize fields along the Colorado River, south of Blythe. There were plenty of Pheasant and Quail, but it was tough hunting without a dog. We were both young and very fit, (I was teaching diving then and my legs were like rock) but even so it was a tough, leg stretching day. We ran our wheels off and managed 3 Quail for a hard day's work. Stopped at my folks house in Palm Springs on the way home and poached them in French Onion soup. My totally non-violent step-father sassed us a bit, asking if the mighty 12 gauge guns were enuf for those giant birds. Smelling them simmering worked on him, tho', and he took a bite of Quail #3. No more was said, but he finished his long before my buddy and I finished ours....and he even sucked the rib bones. He did admit that he was up for more if we ever got some. Cool Story
This was a domesticated Farm Raise Coturnix Quail... Aka Japanese Quail.... I got these from a source that raises and sells them specifically for reptile and bird of prey food...
He is not currently large enough to take an adult Bobwhite sized quail... But he will get there.....
Now that he is bigger wanted to start offering more variety. He would get that in the wild.
I went in with several other people with Boas and Ball Pythons and we put together a bulk order.... I got some quail, small chickens, hamsters and small guinea pigs. I bought way more than I need for just one snake.... Though I am thinking about buying a nice well marked high end Suriname Female and maybe do some breedings....
I can always feed some of the quail and other items to my dogs.... They will readily eat whole prey feathers, fur and all....
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Post by gogittum on Aug 29, 2024 17:01:42 GMT -5
Add-on to the above. A few years later, I was logging in north Idaho and had my Black Lab, "Dawg." He was a great, enthusiastic hunter/retriever and, tho' there weren't any Quail in that area, we did very well on Pheasant, Blue Grouse (higher elevations) and Ruffled Grouse. Good eatin', those. Blue Grouse taste like very tender, juicy Turkeys. I'll never hunt those critters without a dog again...ever.  There were plenty of Chukars on the breaks of the Clearwater River and I did get a few...very few...and even with the dog, that was some of the toughest hunting there is. They run uphill and fly downhill and their camouflage was near perfect. If you made a body shot, they'd lock their wings and soar completely out of sight into the distance. Not a chance for even the dog to ever find them. |
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Post by conchydong on Aug 29, 2024 17:24:25 GMT -5
Quail is great but cooking it to perfection can be a challenge. Easy to over or under cook it. I'd rather have it slightly under than over.
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Post by johnnybandit on Aug 29, 2024 18:30:58 GMT -5
Quail is great but cooking it to perfection can be a challenge. Easy to over or under cook it. I'd rather have it slightly under than over. My Momma and My Paternal Grandmaw and one of my great grandmaws were( and in the case of my momma still is) have all been great at cooking quail and most wild critters.
But for the snake it is easy..... Thaw it out... Then put it in a plastic bag and let it warm up to the body temp of a live small animal.... Especially important with Boas, pythons and pit vipers... And they have heat seeking/sensing pits on the face upper jaw line that help them pin point their prey for the strike.... (and if you give a reptile something that is still partially frozen you can kill it)
The dogs are even easier... They like frozen dinners on a hot day.... I have and do give them whole food items in a frozen state... I will let the items thaw a little so they are not rock hard....
But nothing like a bunny cicle on hot summer afternoon.
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