"John Doe" > wrote in message
...
> At the Oriental Market yesterday, I saw canned quail eggs.
>
> I didn't want to buy them without knowing more about what I would be
> buying. Almost all the writing on the can was something other than
> English, so I couldn't read it.
>
> Are these eggs in shells? Hard boiled? Pickled? No shells?
>
> What type of meal would they be suitable for?
>
> I love to try new things, but I'd like to know a little about what I'm
> trying.

I have never used "canned" quail eggs. Since I haven't seen them in Japan, I
am certain
that they are a mainland Asia (or Taiwan) product. I would speculate that
they are non-shell
boiled eggs in a can. Maybe salted a bit.
In Japan, as well as in some Japanese grocery stores in
the US quail eggs are sold fresh,like chicken eggs. Of course this is the
only way they can be
used in raw form as a topping for gunkan maki. Cooked, I've had them in a
steamed non-sweet
custard dish called Chawanmushi. Tastes exactly like eating a tiny chicken
egg.

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Musashi