Quail egg

Quail eggs

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The quail egg is the egg of quail . As an agricultural product, it is used as a food and a delicacy .

Quails are the smallest of all chicken birds and so a quail egg weighs only 10–12 grams and is considerably smaller than a chicken egg that is 5 to 6 times as heavy . The shell of the quail egg is speckled, which helps with camouflage .

Quail eggs can be cooked like other eggs. They are often used in upscale kitchens. The taste of the eggs is more intense than that of chicken eggs.

The quail and its egg were already valued as a delicacy in ancient Egypt .

Hildegard von Bingen , a universal scholar of the 12th century, said the quail eggs were said to strengthen the organism . Naturopaths or alternative medicine assume that quail eggs strengthen the immune system and can alleviate allergies (especially hay fever ). However, no scientific evidence has yet been provided for this.

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Powers of the Yolk: Quail Eggs. In: welt.de . March 15, 2008, accessed October 7, 2018 .