[Bird Encyclopedia] Kachofu (17) Quail / Skylark / Grey Starling
Quail
|Quail|Taste|Sweet|,|Neutral|,|No|poison.|Among|birds,|it|is|a|delicacy,|greatly|nourishing|the|five|viscera.|Eating|it|is|beneficial.|For|the|sick,|there|is|nothing|to|avoid.|However,|do|not|eat|it|before|the|fourth|month.|After|the|fourth|month,|it|is|fine|to|eat.|If|eaten|with|tree|mushrooms,|it|will|trigger|hemorrhoids.|
Skylark
|Heavenly|Lark| |Sky-proclaiming|child| |"Qianhe Leishu" "Jiangyin Xianzhi"
|Nature|and|taste|are|mostly|the|same|as|the|quail.|The|taste|is|sweet,|warming,|and|non-toxic.|
* Is "Qianhe Leishu" referring to the Ming dynasty book "Qianqueju Leishu"? Reference: "Qianqueju Leishu 120 Volumes [Complete Summary]" (National Diet Library Digital Collections)
* "Jiangyin Xianzhi" is likely referring to the Qing dynasty book "Jiangyin County Gazetteer". Reference: "Jiangyin County Gazetteer" (National Archives of Japan Digital Archive)
Grey Starling
|Taste|is|sweet,|delicious,|and|non-toxic.|It|is|fine|for|the|sick|to|eat.|
Author's note: ● indicates characters that could not be deciphered.
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