Chicken eggs vs. quail eggs in Brazil.

Curious and fun facts about Brazil

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Chicken eggs vs. quail eggs.

Quail eggs

Quails are very popular in Brazil as well as their eggs. The animal is a chicken-like, but smaller and less robust. It's an easy food to find at all grocery store around the country because of its aphrodisiac reputation. In the US you might find them in those Asian grocery stores, but the canned pickled version. Although we eat them regularly in Brazil I've never had those pickled. We used to eat them boiled instead.

This is a rich food known for being small and a great source of protein. It's a stronger eggshell full of spots. It has much more nutrients than regular chicken eggs Some as phosphorus, proteins, and vitamin A. It's also 5 times less weight than the chicken's egg. 

If you never saw those, check some pics I did last week.

A regular box in Brazil has 30 quail eggs.
Same price as 12 chicken eggs, US1.50 or R$3,49 (Reais)

The difference between chicken and quail eggs.

The variety of spots in quail eggs, and a rare spotless on the right.

Boiled chicken and quail egg.

Quail

- Calories

Chicken eggs - 82 cal

Quail eggs - 80 cal

- Cholesterol

Chicken eggs - 260 mg 

Quail eggs - 422 mg

- Proteins

Chicken eggs - 5.8 mg

Quail eggs - 6.5 mg

- Vitamin A

Chicken eggs - 40 mg

Quail eggs - 60 mg

- Phosphorus

Chicken eggs - 87 mg

Quail eggs - 112 mg

- Iron

Chicken eggs - 0.99 mg

Quail eggs - 1.85

- Calcium

Chicken eggs - 28 mg

Quail eggs - 31 mg

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Isabela: Brazilian, designer, works with automotive fabrics in the US. She did psychology college as well and had enjoyed a lot. She is living abroad for while, maybe because this she likes trends, cultures, and behaviors.

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