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Curry Chat => Talk About Anything Other Than Curry => Topic started by: Peripatetic Phil on September 08, 2017, 01:06 PM
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I cooked a dozen quails' eggs today, and the instructions stated "boil for three to four minutes, then cool as quickly as possible". So, to cool as quickly as possible, I poured off the boiling water and placed the saucepan under a running cold tap. After a minute or so I removed the eggs to a plastic container and placed them in the 'fridge. Question -- would I have done better to fill the container with cold water ? Discussion -- by so doing, I would reduce the initial temperature (good) but increase its thermal inertia (bad). As it was, the eggs were at a higher initial temperature (bad) but had low mass and therefore low thermal inertia (good).
** Phil.
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Hi Phill it's great to see you still posting, I myself cooked 12 golden eggs yesterday. To cool and preserve them quickly I placed them in liquid nitrogen. Problem was I found the whole process rather expensive. ;D keep them coming, I love reading the posts and topics.
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I use quail eggs to make baby scotch eggs.
From room temperature I boil them for 1.5 minutes then quench in a bowl of iced water, then I add the saussage meat & bredcrumbs and then fry until golden.
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Only one and a half minutes -- that is interesting. I found that mine were not over-done at four minutes -- I wonder how you get away with such a short cooking time.
** Phil.
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Only one and a half minutes -- that is interesting. I found that mine were not over-done at four minutes -- I wonder how you get away with such a short cooking time.
** Phil.
Large pan of boiling water and only pop 3-4 in at a time.
I cook them just enough for the white to form so they can be peeled, then they finish cooking inside the scotch egg to a nice runny yolk consistency.
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Ah ...
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Into a pan of iced water is the obvious answer to be better than cold tap water which is usually around 8 deg C
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Agreed. But then into the 'fridge in the iced water, or without the water ?
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Will it really make a huge difference? ;)
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Will it really make a huge difference? ;)
Probably not. But one always likes to know the best way to achieve a desired result ...
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And the desired result is.........?
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... to bring the eggs to their optimal storage temperature as quickly as possible.
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Mmmmmm Quails Eggs
Especially cooked in a Indian Masala or Ender Curry :P
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