Comment on How to clean a rescued pigeon

EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not they could. They do. You can buy squab in restaurants. Maybe stores but none I’ve seen.

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  • EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Though, you wouldn’t want to eat one you “recovered” from an urban area that’s had an unknown diet due to all the toxins it may have accumulated in its body.

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    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Incidentally that’s also why you shouldn’t eat me.

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      • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Are you from an urban area?

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    • lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Meh, I’ve eaten pigeons plenty times in my childhood. That my grandma “recovered” this way, from a back then suburban area. I’m still alive.

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    • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, they could have microplastics in their testicles.

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      • EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Or even their [crop](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_(anatomy). Pigeons are known to ingest what they think are stones which stay in their crop and act as a grit which will grind down whatever is eaten.

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• Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You theoretically could, but small birds like that have very little meat on their bones. Most hunt duck or turkey for a reason, the bigger birds have more meat.

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  • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You eat breasts.

    Most people I know who hunt pigeons just take the breasts (“breasting pigeon”) and bin the rest as it is not worth a hassle. Unlike turkey, you obviously need more than one pigeon for a meal unless you use it as a starter.

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