Comments on: Miracle of the Quail

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:02:27 +0000

I like that drawing of the woman, two quail (already dead, or very tired) in her right hand while another lands on her left.

Hardy stuff our pioneer mothers were made of. Nowadays it may well be “I am woman, hear me roar” but I’d like to see them dispatching a handful of quail (or chickens or some other bird) for dinner tonight.

It does seem rather unsporting, though–sort of like Peter telling Sapphira about the men who just carried Ananias out: “The quail that landed here a minute ago are on their way to the stew pot. Don’t crowd them in there, eh?” (She was Canadian.)

By: Researcher

Researcher — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:36:16 +0000

Thanks for the link to the Hartley article. What a nice summary! What a story!

And about the quail, I’m sure if we were hungry enough, we could figure out what to do with quail, but my children would be weeping copiously in the background about the poor little birds.

By: David Y.

David Y. — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:12:43 +0000

To the question, what did the quail pray for?

“Help us nourish and strengthen them and do them the good they need”? Nah, probably not.

[laughing] That line was a real hoot!

Anyhow, I enjoyed the cute drawings.

By: Clark

Clark — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:50:25 +0000

Bruce, I think the same thing when I read stories of someone helping a starving pioneer family by dropping off a bushel of flour.

On the other hand, being hungry can make you very creative, like my first experience with a frozen cornish game hen…

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:46:12 +0000

Nowadays, most people in America would not know what to do with a live quail to prepare it for eating.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:40:34 +0000

“Help us nourish and strengthen them and do them the good they need”? Nah, probably not.

By: SilverRain

SilverRain — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:38:22 +0000

That is amazing.

I wonder what the quail prayed for?