And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him—what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord.” - Exodus 16:8
The Lord gave the congregation of the people of Israel quail in the evening.
- In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp. - Exodus 16:14*
Cosmology
The quail is from earth, ascends, and is a fleshly food to sustain the body. The children of Israel refined it for consumption - cleaning, tenderizing, and cooking.
(The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis - A Commentary by Matthieu Pageau, 2018. Pages 55-57)