Whenever I read anything my interest is immediately caught by the word ‘Quail’.  I was reading a piece about Hilary Mantel when I came across the following quote by her regarding Jane Seymour, the third wife of Henry VIII :

“Jane Seymour, during her pregnancy with the future Edward, couldn’t get enough quail, and they kept sending them over from Calais,”

http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/culture/2012/10/unquiet-mind-hilary-mantel

I can fully understand her addiction, I love eating quail and fortunately I have to cull now and then. There are so many delicious ways to prepare quail (pasta sauce, risotto with the livers and gizzards, tasty stock etc) but my favorite remains  Qualie Saporite con Pancetta, Salvia e Polenta