There are different views on the origin of salted quail eggs, which can be roughly divided into two factions. One view is that it originated from roasted quail in sand, and the other view is that it originated from brine chicken. Both views have corresponding textual research facts.

Sand baking technology, the so-called sand baking, is a cooking technology that wraps the food to be eaten with tin foil, then buries it in the sand to heat it, and then takes it out when the food is cooked. There are many quails in Xinjiang, so locals often cook them in the sand before eating. This technology was later introduced to the Central Plains. Because quail eggs are too small to be wrapped in tin foil, people began to look for something edible like sand instead. This is the embryonic form of salted quail eggs. For aesthetic reasons, salted quail eggs gradually became salted quail eggs.

Another way of saying this is that salted quail eggs originated from a place in Shaanxi. The local people dug an area in a cave for cooking, and then introduced it to the Central Plains. Many people mistakenly thought it was a salt cave, and imitated the shape of the cave to make a roasted quail egg made of salt. After that, people will simplify it to salted quail eggs, because it is more complicated to build salt holes in salted quail eggs.

Raw materials:

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2 kg of crude salt, quail eggs, pepper and star anise (cinnamon is also acceptable).

Exercise:

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1. Stir-fry in a wok, add pepper and star anise, and stir-fry with coarse salt. You'll hear a crack. This is the evaporation of water in the raw salt. After frying for a few minutes, the salt felt dry and cold, and it felt steaming with your hands. Put the salt aside, put the quail eggs in, and then bury the quail eggs with salt. Simmer 10 minutes is enough.

As the saying goes, "eat birds, eat pigeons and eat quail." Quail meat and eggs are delicious and nutritious. Quail egg is a good tonic with unique nutrition, so it is called "the best in eggs". Nearly round, the individual is very small, generally only about 5g, with brown spots on the surface. The nutritional value of quail eggs is no less than that of eggs, and it has good skin care and beauty effects.

2. The production principle is similar to the former, but there are also differences. First, build a cave with salt and quail eggs, and then put a small fire in the cave until the salt cave is fully formed.