Southern Stuffed Quail

• 1/4 cup ground pork
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped carrots
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped celery
• 1 clove chopped fresh garlic
• 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh bread crumbs
• ground black pepper to taste
• 8 quail, cleaned and split lengthwise
• 1 tablespoon bacon drippings

1. Preheat the oven broiler.
2. In a bowl, mix the pork, parsley, carrots, celery, garlic, bread crumbs, and pepper.
3. Arrange the quail in a baking dish. Separate the skin from the breast of each quail, and stuff with equal amounts of the stuffing mixture. Brush with bacon drippings.
4. Broil the quail 7 minutes on each side in the preheated oven, or to a minimum internal temperature of 180 degrees F (85 degrees C).

ground pork, parsley, carrots, celery, fresh garlic, bread crumbs, ground black pepper, quail, bacon

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/74748/southern-stuffed-quail/ (may not work)