Quail eggs!

Yep, quail eggs.

A tin of 22 quail eggs for $2.50 was the exotic, inspirational centrepiece for today’s lunch. I suggested quail eggs with turkish bread and dukka but, alas, I remembered we had no home made dukka left in the pantry and it is way beyond RLC budget to purchase.

The idea of a quail egg Nicoise salad came very quickly to one boy and we enthusiastically ran with that, using lettuce, cold boiled baby potatoes, blanched snake (read green) beans, tomatoes wedges, drained tuna in olive oil and home grown and brined olives. Boy made a delicious dressing from that good ol’ Anchovy Sauce we have in the fridge, some olive oil, lemon juice and finely diced red onion. All up it was about $9 for four substantial bowls.

Bowls of crunchy, crispy, soft lusciously dressed morsels studded with little packages of soft white and gold hearted goodness.