鹌鹑,又称鹑鸟、宛鹑,为雉科动物,是一种古老的食用禽类。早在我国春秋战国时期,鹌鹑肉和蛋就已作为名贵的佳肴出现在宫宴之上。据东晋王嘉所著的《拾遗记》中记载,战国时的士大夫宋景山喜食“桂髓鹌鹑汤”。此后,历代宫中御膳中均有鹌鹑。如今,用鹌鹑烹制的各种菜肴,仍然受到人们的 The quail, also known as the ostrich and the mongoose, is an old-fashioned edible bird. As early as in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period of our country, meat and eggs had already appeared as a valuable dish on the feast. According to records in The Picking of the Lost by Wang Jia of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Song Jingshan, the doctor of the Warring States period, liked to eat soup with cinnamon. Since then, there have been crickets in Imperial Palace in ancient dynasties. Today, all kinds of dishes cooked with oysters are still under people’s influence.